Parshat Ki Teitzei presents a seemingly harsh set of guidelines for inclusion within the Jewish people. Marriage is strictly limited to pedigreed Jews and, additionally,

I recently attended a seudas hoda’ah—a meal of thanks to Hashem—hosted by a friend. His family had experienced an extremely challenging year, with accidents and

Last week we discussed the importance of offering a positive gesture to another person, and how powerful—even something small of that sort—can actually be. We

Dirshu’s Daf HaYomi B’Halacha program is completing the difficult halachos of eiruven and moving on to Hilchos Pesach. Perhaps it is no coincidence that the

The ancient pagan residents of Israel practiced widespread sorcery and black magic. Many of these rituals, including witchcraft, wizardry, necromancy and soothsaying, were aimed at

Family vacations can be fun and exhausting at the same time. We returned from ours very late Thursday night. Our heads hit the pillow around

A new year begins. We are so used to this word, “new,” but the Torah asks us to stop and contemplate. To truly renew ourselves.

We can never underestimate the power of a kind gesture, even a seemingly insignificant one… When the body of a murder victim is found between

In Parshat Shoftim we read about the individual who was preparing for battle. In describing such a person the Torah writes, “When you do battle

(Courtesy of Dirshu) The city of Pinsk in Belarus may seem a very unlikely place for a siyum haShas, but quietly out of the spotlight,

Rabbi Sorotzkin runs the organization Lev L’Achim in Eretz Yisrael, an organization specializing in being mekarev (bringing closer to Judaism) those who don’t have a

At the core of Jewish identity lies kosher dietary laws and kosher eating. Almost every “identified” Jew maintains some minimal standard of a kosher diet.