Rabbi Nosson of Hanover was born in the 1620s in Ostroh, Ukraine to parents that emigrated from Hanover, Germany to...
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Read MoreDerech Tzlacha offers clear, practical guidance for today’s Jewish traveler What happens when a person begins a fast in one country and...
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Read MoreMy most recent guest at the weekly Mitchadshot workshop was Noam Simchi, the man who last Friday afternoon, found Yuval...
Read MoreBy Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon In Parashat Eikev, the Torah gives us the mitzvah of Birkat HaMazon: “And you shall eat and be satisfied, and bless...
Read MoreRabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva and Dean of Toras Chaim South Shore, is a beloved talmid chacham, prolific author and columnist. A grandson of...
Read MoreAlthough Sefer Bereishit contains only three mitzvot, it is included in the Torah to convey foundational values regarding Divine interaction with the world...
Read MoreRabbi Eliyahu Shapira (1660-1712) was born into an illustrious rabbinic family in Prague. His father, Rabbi Binyamin Wolff Shapira, was...
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Read MoreI’ve been accused of not only looking forward to the geulah, but of being obsessed by it. My columns, essays, and...
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