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Torah August 18, 2026
The Message of Tzara’at
By Rabbi Menachem Leibtag Although most of the laws in Parashat Ki Teitzei deal with mitzvot bein adam le-chaveiro, there is one exception: “Be very careful with regard...
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Torah August 18, 2026
Dirshu Daf HaYomi B’Halachah Program Set to Embark on Chelek Hei of Mishnah Berurah
A Unique Opportunity to Bring Daily Halacha into Your Life HaRav Shmuel Wosner discussing the Daf HaYomi B'Halacha program in...
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Torah August 12, 2026
Shoftim: The Greatness Of Our Yichus
Reb Tzvi Hersch HaKohen of Rimanov, zt’l, was a humble and unassuming tzaddik. He was orphaned as a young child and did...
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Torah August 12, 2026
Twenty Rabbanim From Around the World Unite for Elul Inspiration 5786
Rabbi Yona Reiss, Av Bais Din, CRC Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands Rabbi Heshy Blumstein, Yismach Moshe,...
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Torah August 12, 2026
Have You Heard Elkana Levi’s Speech?
A few days ago, a mesibat hodaya was held for Elkana Levi, an officer in the Golani Brigade who was badly wounded...
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Torah August 11, 2026
How To Choose A King
When I was in 6th grade towards the end of the school year, my cousin approached and said that until...
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Torah August 11, 2026
Shoftim: The Trees of War
The Torah prohibits the unnecessary destruction of resources. This principle is known as bal tashchit, the ban against needless waste. Of...
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Torah August 11, 2026
Building Torah In Andalusia: The Remarkable Life Of Hasdai Ibn Shaprut
The Umayyad Caliphate was the first powerful dynasty to rule the Muslim empire. Established in 661 in Damascus, Syria, the...
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Torah August 11, 2026
Are You Really Impartial?
Can a person ever truly be impartial? Is it even possible to come to decisions without ulterior motives in life?...
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Torah August 11, 2026
Reclaiming Redemption Vol. II: Faith, Identity, Peoplehood, and the Storms of War
Longtime 5TJT contributor Rabbi Moshe Taragin is an educator at Yeshivat Har Etzion, founded in 1968 to foster the love of G-d,...
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Torah August 5, 2026
Chronicle of the Khmelnitsky Massacres: Rabbi Nosson Of Hanover’s Yavein Metzulah
Rabbi Nosson of Hanover was born in the 1620s in Ostroh, Ukraine to parents that emigrated from Hanover, Germany to...
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Torah August 4, 2026
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Rabbi Chaim Bruk and Howard Schweitzer at the Mensch Club Rabbi Chaim Bruk and Reb Shloime Werdiger Rabbi Chaim Bruk...
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Torah August 4, 2026
Re’eh: Personalizing Prayer
In Parashat Re’eh, Moshe Rabbeinu begins preparing us for the profound changes that will accompany our entry into the Land of Israel. The...
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Torah August 4, 2026
The Blessing Of Choosing Wisely
There were times when I was growing up when I had a test or a sports tryout and someone’s words...
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Torah August 4, 2026
Teshuvah And The Beauty Of Self-Realization
The Mishnah in Avot teaches that a single moment of teshuvah and ma’asim tovim (repentance and good deeds) in this world surpasses the beauty of our entire existence...
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Torah August 4, 2026
Re’eh: The Blessing Of Today
A wealthy Jew and clever businessman approached Reb Yisrael Meir, the Chofetz Chaim, zt’l, with what he thought was a winning...
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Torah August 4, 2026
Lighting The Way To Jewish Communal Leadership
The Jewish community has no shortage of talented young women eager to make a difference. What has often been missing...
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Torah August 4, 2026
The Path: Present And Future
“And that prophet and dreamer shall be put to death, for he has spoken perversely against Hashem—Who took you out...
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