Note: This is not intended to take sides as to the issue of judicial reform, but merely to refer to the Talmud’s daily daf to
(Courtesy of OU) In a North-American—perhaps, global first—700 talmidim worldwide recently completed Talmud Yerushalmi’s Maseches Demai, thanks to a unique partnership between the Orthodox Union’s
Buried among the epic passages in Va’etchanan—among them the Shema and the Ten Commandments—is a brief passage with large implications for the moral life
Editor’s note: This series is reprinted with permission from “Insights & Attitudes: Torah Essays on Fundamental Halachic and Hashkafic Issues,” a publication of TorahWeb.org. The
Historically Inaccurate? Shimmy Gabbay, a beloved congregant at Teaneck’s Congregation Shaarei Orah, came to be puzzled about Devarim 5:3-4. Moshe Rabbeinu—in these pesukim—tells us that
The second half of the Aseret Hadibrot catalogs heinous moral sins such as murder and adultery. The list concludes with a crime which may not
A challenge I have as a parent is when my children do something wrong and I need to punish them, so they won’t do it
Rav Daniel Movshovitz, HY”D, was the menahel of the Talmud Torah of Kelm. He was an embodiment of mussar, refinement, greatness in Torah, faith, straightforward
לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: Recently, my mother had a hip replacement and needs help walking to the bathroom. May
Every year, we read the 10 commandments in parshat Va’etchanan after Tisha B’Av. The first 10 commandments—in parshat Yitro—are not read at the same time
Parshas Va’etchanan Probing the Prophets With the haftarah of “Nachamu,” we begin the “Shiva d’Nechemta,” the post-Tisha B’Av readings of consolation that lead up to
A few years ago—shortly before Tisha B’Av—someone forwarded me a touchingly beautiful and masterfully produced video, entitled “Letting Go.” Narrated by Rabbi Yoel Gold, it
