
Corona Diary #12: Tisha B’Av and Corona
It is that “time” again. The entire world is mired in an international health crisis that doesn’t distinguish between Jew and non-Jew: The virus impacts
It is that “time” again. The entire world is mired in an international health crisis that doesn’t distinguish between Jew and non-Jew: The virus impacts
It never ends!! If it’s not one thing, it’s another. At the tail end of his life, having weathered 40 years of complaints, rebellions and
There are very few commandments as evocative as parah adumah—the ceremony of the red heifer. This sacrifice is processed and burned outside the Mikdash, while
Many countries around the world have navigated the first phase of the corona crisis, slowly resuming their “routines” after months in quarantine. This shift affords
Over the past three months, the coronavirus medical crisis has induced a worldwide upheaval. The social protests in the U.S. surrounding the death of George
Torah is eternal, encapsulates the word of God and, therefore, exists beyond time and place. For this reason, Torah was delivered atop a lonely mountain
The actual State of Israel was established 72 years ago in 1948. However, the modern State of Israel as we know it was launched in
In the modern industrialized world, the mitzvah of shemitah may seem a bit remote with little relevance for our daily urbanized lives. Interestingly, life in
I just returned from the Gush Etzion cemetery having attended a very unusual Yom Hazikaron ceremony. It was a discouraging but also triumphant experience. Let
The Holocaust was a historical rupture—an unprecedented horror so revolting that it doesn’t fit “neatly” into the stream or flow of history. This nightmare must
Judaism has always encouraged questions. Our oral tradition is founded upon the Socratic method of questions and answers between study partners, or chavrutot. On the
By Rabbi Moshe Taragin During the past few weeks, we have all prayed as never before. Most of us have been unable to attend our