A Beautiful Inquiry On Sunday, I received a beautiful halachic inquiry from a woman who converted through the rabbanut-recognized GPS system that morning. She counted

Editor’s note: This series is reprinted with permission from “Insights & Attitudes: Torah Essays on Fundamental Halachic and Hashkafic Issues,” a publication of TorahWeb.org. The

The book of Vayikra draws to a close by outlining the blessings that will follow if the people are faithful to their covenant with God.

Since last week’s passage of the 2023-24 state budget, many details of the $229 billion spending plan have been slowly bubbling to the surface because

Endings Explicate Beginnings The approach of the end of the school year is a time of deep reflection. ס֥וֹף דָּבָ֖ר הַכֹּ֣ל נִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶת־הָאֱלֹקים יְרָא֙ וְאֶת־מִצְוֺתָ֣יו

רְפָאֵ֤נִי ה֙ וְאֵ֣רָפֵ֔א הוֹשִׁיעֵ֖נִי וְאִוָּשֵׁ֑עָה כִּ֥י תְהִלָּתִ֖י אָֽתָּה׃ “Heal me, O Lord, and let me be healed; save me, and let me be saved; for

That ubiquitous word “kosher” (כשר), where does it come from? We all should recognize this root from the Megillah. At verse 8:5, Esther asks the

Sotah 39a describes and derives the obligation to be quiet for kriat haTorah. Thus: אָמַר רָבָא בַּר רַב הוּנָא: כֵּיוָן שֶׁנִּפְתַּח סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה אָסוּר לְסַפֵּר

In the height of the High Holiday celebrations in autumn of 1978, the Lubavitcher Rebbe suffered a heart attack. Dr. Ira Weiss of Chicago, a

Living in the vicinity of New York City affords us the opportunity to frequently travel across bridges traversing the Hudson and East Rivers. Traveling to

As many surveys have shown, Americans tend to have warm feelings toward Jews. But that’s gotten lost in our relentless campaign to expose hate. Good

To coincide with the observance of Yom HaShoah in Teaneck/Bergenfield, the Greater Teaneck Annual Yom HaShoah Committee arranges for a local school to display Holocaust