Torah December 10, 2025

Beyond Kidney Donation: We All Have What To Offer

By Sivan Rahav Meir This week it was revealed that the Guinness World Records organization is boycotting Israel. The nonprofit...

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Torah December 9, 2025

Chanukah: With Eyes To See

The heilige Ribnitzer Rebbe, Reb Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz, zt’l, was an extraordinary tzaddik and a legendary ba’al avodah, renowned for his sacrifices for Yiddishkeit, personal holiness, and...

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Torah December 8, 2025

Vayeishev: Leadership ≠ Influence

The earliest chapters of Jewish history unfold as intimate family stories. Avraham nurtured a household of faith, a small circle...

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Torah December 8, 2025

Save Me From Pegah Rah

Last night, I was on a panel of skilled mental health professionals discussing the nature of trauma. Much discussion and...

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Torah December 8, 2025

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana

Rabbi Chaim Bruk with Rabbi Yossy Goldman of Johannesburg, South Africa Montana State college students at a pre-Chanukah doughnut making...

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Torah December 8, 2025

Satmar Rebbe In Israel And The Daf

By Rabbi Aaron I. Reichel, Esq. Spoiler alert: Notwithstanding the title of this article, although the Satmar Rebbe did indeed...

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Torah December 8, 2025

Vayeshev: The Amazing Multi-Named Joseph

By Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein  Jacob’s penultimate son was born to him by his beloved wife Rachel after many years...

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Torah December 8, 2025

The Few

Israel and the Jewish people are outnumbered on every front: on the battlefields, in international forums, and on social media....

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Torah December 8, 2025

Character Is Higher Than Intellect

From the archives: This article, published on December 7,2023, was written a few days after Rabbi Hauer testified to Congress...

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Torah December 3, 2025

The Sound Of A Beer Bottle: A Twenty-Year Journey, One Day At A Time

By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg Twenty years ago, a woman I knew came to me with a heavy heart. She was...

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Torah December 3, 2025

Reflections At Ben Gurion Airpor

By Sivan Rahav Meir I’d like to describe a small moment at Ben Gurion Airport recently. I walked next to...

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Torah December 2, 2025

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana

Rabbi Chaim and Rabbi Shaul Shkedi at the Chabad of Billings Rabbi Chaim placing a mezuzah on the front door...

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Torah December 1, 2025

In A Class, By Themselves

One of the questions that rebbeim and teachers frequently ask me is how to orient towards an orphaned child. While technically we...

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Torah December 1, 2025

Vayishlach: Nuance In An Age Of Absolutism

Yaakov’s life was characterized by struggle. Born as the second child, he literally had to clasp the heels of his...

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Torah December 1, 2025

Milah: Defining Ourselves

We have seen that peru u’revu was the first mitzvah given to the first person; b’rit milah was the first mitzvah given to the first Jew—Avraham Avinu. Though Hashem...

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Torah December 1, 2025

Vayishlach/ Yud Tes Kislev: Just A Drop 

Rebbe Pinchas of Koretz was both a disciple and friend of the Ba’al Shem Tov and was one of those...

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Torah December 1, 2025

The Long Game Of Jewish History

In late November 2023, a ceasefire took place, allowing for the release of many hostages. The moment was bittersweet as...

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Torah December 1, 2025

Vayishlach: Angels And Agents

By Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein  A “messenger of G-d” refers to either an angel or a prophet, but what about...

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