May We Pray for IDF Soldiers on Shabbos?
In 1438, a great meeting of German rabbis was convened in Nuremberg during which the rabbis issued a number of communal enactments. During the Shabbos
In 1438, a great meeting of German rabbis was convened in Nuremberg during which the rabbis issued a number of communal enactments. During the Shabbos
Some people will not take credit for their accomplishments. Others boast every second they can about the things they have achieved. However, neither are good
The Gemara quotes Rebbe Akiva who taught that a person should always be accustomed to say: “Whatever the Merciful One [i.e., Hashem] does, He does
There is a fascinating Zohar (Parshas Vayishlach p. 179) which states: “Come and see, in these songs and praises that Dovid HaMelech recited—there are within
In the days of the Talmud, and in our own day, an ordinary instance of theft is assumed to generally result in the ye-ush or
העוסק במצות השבת אבידה Bava Kamma 57b As you are leaving the synagogue on a Shabbat morning, you find a diamond ring on the floor.
Due to the invention of the steamboat, Americans were finally able to travel to Europe and the Mideast starting around the middle of the 19th
In preparation for the tenth plague, Hashem told the Israelites to smear the blood of the korban Pesach on the lintels and doorposts of their
Kaddish for Every Kadosh The following is a letter I received from Eitan Meisels: Dear Sivan, My name is Eitan, and I’m the father of
Learn the words in Hebrew to figure out the joke below: In the city – בָּעִיר Nothing – כְּלוּם He is playing – מְנַגֵּן Hundred
Everyone enjoys a good laugh—but not every laugh is necessarily good. While humor can be used in a positive way to make people feel good,
This week’s parsha could be entitled “The Birth of a Leader.” We see Moses, adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter, growing up as a prince of Egypt.