Rav Chanina of Sura makes an appearance on Sotah 25a, one of a handful of appearances in Talmud. A dilemma was raised before the Sages:

A few years ago ago, a good friend invited my wife and me to his home for a meeting he was hosting. He told me

Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Shurkin—a long-time maggid shiur at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin—learned in the yeshiva of Radin for 15 years and had a close relationship

כִּֽי־בַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֛ה יְכַפֵּ֥ר עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם לְטַהֵ֣ר אֶתְכֶ֑ם מִכֹּל֙ חַטֹּ֣אתֵיכֶ֔ם לִפְנֵ֥י ה’ תִּטְהָֽרוּ (ויקרא טז:ל) “Because on this day, He will atone you in order to purify

The first of this week’s two parshiot, Acharei Mot, marks a transition from a moment of individual suffering to a ritual of communal atonement. The

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: What are the rules about correcting a baal korei? Answer: The Tur (Orach Chayim 142)

 Parashiyot Acharei Mot-Kedoshim, Yom Ha’atzmaut HaRav Simcha Assaf writes in his book “T’kufat HaGeonim V’sifrutah” that, upon the passing of the great Rav Sherira Gaon,

With the number of Holocaust survivors dwindling rapidly, the all-important documentary “Four Winters: A Story of Jewish Partisan Resistance and Bravery in WW2” is now

On Sunday evening, May 28, the Bergen PAC in Englewood will be hopping to the solo concert by Jewish music superstar Avraham Fried. Celebrating his

 We must build our own society with its own value system. “Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: ‘I am Hashem, your

עֲקַבְיָא בֶן מַהֲלַלְאֵל אוֹמֵר, הִסְתַּכֵּל בִּשְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים וְאֵין אַתָּה בָא לִידֵי עֲבֵרָה. דַּע, מֵאַיִן בָּאתָ, וּלְאָן אַתָּה הוֹלֵךְ, וְלִפְנֵי מִי אַתָּה עָתִיד לִתֵּן דִּין וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן.

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