They heard the reports and they had seen the actual fruit. They had personally witnessed the gigantic grapes hauled back by the spies. They had

My good friend Rabbi Moshe Ginian told me he was trying to learn and complete a certain Gemara, but he found himself frequently distracted. So

We have two berachot d’orayta, two explicit commands from the written Torah, to make a blessing after one finishes a meal and before learning Torah.

Of the many life cycle events we celebrate, the yahrzeit is one that is probably most filled with bittersweet emotions. “Yahrzeit” is a Yiddish word

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In our parsha, Moshe Rabbeinu pronounces praises to Hashem, perhaps famous to us as they are included in the first blessing of the amidah: the

There are a number of puzzling things in Parshat Eikev, including the name itself. The parsha begins: “וְהָיָה עֵקֶב תִּשְׁמְעוּן אֵת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים, And it will

Part I Harrison Pawluk is an online personality who films himself performing “random acts of kindness.” He gets views in the millions. He shares videos

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Part VIII While the procedure to expedite visas initiated by Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson worked in the U.S., unfortunately, the American Consuls in Europe