What Is the Meaning of ‘Mechashefah?’
Exodus 22:17 commands that one is not allowed to let a מכשפה live. But what precisely is a מכשפה and what is the meaning of
April 22, 2025
Exodus 22:17 commands that one is not allowed to let a מכשפה live. But what precisely is a מכשפה and what is the meaning of
In 2013 Peter Salovey became the president of Yale University. It turns out that he is a distant cousin of Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik z”l. Recently
Part II As I wrote in part I, I would like to explain what I do and educate you a bit on the law in
The Stele of Merneptah was discovered in 1896 at Thebes. It is dated to his 5th year and refers to “Israel” as one of the
In World War I, Britain and its allies defeated the Ottoman Empire. Thereafter they gave the Arabs almost all of the vast territories liberated so
Due to the invention of the steamboat, Americans were finally able to travel to Europe and the Mideast starting around the middle of the 19th
The story of how the Jews organized themselves and began to return to Israel is rarely told these days. I will try. In 1880 there
I have been writing for and reading The Jewish Link for years. I have read about so many different professions (e.g., mortgage financing, home decluttering,
Many of us have been reciting Psalm 142 regularly. Verse 4 has: “be-orach זו ahalech….” That Hebrew word is pronounced “zu.” (The vav has a
Since many of us are reciting these chapters daily, I thought I would offer some insights. 121:1 הרים: Why is the author of this psalm
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
Today we all assume that the name of the holiday was always “Chanukah.” (We only fight about its spelling!) The truth is that there are
