On Thursday, Nov. 3, there was a bulletin issued by the FBI warning about a credible threat of terrorism against New Jersey synagogues. B”H, by

Disclaimer: Please accept my apologies if the title of this essay creates an expectation that it will express a political point of view on the

(* denotes incumbent) US House New Jersey District 5 Josh Gottheimer (D)* 54.3% Frank Pallotta (R) 44% US House New Jersey District 6 Frank Pallone

Parshat Vayera How fitting a selection is this week’s haftarah! It is fitting, not simply in its stories that relate closely to those in the

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

If the devious and biased journalists of CNN, BBC, NYT, AP and all of the other unbalanced news agencies were around in the time of

In the beginning of this week’s parsha, Avraham excitedly welcomes the three guests into his home and immediately springs into action preparing them a delicious

Finally, on Nedarim 10a, we learn what a kinuy, nickname, for a neder is! The first Mishna (2a) had declared that such nicknames were as

Rav Yisroel Belsky, zt”l — rosh yeshiva of Torah Vodaas — was an exceptional Torah personality and one of the great poskim of our generation.

וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו ה’ בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא וְהוּא ישֵׁב פֶּתַח הָאֹהֶל כְּחֹם הַיּוֹם (בראשית יח:א) “And Hashem appeared to him in the field of Mammre and he

Students of Hebrew are taught early on that the hitpael functions as a “reflexive” stem, i.e., that the actor is doing some action on himself.

By Rav Reuven Taragin רַבִּי אוֹמֵר, אֵיזוֹהִי דֶרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה שֶׁיָּבוֹר לוֹ הָאָדָם? כֹּל שֶׁהִיא תִפְאֶרֶת לְעוֹשֶׂיהָ וְתִפְאֶרֶת לוֹ מִן הָאָדָם. וֶהֱוֵי זָהִיר בְּמִצְוָה קַלָּה כְּבַחֲמוּרָה,