Thomas Gelb Honors Victims Of October 7 With New Memorial Besamim Spice Box
By Jonathan Greenstein
As Jews around the world gather for the Seder this year, there will be more to discuss than the Haggadah. The world has drastically changed. The Jewish...
Daf Yomi: King Menashe, The Ultimate Baal Teshuva
By Rabbi Aaron I. Reichel, Esq.
Most of us think the ultimate compliment for a ba’al teshuvah is the famous Talmudic declaration (Brachos 34b): “In the place where a ba’al...
Are There Dark Forces?
How we confront our guilt in the aftermath of sin or moral failure is a defining pillar of avodat Hashemand religious identity. Accepting responsibility and atoning for aveirot should...
Vayikra 5785
Leadership is worthy of its name when it is characterized by a humble assumption of responsibility, not only for others but primarily for oneself.
Rav Yosef Albo, the 15th-century Spanish...
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Just a few weeks ago, on Taanis Esther, while saying the Selichos supplication prayers, I was once again inspired by the beautiful words of...
Parashas Vayikra: Offering Onesel
The author of Avodas Yisrael, the heiligeh Maggid of Kozhnitz, Rebbe Yisrael Hopstein, zt’l, learned with the greatest tzaddikim of the generation, was the prized talmid of the Maggid...
How We Ought to Care For Others
In our last piece, we saw that Avodat Hashem also mandates care for other people. This care includes many levels.
The Torah prohibits the murder of and theft from any...
Straus-Amiel Institute and World Mizrachi Hold Annual Emissaries Conference in Paris Amid Rising Global...
Ohr Torah Stone’s Straus- Amiel Institute held their annual European Rabbinical Emissaries Conference in Paris, bringing together over 100 rabbinical emissaries from across Europe. The event, run in partnership...
Parashat Pekudei: Blessing Our Efforts
By Sivan Rahav Meir
“And Moshe Rabbeinu saw that they had indeed done all the work exactly as Hashem had commanded, and Moshe blessed them (Sh’mot 39:43): ‘May the Divine...
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
When you think of Spring Break, Chicago isn’t on the top-ten list of preferred destinations, yet that’s exactly where we traveled. Chavie taught me years ago that there is...
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Touro Pharmacy Grads Head For Exciting Careers
Adina Kagan Benedek and Rivka Feigenbaum Kayser both enjoy science and improving people’s lives. Fascinated by the way medication works in the body and...
Getting Back On Track
We spend a lot of time and energy focusing on self-imposed deadlines, especially when it comes to holidays. We put immense pressure on ourselves....
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When a homeowner decides that they are ready to sell their home, they usually receive many articles and tips from their broker on how...