Houston, We Have a Sefer Torah Problem
When a sofer writes a new sefer Torah, he must copy it from a very special and correct Torah or a special tikun. This is
When a sofer writes a new sefer Torah, he must copy it from a very special and correct Torah or a special tikun. This is
There are four types of people in the world: Those who prepare their mishloach manos many days before Purim; those who prepare the day before
QUESTION: Recently, while playing basketball, I tore my Achilles heel tendon. The recovery time, I am told, is six months. The doctor gave me a
Of late, there are politicians in Israel who have taken up the call to draft yeshiva students again. As a result, there are young yeshiva
The recent tragic terrorist acts on Highway One outside of Maale Adumim are viewed by Mishteret Yisrael (Israel Police) and the IDF as a game-changer.
Ten years ago, this author wrote an article that advocated a tweak to our kallah teacher curriculum having to do with cancer screening. The tweak
The entire Jewish nation is elated that two of the hostages have been freed, Boruch Hashem. This morning, Sheba Medical Center published the first photo
Years ago, in the late 40s or early 50s, there was a rabbi of the Touro Synagogue—a talmid of Rav Yerucham Levovitz—who appeared on a
A few weeks ago I printed a story that I found in several 19th century sources. I looked into matters further and believe that Eton’s
There is a fascinating Zohar (Parshas Vayishlach p. 179) which states: “Come and see, in these songs and praises that Dovid HaMelech recited—there are within
Rav Elya Ber Wachtfogel shlita, once observed his father, Rav Nosson Wachtfogel zt”l, the mashgiach of BMG in Lakewood, in a remarkable state of joy
Imagine a seven-year-old Jewish boy taken away from his parents and never given back. No, this isn’t October 7, 2023, but Bologna, Italy, in 1858.