יום רביעי, י״ט תשרי תשפ״זWednesday, September 30, 2026
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Even though we are two Jews with three opinions, we must always maintain one heart.
"The report does not show any violation," Chaim told Josh. "If there were any sidewalk violations, this report would show them!"
We as Jews should be more sensitive to racial/ethnic jokes and slurs when we take into account our long history – and the persecution we encountered in the course of our long exile.
Obviously, it is at least a Rabbinic mandate to love one's spouse in addition to the love one must have for every other Jew.
This is not a secret nuclear weapons site.
Does it really pay to jaywalk even if you reason that the odds are on your side? Do you really want to place your life in odds hand?
Though it's easy to assume why you thought it might be.
Is it proper to fill one's sentences with "baruch Hashem,” "im yirtzeh Hashem," and "bli neder"?
You don't need to be a genius to know where this is.
Hint: This iconic building makes you think (or we hope so).
For instruction shall come forth from Zion...
The Assembly also demands that the national parliament adopt legislation to exclude any possible grant and public aid to entities that promote Antisemitism according to the IHRA Definition.
If a person who lived in a place without the ability to build a sukkah still had access to a communal sukkah, there would be no limitation on renting or buying such a domicile.
There's a good reason historians remember this location...
At this corner, these two great Rabbis meet forever in Israel.
That’s one of the rules of judgment. If you’re very kind and forgiving, Hashem will be so with your judgment. If you’re very strict, very makpid, Hashem will be so with you.
We see this as our role as Israel’s national EMS organization and as part of our ongoing activities in our global fight against Covid.
The Pope appears to be reverting back to the pre-Second Vatican Council reforms of 1965 which supposedly repudiated the “teaching of contempt” toward Jews and Judaism.
How much significance should we place in eating the Simanim foods and saying Yehi Ratzon on Rosh Hashana?
NY’s Jewish Community working together to bring relief to Haiti after the 2021 earthquake.
Thanks to support from American and international donors, the Jerusalem Defibrillator Project was launched this month at The Jerusalem Great Synagogue, the city’s largest and most central synagogue.
While there are many advantages of technology, such as convenience and communication, one of the great downsides is social media.
Corona, New Taxes, Rockets, Area C, Progressives, Fires...
Many of the societies that were exquisitely sensitive to the treatment of animals were often quite callous and sadistic to their resident Jews.
The Black and Jewish communities had a wonderful relationship before 1991, Lipkind observed. Could the community’s wounds heal? Or would it spill over to hate, racism, and anti-Semitism?
Is it proper to give an aliyah to one who has a seirev issued against him by a reputable beis din? Generally how should one interact with such a person?
Enjoying that never-ending summer vacation?
Where it can be arranged such as a designated pray area away from the public’s way, then there should be no problem with forming a minyan for prayer. In fact doing so offers the public at large... great spiritual protection, as our prayers are not only for us, but for humanity at large as well.
What would you do about Ben & Jerry's if you were in charge of the Kof-K?
There exists an unfair balance in our world between building and destroying. While building needs planning and painstaking attention, and is accomplished step by step and layer by layer, destroying is easier and quicker.
Is it proper for a husband/father or wife/mother to leave their family for an extended period of time?
I spent Shabbat in a Sefardi community, where cycling is common, and saw a teen whose bicycle chain had come off…. I exclaimed: “How great are the words of our Sages!”
On Av 10, 5765 the Ariel Sharon government uprooted thousands of Jews from the Gaza Strip.
Perhaps one should better go to sleep than engage in these pursuits, if he can't properly engage his focus on the sadness of the day.
While this poll hardly covers the broad spectrum of religious practice, where do you and your fellow readers most closely fit in?
I would be comfortable with nature hikes, short family trips, small gatherings – activities that are more contemplative in character and that do not undermine the character of these days.
Is it proper to be overly familiar and casual with one’s parents?
Coming to Israel for the holidays? Going abroad? When and how do you plan to travel?
Is it proper for an adult to change his/her given Hebrew name?
Is it proper to pressure family members of a get refuser?
Notwithstanding the war that was raging during those two years, the Rebbe simply picked up the conversation where they had left off!
Unique multi-sensory composition entitled ‘Every Person is a Symphony’ featuring ADI residents with severe disabilities underscores importance of empowering people of all abilities.
Is It Proper To Have A Favorite Child?
Will the Bennett-Lapid Shinui government collapse, and if so, how long will it take to happen?
Is it proper to publicly announce donors' names and contribution amounts in shul?
Adam was created by Hashem, a perfect being. And yet, Hashem saw that Adam wasn’t complete without Chava by his side.
I think my chances are very high. This district is a very conservative district – 65 percent voted for President Trump. I am a Russian speaker, and there’s a very large Russian Jewish demographic in this district.
Is it presumptuous for a regular frum Jew to disagree (not face to face, obviously) with a great rabbi on a particular matter in Jewish thought or public policy?
Let's pretend you were the prime minister in charge....
If a Jew who knows better intermarries, how should one treat his or her spouse? Coldly? Warmly? Somewhere in between?
I’m planning to learn and teach the commentary of the Alshich HaKadosh to Megillas Rus. — Rabbi YY Rubinstein, noted author and lecturer
To be honest, I have never met a cheesecake I didn’t like, but over the last few years, I have replaced the vanilla in my cheesecake with bourbon, with fantastic results. It’s a subtle change, but a good one! — Sandy Eller, Monsey, NY
Hebron Day was celebrated in the City of Abraham with festivities and a special conference.
September 25, 2026 
