The Gemara (Berachot 12) brings that “Anyone who has the opportunity to beseech (Hashem) for mercy on behalf of his fellow and does not beseech
It’s too late! You can’t take back what you said! You may have heard the phrase, “Think before you speak”; this phrase is rooted in
Remember the Seventh Day Boaz Klein, a Chabad emissary in Bariloche, Argentina, wrote to me that while thousands of Israelis pass through their Chabad House
And on that day—declares my Lord God—I will make the sun set at noon, I will darken the earth on a sunny day. Amos 8:9
Sitting at the Seder last year, surrounded by my family, I glanced outside upon the hills of Beit Shemesh and saw an Israeli flag waving
Last week, I proposed a model for a comprehensive hashkafa, a worldview: that of an army, a Great Battalion. Where does such an idea come
It’s incredible to reflect on the past 9 years of Yesh Tikva’s Infertility Awareness Shabbat; how synagogues around the world have been taking this one
(Courtesy of The Rabbi Sacks Legacy) The Rabbi Sacks Legacy announces the launch of the second cohort of the Sacks Scholars, a program designed to
SAR, Ramaz and Bruriah recently visited the OU’s headquarters for a deep dive on kosher as part of the program ASK OU (Advanced Seminars in
(Courtesy of the OU) It’s a situation which, Orthodox Union rabbanim say, unfortunately occurs far too often: A person invests in a number of beautiful
The late Barry Goldwater, who served as a senator from the state of Arizona and who, 60 years ago, made an unsuccessful bid for the
A wise person doesn’t judge people or things by the way they first appear. In this week’s Torah portion, we learn how the Jewish priests,
