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.

This parsha begins with Moshe Rabbeinu providing an outstanding motivation intended to re-focus our goals and pursuits in life: “See that I place before you

“For three and a half weeks you are zoche to experience and understand what a talmid chacham meant when he said, ‘Dirshu ruined my life!’

Joe Wallis was a very successful weapons and aircraft dealer. He was once giving a tour of his facility to a prospective purchaser, a representative

Last week we discussed the idea of having an emotional emunah: Understanding emotionally, and feeling strongly that Hashem is the only One in complete control