(Courtesy of YTH) Many young men return from Eretz Yisroel having grown leaps and bounds and are now looking to keep the momentum going. The
Chanukah is more than fried foods and presents. Chanukah is about the miracles that God did for us. The miracle is that those who ended
An environment in which people speak negatively of one another becomes rife with tension, distrust and toxicity. Indeed, the original exile of the Jewish people
Until Yosef was taken from him, we don’t find Yaakov thinking negatively of any of the challenges he had endured thus far — and he
(Courtesy of OU) The Orthodox Union’s (OU) Torah Initiative hosted a siyum, an event commemorating the completion of a unit of Torah, at its headquarters
A journey through time as viewed through a single Torah-science lens Prologue From biblical times till the Middle Ages, science, like most other human pursuits,
In Parshat Vayeshev we learn about the importance of yerida, going down. While that may seem strange because we say to make aliya, go up,
Our environment poses a constant challenge to our morality, specifically with regard to the core Jewish values of modesty and sanctity in the intimate realm.
The first Rashi in our parsha notes that whereas earlier the Torah briefly mentioned the circumstances of Eisav’s offspring and where he settled for they
A major theme throughout the latter section of Sefer Bereishit is the emergence of Yehuda as the leader of Yaakov’s 12 sons, as confirmed by
Last summer, our family spent Shabbos at a retreat program in Cortlandt, New York. It’s a gorgeous place, with rolling grass, mountains and hills. There
He looked out at a city of lights and searched for its unseen designer. Noticing that a human being finally discerned Him, the divine architect
