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Torah August 20, 2025
Assisted Suicide Is A Collaboration In Killing: A Public Call To End This Nightmare
By Rabbi Noson Shmuel Leiter New York State is in danger of adopting a new “assisted suicide” law unless the...
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Torah Judaism/Spirituality August 20, 2025
Amid War And Uncertainty, The Orthodox Union Brought Over 2,000 Youth To Israel This Summer
JLIC’s Summer in Jerusalem internship and beit midrash program brought 45 college students to Israel this summer. TJJ participants ran...
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Torah August 19, 2025
Re’eh: The Call to See
By Rabbanit Sally Mayer Parashat Re’eh opens with a call to “see”—to perceive clearly, to pay attention. The very name of the parashah, Re’eh (“See”),...
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Torah August 19, 2025
Happy Hour
I am in a remote country far from my place of residence. I am struck by how happy the people...
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Torah August 19, 2025
Re’eh: Anochi
Rav Zeidel Epstein, zt’l, the sagacious mashgiach ruchani of Torah Ohr in Yerushalayim, was respected for his wisdom and beloved for his stellar middos tovos. Having...
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Torah August 19, 2025
Freedom To Focus
Torah learning is not just a central mitzvah. It is also the only way to achieve true freedom. Rebbe Yehoshua ben Levi derived...
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Torah August 13, 2025
105 Years Young
By Sivan Rahav Meir It’s not clear whether she’s the oldest Jewish woman in the world, but her grandchildren say...
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Torah August 13, 2025
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Rabbi Chaim and Chavie Bruk with Ambassador Dr. Yechiel Leiter We have just wrapped up a bustling Shabbos Nachamu in Bozeman and...
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Torah August 12, 2025
Every One Counts
By Rabbi Danny Mirvis “The commandment that I command you (singular) today, you (plural) shall keep to perform, so that...
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Torah August 11, 2025
The Berachah of Satisfaction
There is a word that is found in the Torah a total of four times, three of them in this...
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Torah August 11, 2025
The Great Wall Of Israel
“The wall was not built for the builders, but for those who would come after, who might never see it...
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Torah August 11, 2025
A Real [Baba] “Metziah”
I am in a foreign country for a short while, far from my place of residence and far from my...
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Torah August 11, 2025
The Life and Works of Italy’s Great Kabbalist and Philanthropist
Rabbi Menachem Azaryah of Fano (1548-1620) The Life and Works of Italy’s Great Kabbalist and Philanthropist Rabbi Menachem Azaryah of...
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Torah August 11, 2025
Eikev: To See The Land
From a young age, the tzaddik, Rebbe Mordechai Shlomo of Boyan, was singularly focused on spiritual growth and Talmud Torah. His father, Rebbe...
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Torah August 11, 2025
How We Raise Ourselves: The Greatness Of Torah Learning
How We Raise Ourselves: The Greatness Of Torah Learning Masechet Avot originally consisted of five perakim. To continue its study on the sixth...
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Torah August 6, 2025
Gentle Speech
By Sivan Rahav-Meir Even in the heat of an argument, we must pay attention to what we say and how...
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Torah August 6, 2025
Why Did You Stay Alive?
By Sivan Rahav Meir It was a moment I don’t think I’ll ever forget. This past Simchat Torah, hundreds of...
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Torah August 6, 2025
The New Normal: Shabbos Nachamu And Tishah B’Av Reflections
By Dr. Chaim Y. Botwinick Last year during Tishah B’Av, we held our breaths, fearing an imminent attack on Israel by...
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