When the Shunamite woman (Melachim II, 4:9) encountered the prophet Elisha, she remarked to her husband that she had seen a...
Read MoreThe past week has been both exhilarating and dizzying. Each day brings a surge of euphoria. With Hashem’s help, the...
Read MoreIn Part I of this essay, we explored the words tzitzit and gedilim, offering a possible way of understanding the nuanced difference between...
Read MoreBy Rabbi Efrem Goldberg Several times over the last few days, I was talking to someone in Israel—my daughter, sister,...
Read MoreBy Sivan Rahav Meir I’m happy to share a small moment of Jewish civilian heroism—one of so many during these...
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Read MoreBy Yochanan Gordon Every Jew is a spiritual force of cosmic proportions. Our enemies know it; do we? There are...
Read MoreDuring these very difficult days, not only do others challenge our sacred and inherent connection to the holy land of Eretz Yisrael,...
Read MoreWe often think of faith in Hashem as something instinctive—either we have it or we don’t. But emunahisn’t just a feeling...
Read MoreRosh yeshivat Mercaz HaRav in Yerushalayim, Rav Tzvi Yehudah HaKohen Kook, was one of the most influential leaders in modern Jewish history....
Read MoreThe last piece addressed our relationships with peers—including spouses, friends, and family. In addition to those relationships, we should also...
Read MoreThe end of Parashat Shelach talks about a very special mitzvah that is dear to Jews across the world—the commandment of tzitzit which requires a male Jew...
Read MoreBy Yochanan Gordon The Rambam codified belief in Moshiach and anticipating his arrival as a crucial tenet of Torah and...
Read MoreRabbi Aharon Teitelbaum will arrive on a special charter flight accompanied by thousands of Hasidim from the United States and...
Read MoreBy Sivan Rahav Meir Rabbi Shalom Rosner, who made aliyah from the United States and serves as a rabbi in Beit Shemesh,...
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Read MoreReb Shlomo Halberstam, the Bobover Rebbe, zt’l, of the post-Holocaust era, revived his community with his resilience and faith. The Rebbe...
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