Knowledge can easily blur true and falsehood. Accuracy lies in the subtleties of wisdom. (Sefat Emmet, Chanukah) Throughout Mishlei, Shlomo Hamelech explores the relationship between

Last week, Congress summoned the presidents of three of the leading universities—MIT, Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania. The reason: to pointedly question them about

לא ארץ נכריה לקחנו, ולא ברכוש זרים משלנו. כי אם נחלת אבותנו שנכבשה בלא משפט, וכאשר היה לקל ידינו השיבונו אותה לנו (ספר המכבים א:טו:לג–לד

As the Rav of Brisk and later in the holy city of Yerushalayim, Rav Yehoshua Leib Diskin, known as the Maharil, zt”l, was known as

As Yehudah pleads with his father Ya’akov to allow him to bring Binyamin to Mitzrayim, pursuant to the request of the authorities in Egypt (Yosef),

Yosef recognized his brothers, but his brothers didn’t recognize him (Bereishis 42:8). Why they didn’t recognize him is discussed (see Rashi), but what about the

On Bava Kamma 20a, Rabba and Rava argue about the level of compensation one must pay if an animal ate expensive produce in the public

It’s interesting that we learn the idea that Chanukah candles can’t be lit at a height of more than 20 amot, from the idea that

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: After Havdala, I recited quietly the bracha acharona (blessing after eating) on grape juice by

Recently my daughter gave birth to her fourth child and she and her husband gave him the name “Chaim Bentzion.” That second name was the

Every so often things come up that can seriously affect Klal Yisroel. Excessive pricing and rising economic costs is one example. Halacha is filled with

Parshat Mikeitz starts by stating that this has been the end of two years. The irony is that while this was said to be the