It has all the hallmarks of an epidemic, spreading from school to school, from class to class, and from neighborhood to neighborhood. It is plaguing

We stand up for a Torah scroll when it is removed from the ark or moved from place to place. Doing so is a sign

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We ascended that mountain when I was young, I was told it’s a holy place, Since my youth, my parents claimed, It was where one

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My focus in this column will be about that famous Amora, Rabbi Mana, who was the brother of second-generation Rav Huna, and how this relates

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לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: We usually do Kiddush Levana outside shul on Motzei Shabbat. Is it supposed to be

It’s not just proper protocol and good manners, but it’s actually an ancient custom mentioned in the Gemara. When someone invites you to their home,

וַתָּמָת שָׂרָה בְּקִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הִוא חֶבְרוֹן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַיָּבֹא אַבְרָהָם לִסְפֹּד לְשָׂרָה וְלִבְכֹּתָהּ “Sarah died in Kiryas Arba—which is Chevron, in the land of Canaan—and

The midrash (Bereishit Rabbah 58:3) on our parsha records a story of when R’ Akiva was sitting and expounding the Torah and noticed that the

In several places, the Tanach describes Arabia as the source of spices in Jerusalem. At Kings 1:10, the Queen of Sheba visited Solomon: “The queen