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PA President Abbas's refusal to publicly condemn the terror attack that killed Baruch Mizrachi is putting a damper on the parade.
The Shas political party, founded and run by the late Rav Ovadia Yosef, has a appointed a new spiritual leader, according to a Galei Tzahal report. The rabbi chosen to replace Harav Ovadia and be the new president of the party's Council of Torah Sages is Rabbi Shalom Cohen. Aryeh Deri is the political leader […]
If itis a mitzva to eat matza all Pesach, then why is there no berakha attached to it?
When we are united with unconditional love, no stone will be raised against us by our enemies.
In 1941, the Jews of Kiev received a similar leaflet. When they showed up the next day, more than 34,000 were murdered.
Teen stabbed in South Florida high school.
By dvora
Amazingly, each and every blade was green and moist as if it was just freshly cut.
Regardless of age, parents play an important role in their children’s lives.
By Leah Field
We peel away one layer after the next, our eyes tear up and it becomes harder and harder to see as we get closer to our innermost insecurities and fears.
Some Mountain Jews believe they are descendents of the Ten Lost Tribes and were exiled to Azerbaijan and Dagestan by Sancheriv.
“The mitzvah of drawing water for the baking of the matzah for the Seder comes only once a year. I do not care to share it with a horse.’’
By Pnina Baim
Yom Tov is about spending time with your family. And while for some families the big once-in-a-lifetime experience is great, for others something low key is the way to go.
A fascinating glimpse into the rich complexity of medieval Jewish life and its contemporary relevance had intriguingly emerged.
Dear Dr. Yael: My heart is breaking; my husband’s friend has gotten divorced. While this type of situation is always sad, here I do believe it could have been avoided.
World Council of Churches expresses solidarity with "Palestinians" 'languishing' in Israeli prisons.
All the commentaries ask why Hashem focuses on the Exodus as opposed to saying, “I am Hashem who created the entire world.”
Someone who focuses only on the bones of the Torah makes his bones dry and passionless.
By Batya Medad
The Seder: We starve (during the sometimes endless recitations and discussions) and we feast.
The Kotel Plaza, the stairs, the Kotel entrance, the roads, everything was packed for Birkat Cohanim - the Priestly Blessing of the People - now imagine if this had been held on top of Har HaBayit, the Temple Mount!
The unique skills of people on the autistic spectrum adds great breadth to IDF intelligence work.
Four Israeli citizens were hurt Thursday in a road terror attack near Tekoa in Gush Etzion.
Passover is a road that we still travel, a long journey from slavery to freedom.
By Shadi Paveh
In Iran, 131 offenses are punishable by death, including blasphemy, adultery and homosexuality.
Women must eat Matzah on Pesach too but that is also a time bound positive commandment.
The reporter simply reports the news, but it is greater to be inspired to better the situation.
The Big Bang theory marked the scientific community's first sense of the universe having a beginning.
Freeing convicted murderers returns the status of Jewish existence to something less than sanctified.
By Dov Shurin
“The bigger they are the harder they fall” describes what God had in mind for Olmert.
We, soldiers of the IDF, who stand guard over the people and the land, fulfill the hopes of the millions of Jewish people across the generations who sought freedom.
Hebron is proving to be a popular family tourist site during the Passover Holiday.
Hundreds attended the funeral of Police Chief Superintendent Baruch Mizrachi, who was slain by terrorists on Passover eve.
The following is President Obama's statement on Passover (April 14, 2014). As he has in the past, the President held an official Passover Seder at the White House. Michelle and I send our warmest greetings to all those celebrating Passover in the United States, in Israel, and around the world. On Tuesday, just as we […]
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Some reactions in response to the latest terror attack.
By Steve
The officers had signaled to the Arab driver to pull over. He then rammed into them.
The Palestinian terrorist stood by the side of the road at shot at passing cars with an AK-47.
The tendency to rely on human beings rather than G-d has been our curse throughout the centuries.
“Who is wise? One who learns from each person” (Pirkei Avot 4:1)
How much is the human mind able to grasp of the Divine?
Jews have brought the baggage of the galut (exile) mentality to the modern state of Israel.
By Moshe Dann
The Haggadah is an instruction manual on how to survive as strangers in strange lands.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
In Judaism, to be without questions is a sign not of faith, but of lack of depth.
"I'll try to help as we can," said Mr. Goodman, "but we already made a special appeal this year. Let me see what other funds we have. I'll be in touch with you in a day or two."
Rashi is bothered by the expression Hashem used: “the Jews need only travel.”
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Reckoning Time ‘Three Festivals, Even Out Of Order’ (Beizah 19b)
By R.M. Gross
Two husbands were there to instruct us in Texas hold ‘em – and we needed them.
Question: Why do we start counting sefirat ha’omer in chutz la’aretz on the second night of Pesach when the omer in the times of the Beit Hamikdash was cut on Chol HaMoed? M. Goldman (Via E-Mail)
A few background principles regarding the prohibitions of chametz mixtures on Pesach may provide some shopping guidance.
The plan’s goal is to provide supportive housing to 200 individuals with disabilities by the year 2020.
Despite being one of the fastest-growing Jewish communities in the U.S. – the estimated Jewish population is 70-80,000 – Las Vegas has long been overlooked by much of the Torah world.
It’s finally happened. New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan reported on her blog that “many readers...wrote to object to an [April 2] article…on the breakdown in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians,” claiming “[they] found the headline misleading and the article itself lacking in context.” Ms. Sullivan provided one such letter, quoted the […]
Nor did it seem relevant that according to widely circulated media reports, Rev. Sharpton was caught on an FBI surveillance video discussing possible drug sales with an FBI agent.
Jewish soldiers in the Polish forces often encountered anti-Semitic prejudice.
According to the Rambam, the k’nas applies to any chametz on Pesach with which one could, in theory, transgress the aveirah – even if no transgression actually occurred.
When the state was established, gedolim went to Ben-Gurion and asked him not to draft women and, later, yeshiva bachrim.
Kerry reportedly admitted that he had “made a mistake.”
By Ron Kampeas
But Israel's stance is not sufficiently consequential to set off a fight between friends, neoconservative scholars said.
Perhaps worse than all the above is the acute lack of unity among Jews
By Shalom Bear
No, it's not another Haredi protest against the draft, it's burning the Chametz.
Even the Egyptians didn't dare do this!
Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau and Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and Deputy Finance Minister Mickey Levy sell the Chametz (food containing leavening) of the State of Israel to an Israeli-Arab Israeli, Mr. Jaber, before the upcoming Passover holiday.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai and Rabbi Shimshon Nadel discuss preparing for Pesach, in all aspects of life.
The attacker apparently targeted various Jewish centers.
By Batya Medad
Pro-Israel leaders on campus are as important as the troops in the IDF and professional hasbaraniks.
By JTA
(JTA) — The parents of a Jewish student at an exclusive girls’ school in London called on the head of school to make a public statement about an incident in which a teacher told their daughter that she would be sent “to one of your gas chambers.” The incident at North London Collegiate School occurred […]
The prophecy in Joel, like most prophecies, is surreal, beautiful, and open to many interpretations.
At our seder we emulate the way it was celebrated in Temple times, as if the Temple still stood.
90% of Israelis will participate in a Seder, and 80% of "secular" Jews believe in God. Not bad.
By Shalom Bear
Hamas terrorists forced the Israeli police to not allow Jews and other visitors onto the Temple Mount.
The IDF has stocked up for Passover, and hopes the citizens will enjoy touring the countryside (but don't hike in any minefields).
By Rabbis Yitzchok Adlerstein and Abraham Cooper
Not one world leader holds Abbas accountable for his part in the breakdown of negotiations.
The seder reminds us of our freedom now that we are home again in the land of the Nation of Israel
The government’s approval of Jews moving into the Hebron building marks a return to a bit of political normalcy.
The lack of runways in Israel’s strategic hills in the Golan, Judea and Samaria and the Negev make helicopters essential for defense.
There is nothing like a good round of anti-Semitism to sober up Jews to move to Israel.
If you are looking for a hotel room for Passover in Mitzpeh Ramon in the Central Negev, start looking elsewhere. Roman Abramovich, owner of Britain’s Chelsea soccer club, has booked all 111 rooms in the Beresheet Hotel in the mountain desert resort city, the London Daily Mail reported. Abramovich reportedly will fly to Israel today […]
American Jews are increasingly buying more hand-made matzah as well as American-made manufactured matzah. All at the expense of Israeli exports, according to Kosher Today. Israeli exports used to hold approximately 40 percent of the American market but has declined by 11 percent. Sales of hand-made “shmurah matzah” have soared by nearly 15 percent. One […]
By JTA
Alan Gross suspended his hunger strike Friday after a week at the behest of his elderly mother. “Alan’s mother asked him to stop the fast,” Jill Zuckman, the spokeswoman of the family of the State Department subcontractor imprisoned in Cuba, told JTA. “He agreed to do that.” Gross, who launched his fast April 3, told […]
Card-carrying Israeli citizens in a totally Arab city in the western Galilee already are preparing celebrations for what they expect will be the return of their “heroes” who killed Israelis in terrorist attacks. The United States is trying to work out a deal with Israel to allow freeing several Arab terrorists with Israeli citizenship in […]
By Shalom Bear
Two policemen were injured in the attack on the Jewish holy site.
Two people were arrested last week, one of them a minor, for posting the following sign near the entrance to the Temple Mount. The police are considering charging them with a "nationalistic crime." You are hereby requested to evacuate the Temple Mount compound by April 13, 2013- the 13 of Nissan, by 7 PM due […]
IDF helicopters are ready to act on a moment's notice to defend the State of Israel.
The 1948 re-establishment of Jewish sovereignty was a modern day Exodus and Parting of the Sea.
Ron Pundak was involved in many leftist "peace" initiatives. Pundak died on Friday.
By Dov Gilor
Spies who caused American deaths and worked for enemy states received lighter sentences than Pollard.
By Chava Dumas
She was followed by the shadows of the Six Million, by the ever so subtle awareness of their vanished presence.
Pesach is so liberating (if you excuse the expression). It’s the only time I can eat anywhere in the house, guilt free! Matzah in bed!
Now all the pain, fear and struggle were over and they were home. Yuli was safe and free, a hero returned to his land and people.
Christie's "good friend" is an Imam who supports murderers of Jews and defames Israel and Christians.
While it would seem from his question that he is being chuzpadik and dismissive, I wonder if its possible, if just maybe, he is a struggling, confused neshama who actually wants to come back to the fold.
“You speak foolishly, daughter, how is it possible for a man who has not eaten for 10 years to live?”
I agree with the letter writer that a shadchan should respectfully and graciously accept a negative response to a shidduch offer.
October 30, 2026 
