The Rant A talmid shared a disturbing report of a history professor’s bizarre behavior. The professor devoted 45 minutes of the first day of her

What a remarkable insight from the Ramban, perfect for Parshat Lech Lecha, the beginning of our people! Shirat Ha’azinu (Devarim 32: 26-27) teaches that Hashem

All those who write about contemporary Halacha often cite “Teshuvot Tzitz Eliezer,” a collection of responsa authored by Rav Eliezer Waldenberg. Let us present a

The Problem I was shocked to hear of the following situation: A rabbinic colleague shared a dilemma faced by a young congregant. The congregant is

The Rama (Orach Chaim 651:1) famously teaches that we should keep the hadassim above the aravot, but does not offer a reason for this practice.

The Acharonim debate if Hashem forgives aveirot bein adam laMakom (sins between Hashem and us) if one did not appease those against whom he sinned.

Reviewing: “The Tripod: A New Perspective on the Shalosh Regalim” by Neil Lauer. Mosaica Press. 2022. Hardcover. 324 pages. ISBN-13: 9781957579139. What a magnificent work

We Shall Return It is one of the most puzzling aspects of Akedat Yitzchak! Avraham Avinu (in pasuk five) takes leave of his assistants and

At the wedding of my older son Binyamin to Raizy Neuman a few weeks ago, I was overwhelmed with a feeling of great hakarat hatov

We discern the Torah’s balanced approach to divorce by contrasting it with two extreme approaches to divorce. On one end, the Catholic religion forbids divorce;

 The Egla Arufa The egla arufa (Devarim 21:1-9) is known as one of the strangest mitzvot in the Torah. A dead body has been found