In Yevamot 110a, the Gemara discussed one of the small set of incidents in which Rav Ashi declares אַפְקְעִינְהוּ רַבָּנַן לְקִידּוּשֵׁי מִינֵּיהּ, that even though
When I was a student in Fordham University pursuing my master’s in social work, one of my professors recounted an experience that he had witnessed,
In this week’s parsha, Sh’lach, we read about the Meraglim, the spies that were sent by Moshe to check out the land of Israel. These
On February 24 of this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. Over one third of the population of the Ukraine have been displaced, causing
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