The last time I checked this month’s secular calendar, I saw that May 6th was listed as “National Nurses Day,” and May 7th was listed
It is essential to recognize that anti-Zionism can be a form of antisemitism, and Israel has the right to exist. You can criticize a country’s
There is something very strange about the festival of Sukkot, of which our parsha is the primary source. On the one hand, it is the
Three months ago, on a cold February day, Governor Kathy Hochul proposed a budget that totaled $227 billion. Even that amount seems like a lot
The Israelites caught sight of the Egyptians advancing upon them. Terrified, the Israelites cried out to God, and they said to Moshe, “Was it for
לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: During leining on Shabbat, I noticed dirt of some sort that distorted a letter of
שור אוֹ־כֶשֶׂב אוֹ־עֵז כִּי יִוָּלֵד וְהָיָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תַּחַת אִמּוֹ וּמִיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי וָהָלְאָה יֵרָצֶה לְקָרְבַּן אִשֶּׁה לַה’׃ “If a bull, a lamb or a goat
Sotah 28a and 47b “Well dressed, perfumed and unwashed,” is how the judge described the sharply dressed, articulate litigant who lied through his teeth. It
A new perek begins on Sotah 32a—with the mishna stating אֵלּוּ נֶאֱמָרִין בְּכׇל לָשׁוֹן—these may be said in any language. Yet, Rashi writes אלו נאמרין
Part III According to a profile in the New York Times: “Rabbi Wallis, 64—who was born in Israel and raised in New York—is the son
Review: “Good for a Single Journey” by Helen Joyce. Amsterdam Publishers. 2023. Paperback. English. ISBN 978: 9493276611. I recently read Helen Joyce’s newly released, well-received
Reviewing: “Greatness: Portraits of Torah Personalities Past and Present” by Eytan Kobre. Mosaica Press. 2022. English. Hardcover. 254 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1957579399. This book contains a
