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Torah October 21, 2026
What Does It Mean to Dedicate a Torah Class to Someone?
One question in the chat caught me by surprise recently. Some 4,000 women had registered for an open class on Parashat...
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Torah October 21, 2026
The Tower of Bavel, Avraham Avinu, and the Beit HaMikdash
The Torah tells us absolutely nothing about Avraham’s past. Why not? The Midrashim are replete with beautiful stories reflecting the special qualities...
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Torah October 21, 2026
Maaseh Avot, Siman L’banim
Maaseh Avot, Siman L’banim Chazal poignantly describe in Pirkei Avos 5:3 the ten trials that Avraham Avinu withstood to publicize how great was the love...
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Torah October 19, 2026
How We Vote
“At 5:35 a.m. we woke up, my wife, my brother Reb Shimon Leib, and my brother-in-law Reb Natanel Solduchil. And...
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Torah October 19, 2026
Lech Lecha: The Courage To Stand Alone
It takes courage to stand alone against the beliefs of an entire society. Few experienced this loneliness as deeply as Avraham...
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Torah October 19, 2026
Lech Lecha: L’chaim!
Rav Yitzchak Zilber, zt’l, legendary champion of Russian Jewry, was a humble talmid chacham and teacher whose incredible self-sacrifice and dedication inspired and...
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Torah October 14, 2026
Unfinished Business
Savta Marcelle Liora Ben Tzur of Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha gave birth to her third daughter just 30 hours before the...
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Torah October 14, 2026
The Impact Of AI On The Future Of Jewish Day Schools And Yeshivas: A Judaic Studies Perspective
In 1440, when Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press, many rabbis and scholars were deeply skeptical, worried, and concerned....
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Torah October 14, 2026
Introducing Nishmasi: Turning Emunah Into A Way of Life
Most of us don’t wake up in the morning wondering whether we believe in Hashem. If we were directly asked,...
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Torah October 14, 2026
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Rabbi Chaim Bruk speaking at the October 7 Memorial in Helena Rabbi Chaim with Rep. Randyn Gregg, Maya Avishai, Israeli...
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Torah October 13, 2026
Noach: Sweet Talk
Rebbe Yitzchak Luria, zy’a, was undoubtedly the greatest expositor of the secrets of Torah since Rebbe Shimon bar Yochai, author of...
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Torah October 13, 2026
Many Roads, One Homeland
For thousands of years, Jews lived in exile, far from the land of our ancestors. Scattered across the world, we...
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Torah October 13, 2026
Undesirable Desire
As we have seen, Pirkei Avos (4:21) identifies three drives that “take a person out of this world”: jealousy, desire, and honor....
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Torah October 13, 2026
A Match Made in Eden
There are countless questions to explore in Parashat Bereishit, particularly in the Torah’s account of the creation of humanity. The Torah...
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Torah October 13, 2026
Eight Innovative Jewish Nonprofits Join the OU Impact Accelerator’s Seventh Cohort
Josh Herzberg Penina Blau Jessica Klein Eight innovative nonprofits from across the United States have been selected to join the...
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Torah October 8, 2026
The Lessons We Cannot Afford To Miss
Our Sages teach us not to be indifferent. Not to let things simply pass us by. Not to treat everything...
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Torah October 7, 2026
Bereishis: Believe We Can Fix
A well-to-do business man brought a swath of expensive material to a tailor and was fitted for a new pair...
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Torah October 6, 2026
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Note from the Israeli family from Shavei Tzion Rabbi Chaim bentching lulav and esrog with Doran, a member of our growing community The Mincha...
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