יום שלישי, י״ח תשרי תשפ״זTuesday, September 29, 2026
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To be brief, the overwhelming rabbinic opinion presented is that one should only say Selichot after Chazot or in the early morning hours before davening.
The two friends have been studying together every day for 42 years and are completing the Talmud for the sixth time.
Ultimately, it is through knowledge of and dedication to the truth that we draw closer to Hashem.
Prime Kosher Sports goes above and beyond to make sure that attendees of the U.S. Tennis Open have a plethora of options to choose from.
In the book, Resnick argues that both Bloom and Roosevelt deserve credit for possibly saving British Jewry from extermination.
If one is confronted with many charities that one does not know, it behooves the giver to first find out if the charity is authentic.
The demonstrations had taken place every Saturday for approximately eighteen and a half years. The plaintiffs requested in their complaint that the demonstrations either be enjoined or that the demonstrators be moved to, 1,000 feet of the Synagogue’s property line.
My wife and I used to say that winning a $100,000 lottery would be a real bracha if no one, and I mean no one, knew about it. If one person found out about it, it wouldn’t be worth it.
Attitudes in Europe, and in Sweden and Denmark in particular, have challenged basic respect for the religious beliefs of other and common decency in general.
One who accepts tzedakah should not spend money on things that are considered unnecessary luxuries. However, if the things one spends money on are considered normal expenditures in the society one lives in, then it is ok.
The Satmar Business Expo brings together thousands of yeshiva graduates to network with hundreds of successful business owners and entrepreneurs who work, manage and own companies in every industry imaginable.
Lions, Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
Speakers from the government and opposition, as well as security officials, called on Israel to start defeating its enemies, as it did in the past.
Of course, having slick professional lawyers attempt to outwit one another in court is not the Torah way. Nevertheless, we still find a halachic mandate to seek to exonerate the accused if any doubt exists as to his or her guilt.
A letter has been released, urging Congressional delegations to terminate all U.S. funding to the UN's COI and its related cohorts.
ADI’s ‘toy like me’ initiative promotes equal representation via personalized dolls for residents and special education students with severe disabilities.
We want our children to be deeply attached to our traditions, our family’s values and ideals. We also want them to grow into strong, healthy human beings who will live as responsible adults.
It is a completely secular holiday... As such, it is acclaimed as a joyous day by those who reside in and appreciate the advantages of this land regardless of the religious or other belief system to which they may subscribe.
It is very difficult to provide anything more than general guidelines regarding when one should take sides in a family fight.
It depends what type of politics is being discussed. If it is politics that has a direct effect on Jewish interests and has therefore Torah issues involved, then as the Chofetz Chaim was reported to say Hashem also has His politics.
The author attempts for the first time to examine and challenge the assumptions behind accepting an Islamist statelet committed to its destruction on its southern border.
It could well be that their goal in visiting the zoo was not (only) for simple entertainment or leisure, but to be able there to marvel at the wondrous creation of Hashem’s world.
The more complicated question is whether we should give our children a smartphone at all or at a young age.
Since the minhag of Klal Yisrael has been to stay up all Shavuos night and learn Torah in preparation for our yearly reacceptance of the Torah, it is definitely proper to fulfill the minhag.
Tenant protections are not going away. They’re here. This is New York. However, we also have to balance out the needs of the landlords, of the real estate industry, to make certain there should be incentives to properly invest.
In order to preserve the child’s respect for the institution and its instructors, the parent must exhibit that respect in the child’s presence.
Some students may thrive in a secular university because they may be called upon to take on leadership roles in a religious capacity, such as to help make the minyan or to arrange Torah study opportunities, when they might not be able do so in a Jewish college setting when there are already plenty of minyanim and Torah study opportunities.
Such public entertainment is similar to what people do during the rest of the year and thus completely undermines, and even vitiates, the mourning of the omer period.
It is clear that the prohibition obtains only when one dyes his hair to achieve the same result as women who dye their hair.
There are the other components of the Seder which we must consume: the wine, the maror and the matzah. Thus, if one does not consume any meat, fowl and/or fish, that will suffice as regards the evening’s requirements.
If consuming these products are an enhancement of one's simchas Yom Tov and done l’shem mitzvah, they can be sanctioned with moderation.
In my opinion, what is at stake here is whether one can permit these acts since they represent only a professional interaction with no personal implications.
Neither conservative or liberal politics represent Torah politics. There are definitely aspects of each which are in line with Torah perspectives and ethics, and definitely aspects of each that are opposed to Torah perspectives and ethics.
Jewish students from many local high schools gathered in Industry City, Brooklyn to spend a full day creating prototypes of products that would benefit people living in the global south.
Many of these commentaries stress that drinking is meant to enhance an appropriate Purim celebration.
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