Learn the words in Hebrew to figure out the joke below: Tell me – אֱמֹר לִי He promised – הִבְטִיחַ If you will cut –
It has been half a century since Jews with even a smattering of Yiddish burst out laughing in movie theaters while watching the unconventional classic,
This week, “Hirhurim”—one of the very first blogs in the Orthodox Jewish world—will mark its 20th anniversary. Founded by Rabbi Gil Student, the blog was
(Courtesy of Columbus Torah Academy) The whole community joined together to welcome a new Sefer Torah to Columbus Torah Academy. The Torah was brought from
Don’t just tell people when they’ve done something wrong; tell them when they’ve done something right! In this week’s Torah portion (Ex. 39:43), Moses takes
HaGaon HaRav Shimon Galei got up and grabbed the microphone. It was a totally spontaneous moment that left tears of emotion in the eyes of
In Vayakhel we meet, for the second time, the man who became the symbol of the artist in Judaism, a man by the name of
Some critics wrongly label our self-defense on the 13th of Adar as a massacre. This false claim emerges from a superficial reading of Megillat Esther
No man is an island, Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. -John Donne The epic
A few times a year, the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, assembled all the students to urge them to look out for the
רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר, הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה דּוֹמֶה לִפְרוֹזְדוֹר בִּפְנֵי הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא. הַתְקֵן עַצְמְךָ בַפְּרוֹזְדוֹר, כְּדֵי שֶׁתִּכָּנֵס לַטְּרַקְלִין: הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר, יָפָה שָׁעָה אַחַת בִּתְשׁוּבָה וּמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים
Parshat Vayakhel Shabbat Shekalim The special haftarah ordained by Chazal to be read on Shabbat Shekalim—the Shabbat of or before Rosh Chodesh Adar (in which
