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Torah December 22, 2025
Op-Ed: In Defense Of Rabbi Herbert Goldstein: The Changing View Of Zionism
By Rabbi Aaron I. Reichel, Esq. Almost no rabbi has done more to serve the cause of Zionism than Rabbi...
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Torah December 22, 2025
David Reubeni and Shlomo Molcho (Part I)
David Reubeni (1490–1541?) was a mysterious Jewish “half-mystic, half-adventurer” who presented various military and political plans to Christian rulers in...
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Torah December 22, 2025
Vayigash: A Shoulder Of Tears
The Torah describes the stirring moment when Yaakov reunites with his long-lost son, Yosef. Few scenes in the Torah evoke...
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Torah December 22, 2025
It’s Time To Get Off The Sidelines
There’s a strange thing happening right now in Jewish history. We are living through one of the most consequential chapters...
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Torah December 17, 2025
Why isn’t there a Tractate on Chanukah in the Mishnah?
A curious observation relating to Chanukah is the fact that the laws of Chanukah are interspersed throughout the Talmud instead...
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Torah December 17, 2025
The Seal, The Cloak, And The Staff: Chanukah’s Hidden Message
By Rabbi Benny Berlin Every year, Chanukah coincides with the parshiyos of Vayeishev, Miketz, and Vayigash. The ShelahHaKadosh teaches that this alignment is no coincidence. The Torah’s...
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Torah December 17, 2025
Mikeitz: The Root Of Positivity
An environment in which people speak negatively of one another becomes rife with tension, distrust, and toxicity. Indeed, the original...
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Torah December 15, 2025
Excitement and Anticipation in Advance of Dirshu Far Rockaway/Five Towns Evening of Chizuk and Celebration
Rav Reuven Feinstein, Rav Shimon Galei, Rav Moshe Tuvia Lieff to Speak. Musical Accompaniment by Baruch Levine By Chaim Gold...
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Torah December 15, 2025
The Fire Of Chanukah
Isaac Babel was a Russian journalist and playwright, acclaimed as the greatest writer of Russian Jewry. Conscripted as a soldier,...
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Torah December 15, 2025
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Chavie and some of the women at the Latke Making and Gift Exchange Celebration The kids making menorahs at a...
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Torah December 15, 2025
Chanukah: From Hellenism To Today’s Culture Wars
Chanukah celebrates our national renaissance. Sadly, the second Beis HaMikdash never matched the splendor of the first, and many who had been...
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Torah December 15, 2025
Soulful Speech
Yaakov understood the importance of his mission. His father intended to bless one of his children. The berachah would determine the future...
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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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