The Torah sometimes employs repetitive language, for instance הֹוכֵ֤חַ תֹּוכִ֨יחַ֙ (“You shall surely rebuke,”) and אִם־שָׁמ֨וֹעַ תִּשְׁמַ֜ע (“If you diligently hearken to Hashem’s voice,”). This

When a sofer writes a new sefer Torah, he must copy it from a very special and correct Torah or a special tikun. This is

צַו אֶת אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת בָּנָיו לֵאמֹר זֹאת תּוֹרַת הָעֹלָה הִוא הָעֹלָה עַל מוֹקְדָה עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כָּל הַלַּיְלָה עַד הַבֹּקֶר וְאֵשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ תּוּקַד בּוֹ Command Aharon

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I understand that if one eats a sufficient amount of food whose bracha is Mezonot,

Throughout the Tanach there are numerous examples of the pain caused by children and of things seemingly going inextricably wrong. The Avos, our forefathers, all

Regarding the Korban Toda, our parsha states: “If he shall offer … a thanksgiving-offering, he shall offer with the feast thanksgiving-offering unleavened loaves mixed with

Notwithstanding the United Nations Security Council vote of this past Monday, Shushan Purim, whose full or even partial compliance was still far from guaranteed as

The tale is told of a famous Greek philosopher who was once caught in a morally compromising situation. His students cried out, “Our master, how

The Tachanun chapter in Rabbi Jachter’s “Bridging Traditions” (2021) inspired me to better understand the origin of this prayer. Before I read Rabbi Jachter’s book,

Translated by Yehoshua Siskin Recently, the somber news emerged that Major Daniel Perez, previously reported as a hostage, was tragically no longer among the living.

Irena Sendler of Warsaw, Poland died on May 12, 2008 at the age of 98. During the Second World War, Irena got permission to work