יום שלישי, כ״ו אלול תשפ״וTuesday, September 8, 2026
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Although we likely take it for granted that berachos are a pillar of our daily lives, they have not always existed as they do now.
Equally important is resisting the urge to retaliate. A sharp remark often provokes an even sharper response, and the tone can quickly descend into bitterness.
According to the DSA, terrorists have legitimate grievances, and the root cause of terrorism is – you guessed it – America’s “imperialist” foreign policy. In the eyes of Mamdani’s comrades – DSA members actually call each other that – the nation’s power, prestige, global reach and influence is a menace.
G-d is not in a popularity contest. In fact, He Himself endows man with the ability to deny His Presence or to believe in any falsity he chooses. That itself is the epitome of awesomeness, in its true meaning.
If someone were to ask you to prove that you exist, you would seriously struggle to do so. One’s own existence simply cannot be rationally proven.
Despite its unsettled reception, The Man in the Glass Booth was neither suppressed nor forgotten; to the contrary, its notoriety ensured its place in the canon of post-Holocaust drama.
Tehilla understood that nights of interrupted sleep and scampering into the safe room was a small price to pay compared to the price others paid in the terrible loss of life and limbs.
Even though Pinchas explicitly cancelled the agency before witnesses (the other friends), since David was not aware and purchased the pizza as instructed, Pinchas is liable to reimburse David for what David laid out with reliance on him (Nesivos 182:3).
A guy who immediately suggests that you change in order to meet their approval is not someone you can keep in your life.
By Irwin Cohen
The Orthodox community in Harrisburg is under 100. Some wear their tallis over their head while davening and some don't.
One of the hardest feelings, especially now, is uncertainty. We don’t know what tomorrow will bring, and so many people search for answers that can guarantee the future.
By Mendi Glik
I’ll be very honest with you: This new trend of using different tunes for the High Holiday tefillot really ruins the davening for me.
Question: I recently returned from a trip abroad and wanted to say HaGomel. When I mentioned this to the officers of my synagogue, however, they told me – as per the instructions of the synagogue’s rabbi – that I would have to wait until Shabbos to do so. I was not given any reason for this and did not wish to display my ignorance, so I quietly acquiesced. Can you please explain why I had to wait? Name Withheld Via E-mail
Once a month, on days meant to be marked by personal introspection, Hashem challenges us to recognize and value the quiet enablers in our midst.
The architecture of Shoftim invites reflection not just on governance, but on restraint. It cautions against excess and sanctifies balance. It insists that power must be regulated by humility, and that leadership demands a commitment to the law: not a manipulation of it.
Elul is a deep dive into ourselves, into the hidden recesses of who we are. Without this introspection, we cannot grow into better people. Even as the national situation rightly demands our attention, we must not forget this personal journey into the inner worlds that shape us.
The mitzvot of Parshat Shoftim are relevant to the governance and political practices of an Israelite (or Israeli) society ruled by law. The king is interchangeable with the elders, as we find in the present passages (Devarim 21:1-9), and stands in for the collective of Israel at large.
Abraham Lincoln chose a different path. Instead of surrounding himself with loyalists, he built a “team of rivals,” appointing to his Cabinet, men who had opposed him and even run against him for the presidency. They disagreed with him often and sometimes bitterly, but Lincoln welcomed the challenge.
To equate Munich and Yalta isn’t just sloppy history. It erases the essential difference between surrender and solidarity in the face of total war.
The idea that a prohibited substance is nullified by 60 is portrayed pictographically by a mem (square) surrounded by a samech (circle).
There are several leniencies in applying this restriction when the names do not totally match up. For example, if the names do not match exactly – such as a father-in-law named Yaakov Yosef and a son-in-law named Yosef – some poskim permit the marriage.
It’s an understatement to say that Rabbi Wein has been a major influence in my life. I find myself quoting him constantly. When I had questions about Torah outlook or life matters, I would ask Rabbi Wein. Now that opportunity is lost.
By Jason Ciment
Elul has started. It’s the time of year when we find ourselves reflecting on the past, hoping we didn’t mess up too badly, and wondering if we’ll make it through the U’netaneh Tokef of Rosh Hashana with a clean slate. The end of the year is a great catalyst to thinking about goals – […]
What is the blessing that G-d bestows on us for keeping the mitzvot? It is that “tishme’u,” you will be able in the future to continue performing the mitzvot. There is a future to keeping mitzvot.
Why a recent rabbis’ letter is not what the Jewish State needs right now.
By Marc Gronich
There is a clear nexus between cell phone use and a decline in students’ mental health and academic success due to a decreased ability to focus, diminished social interaction and emotional stress, said Senator Shelley Mayer (D – Yonkers, Westchester County), chairwoman of the Senate Education Committee.
As the weeks went on, it became disappointingly apparent to me that my father and I were not inspired by the same things. I desperately wanted to connect to the ideas that he thought worthy of preservation, and while I was able to appreciate them intellectually, my heart remained perversely neutral.
He really was an amazing speaker. The Torah just flowed from his lips. He was so brilliant, but also so modest.
He made greatness approachable. Like a child aspiring to be like a parent. Not out of intimidation, but out of inspiration.
Western liberals have shown a troubling tolerance for these totalitarians.
All her life, from early childhood, Grandma has been meticulous in living a fully observant Jewish life. Her devotion to mitzvot was such that at age 99, when the U.K. was in full lockdown during Covid, she cleaned and kashered her home for Pesach entirely on her own – just months before her 100th birthday.
It is truly heartbreaking that in the midst of a devastating war – nearly 1,000 brave Israeli soldiers have been killed, thousands more wounded, tens of thousands of families remain displaced, and the country is torn apart emotionally and ideologically over the seemingly irreconcilable goals of rescuing the long-suffering hostages and defeating Hamas – another battle has been declared.
By Ariela Davis
I am endlessly grateful to Hashem for the miracles he performed for us in getting our footing in this amazing country... I’m grateful to Hashem for providing us with work that we find challenging and fulfilling and also proud that we were able to recreate ourselves.
Turning himself into a scientific lexicographer, he was determined that each word would have its roots in Biblical sources to the greatest possible extent. However, in many cases, there were no analogs – one estimate is that the Hebrew Bible contains only 6,259 unique words, while modern Hebrew has about 80,000 – so he had to create new words from whole cloth.
I am not saying I know exactly how Israel should or should not act, what the day after plan should be, which leaders or parties know best, or so on.
An important first step after receiving a large windfall is to assess your overall finances. If you borrowed any money, you should consider paying that off first.
To destroy is easy. To build is sacred, slow, and infinitely more precious.
By Aryeh Werth
In the war of ideas, we don't have an army . . . if we lose in the battle of ideas, then we won't be able to win in the battle on the ground.– Naftali Bennett interview with The Jewish Press
Some might argue that the old democratic socialists were comfortable with an Israel governed by the Labor Party – then a proud member of the Socialist International – during an era when the kibbutz movement still loomed large, and that they would have felt far less affinity for today’s capitalist “Startup Nation.”
The sense that Israel should give up trying to eradicate Hamas and that Hamas’s fictions had to be taken seriously despite its history of fabrications and staged crises was palpable and not at all helpful.
By Avi Ciment
Why would anyone follow the Torah if they didn’t believe in its Divine authorship?
In much of the West, particularly in the United States, silence is often perceived as awkward, a sign of disengagement or lack of confidence. But in some East Asian cultures, such as Japan, silence conveys thoughtfulness, respect, and even wisdom.
If a person has an optimistic attitude, the cognitive bias will seek reasons to feel better. It is an inescapable factor in human consciousness that the attitude itself shapes the outcome.
Conti’s foray into Hebrew printing was neither accidental nor peripheral.
My parents were very makpid about the Three Weeks, particularly my father. He did not allow us to go on any unnecessary outings starting from Shiva Asar B’Tammuz, and even once we were grown and out of the house, he would keep tabs on all of us, reminding us that the period of Bein HaMitzorim was a dangerous time.
By Guest Author
In game theory, there is a well-known strategy called the "ticking time bomb": a threat of destructive action against an adversary that may also harm the threatening player themselves
Will people who criticize Islam be dragged through the courts by a desperate regime, while those who outspokenly fantasize about murdering Jews are granted a blank check?
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
That doesn’t mean we stop caring about other causes. It does mean we stop sacrificing ourselves at the altar of movements that see us as expendable.
We must always remember that it is only B’yad HaShem and with the Etzpah of HaShem that we will succeed in eradicating those who threaten us.
For 30 years, Democrats and some Republicans lied about stopping Iran. Trump did it.
By Yonatan Daon
How Two Nations Lit the Night Sky and Saved a Civilization
Also in question is the enriched uranium that may have been removed from Fordow.
Trump gave Iran a chance to negotiate--they refused. Iran has now paid the price
"We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran..."
The US urgently needs to spearhead not another porous, fake "nuclear deal" but real security, stability and freedom -- not only for millions of Muslims, Christians and Jews, but also for the great people of Iran who have been forced to suffer under vicious psychopathic despots long enough.
Can Iran's authoritarian theocratic regime collapse as quickly as Syria?
Israel took Iran seriously and acted seriously. It faced down death threats and delivered death to the terrorist enemies of civilization. That is what serious nations do.
PM Benjamin Netanyahu held a special interview with Iran International, an Iranian opposition media outlet, with the goal of talking directly to the Iranian people.
Israel’s pre-emptive and technically accomplished strike on Iran is the stuff of legend.
Israelis all over the country were woken up just before 3AM to a nationwide alert.
Hamas leaders are leading safe, often resplendent lives in Qatar, Lebanon, Algeria, Turkey and other comfortable countries.
By Ruthie Blum
Through the calm dismantling of a contrived provocation, the Jewish state upheld its dignity while letting its detractors reveal their own absurdity.
If your reflex opposition to this idea of Gazans leaving Gaza is also to reject it because ‘it is what Israel would want’ – then the Palestinian cause has turned you into an absolute monster.
By Yonatan Daon
Why Israel’s war cannot be won until it stops lying about who the enemy really is
The only way to prevent a civil war in Israel is to acknowledge its impending outbreak, so that steps can be taken to forestall it.
By Bassam Tawil
By advocating a "two-state solution," France, Canada and Britain are essentially authorizing a genocide.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Terrorists murdered American-Israelis Judy Weinstein-Haggai and Gadi Haggai at Kibbutz Nir Oz, then carried their bodies to the Strip.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Protesters seek not only a second Holocaust targeting Israel but the elimination from American society of Jews who believe in its right to exist.
By BESA CENTER
Hamas used gender-based violence as a deliberate strategy intended to cause severe harm to Israeli civilians, undermine Israelis’ sense of social security, and sow terror within Israeli society.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Both projectiles struck open areas, according to the IDF, causing no injuries or damage.
If something could possibly go wrong, unfortunately it will -- leaving Trump with the legacy of delivering yet another laughably fake peace deal and of his presidency being that of another failed Barack Obama.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Since Christians and Muslims acknowledge that the Jews are their elders and their religion’s foundational source, why aren’t Jews and Israel treated with more respect?
By Paul Gherkin
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is first and foremost a politician, not a human being
Despite its internal and external challenges, modern Israel remains stronger than ever
By JCFA- Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs
If we want to win – not just the battles but also the war – we must start by understanding the battlefield we’re actually on.
Thunderous gaslighting language eventually lit the match that materialized into senseless murder outside a Jewish museum.
We must confront antisemitism but not just with stories or tours of Jewish victimhood. Instead of focusing on educating others, educate yourself, your children and Jews all around us to be living richly proud and practicing Jewish lives.
By David Isaac
The figures' wide acceptance constitutes a "major strategic victory" for Hamas, according to the Australian authors of the study.
By Paul Gherkin
There is a reason the hordes are yelling “we are all Hamas,” “gas the Jews” and “Heil Hitler"--and it isn’t coexistence.
The AG was fast in criticizing the very qualified candidate.
By Paul Gherkin
Gaza isn’t just a local issue anymore. It’s global. It’s ideological. And for Israelis, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
The term is not in the Torah because it is a modern political invention.
The light of togetherness, commitment and Torah in action will help us move toward the receiving of the Torah that Jews commemorate on Shavuot.
It is too early to decide whether the president’s Mideast trip will bear fruit, but it has already been subjected to the excesses and warping and fakery by the anti-Trump media.
By Forest Rain
Outsmarting those who wish to erase Israel from the cultural realm
Israel's "deep-state apparatus" is "working to undermine elected officials and actually the public," said Knesset Member Simcha Rothman.
In the age of rising antisemitism, when many young Jews feel fear, confusion or alienation, there are still those who choose action, belonging and sacrifice.
The only reliable source of strength we can depend upon is ourselves and our faith in HaShem. No other people, country or government.
Reject false equations and partisan lenses, do not hide or hide behind free speech, embrace Israeli strength, and more.
Azhar was killed during India's Operation Sindoor.
"Unlike in the past, the IDF will remain in every area that is conquered in Gaza, to prevent the return of terrorism," a security source says.
The Israeli attack is in response to the Houthi's ballistic missile attack against Israel the other day which targeted Ben Gurion Airport.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Should the list with the names of the hostages be disposed of like other sacred documents, and ultimately buried in a Jewish cemetery?
The soldier is not so sacred as he once was. The journalist and the judge have taken his place. The actors sneer from their theaters. The politicians gobble their free food and babble of peace. Musicians sing shrilly of flowers in gun barrels and doves everywhere. But the soldier still stands where he must.
Weaponizing ‘Hava Nagila’ and the fires that blaze in Israel
By Guy Millière
The vast majority of Israelis seem finally to have understood that the goal of Palestinian organizations is not to create a state living in peace alongside Israel, but to destroy Israel.
One would be greatly mistaken to think that she will pause in her efforts to combat Jew-haters and anti-Israel terrorists.
September 4, 2026 
