In last week’s Parshat Yitro, the Torah recounts Am Yisrael’s response to what they saw and heard at Har Sinai: “And all the people perceived

Parshat Mishpatim The source of this week’s haftarah is found in Sefer Yirmiyahu, beginning with perek 34 and closing with its final pesukim from perek

Our Impact John Adams, the second president of the United States, wrote: The Hebrews have [contributed] more to civilize men than any other nation. If

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I know that the bracha for hydroponically grown vegetables—such as the insect-free romaine lettuce used

In this week’s parsha, Mishpatim, we read that the 70 elders of Israel “gazed upon God and ate and drank” (Shemos 24:10-11). According to Rashi,

ויִּקַּח סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית וַיִּקְרָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְדֹוָד נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע  (שמות כד:ז) “He then took the Book of the Covenant, and read

  In Sanhedrin 61a, Rav Hamnuna lost his oxen and went searching for them. Rabba bumped into him and took the opportunity to pose a

“One who wishes to become wise should engage in the study of dinei mamonos, monetary law” (closing Mishna of Bava Basra), What is unique about

On Chol Hamoed Succos a few years ago, the Staum family attended a concert in Teaneck featuring Mordechai Shapiro and the Yeshiva Boys Choir. It

Our parsha begins with the topic of a Jew who is sold as a slave. It states, “If you buy a Jewish bondsman, he shall

Sept. 1, 1923 was the 20th of Elul – almost 102 years ago. An earthquake, a very powerful one, hit Japan’s Kanto plain. It completely

At Exodus 23:5, we are told that if one sees the donkey of one’s enemy lying (on the ground) under his burden, “Ve-chadalta mei-azov lo,