In the middle of Moshe’s retelling of the sin of the Golden Calf—which occurred in the first year after the Exodus—he includes two verses (Devarim

כִּי תֹאמַר בִּלְבָבְךָ רַבִּים הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה מִמֶּנִּי אֵיכָה אוּכַל לְהוֹרִישָׁם: לֹא תִירָא מֵהֶם זָכֹר תִּזְכֹּר אֵת אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְדֹוָד אֱלֹקיךָ לְפַרְעֹה וּלְכָל מִצְרָיִם (דברים ז:יז-יח)

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

Parshat Eikev “ותאמר ציון עזבני ה’,וה’ שכחני”—Of the various responses of Israel to the promised redemption prophesied by the Navi Yishayahu, none are more painful

One of the questions that is often asked about blowing shofar (during Elul) to confuse the Satan is, “Hasn’t he figured it out already?” The

The pasuk in our parsha states: “You should know in your heart that just as a father will chastise his son, so Hashem, your God,

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I am traveling from New York westward to Japan (flight XX YY), leaving early Monday

“Im shamoa tishmeu:” “Lehaazin” means “to hear.” But “lishmoa” often includes “to understand” and “to obey.” For the last, see, e.g., Psalms 18:45. The doubling

As the last surviving son and successor of the Brisker Rov, Rav Meshulam Dovid HaLevi Soloveitchik, zt’l, was a staunch guardian of derech ha-limud (study

To Be a Jew I’m thrilled to announce the launch of our latest project, “To Be a Jew,” a deeply meaningful booklet that brings together

Post-October 7, I heard a story that sent chills down my spine. Many mothers in Israel have had trouble sleeping because their children are in

(Previously, we showed that Hashem gave us our national mission statement as part of the introduction to Matan Torah. In four words, Hashem charged us