In Devarim, perek 4, Moshe Rabbeinu warns us that we face exile from our beloved land if we betray Hashem and His Torah. He even

Last week, Ismail Haniyeh—a notorious bloodthirsty murderer and leader of a gang of ruthless terrorists—was removed from this planet. He was a vile murderer, accountable

Whenever my four-year-old twin grandsons (Aryeh and Nosson Tzvi) see the Hebrew letter Aleph, they say, “That’s Aleph for Aryeh.” When they see the letter

This Difficult Year Typically, we identify with Shabbat Nachamu more than with Tisha B’Av. Most of us have lived comfortable and secure lives devoid of

Even if you can’t have it, you should still want it. That line may sound like the opposite of the 10th commandment,“lo tachmod,” that warns

וָאֶתְחַנַּן אֶל יְדֹוָד בָּעֵת הַהִוא לֵאמֹר (דברים ג:כג) (Courtesy of Zera Shimshon) On the first pasuk in our parsha (Devorim 3:23), “And I (Moshe) pleaded

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The Jewish people sinned doubly, as it says, “Cheit chatah Yerushalayim – (The people of) Jerusalem sinned a sin” (Eicha 1:8). And they were punished

May 1957, Kfar Chabad: The small fledgling community founded by Russian Lubavitcher immigrants was shaken to the core when Islamic terrorists (“fedayeen”) attacked the village,

What is it that we truly value above all else? If you say family, God or Eretz Yisrael then good for you. However, if you

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I use a divider—which is held in place by suction cups—on our counter. I rarely

The famous declaration of the Shema is brought in our parsha, and interestingly, the midrash (Devarim Rabbah, 2:31) relates that Bnei Yisrael merited to recite