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Cases involving fines and punitive damages, kenas, required a court of three judges ordained with authentic semicha.
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”? Yosef
This will render any note the plaintiff may subsequently produce null and void...
Such a document is legally binding, said Mr. Cohen, but I'm not sure that it's halachically binding.
A Parrot Or A Lie Detector? ‘We Admonish The Witnesses’ (Sanhedrin 29a)
We know Hashem metes out many life tests. But where have we seen that not having to struggle is a challenge?
Rain can happen at any time. It’s a mere coincidence taking place just to send shivers up my spine.
Regardless of the format employed, 'Trolls' often hide their real identity and write and speak aggressively. Regardless of the format employed, 'Trolls' often hide their real identity and write and speak aggressively.
By Irwin Cohen
While American Jews were leaving the baseball field for military bases, Jews on the other side of the ocean were being targeted by the Nazis.
Chabad received approval from the city in 2008 to build a synagogue but soon began encountering opposition.
By Sara Lehmann
The good news is that we are going to shatter all safety records in Brooklyn in 2017, in ways the naysayers said couldn’t be done.
Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz, head of the Monsey eruv, opposes the notion that the eruv will facilitate an influx of Jewish residents.
The beautiful grounds are buzzing with activity on a daily basis. Visitors come from schools and youth groups, ulpanot, yeshivot, IDF Mechinot, as well as from overseas.
By Sandy Eller
While just eating outside on your porch can kick up the fun factor of any meal, consider switching things up a little by gathering up your food and heading for the great outdoors.
With language, children with autism often speak late and when they do its in a monotonous tone.
I am warning you that as of now, if you do not sell 100 percent pure milk, without water added, I will declare an issur, a ban, upon you all, and no Jew will partake of your milk.
Why did no one speak up and warn this young lady?
Pisgat Zev lives in the present, looks forward to the future, and remembers the past.
My wife comes from a dysfunctional home where her mother always put her father down.
This explains why the geulah is mentioned in almost half of the brachos of Shemoneh Esrei, as these prayers are what Hashem is waiting for.
By Ron Jager
Despite their staunch support for Israel, evangelical and fundamentalist Christians are disliked by many American Jews. Why?
Moshe’s final lesson is that we must do each mitzvah to the extent we are able. We are not to be compared to others in their performance or accomplishments. This is the Torah Moshe placed before us.
The Second Get Law has been around for fifteen years and has been upheld by appellate courts and will continue to be despite Judge Bartlett's reversal
We have just missed an extraordinary opportunity. Israel’s weakness on the Temple Mount will bring a very serious conflict because, with our capitulation, we have lost our sense of justice.
By Morton A. Klein and Elizabeth A. Berney
The State Dept’s new Israel-bashing, falsehood-filled “Country Reports on Terrorism 2016” – which blames Israel for Palestinian terrorism against innocent Israelis – has caused us to lose confidence in Tillerson’s ability to promote Trump’s Mideast agenda.
Many contemporary Jews living outside of Israel might treat a summons from the bet din, the Jewish court of law in the Diaspora, like a letter that can be ignored.
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”? Yosef
When Nosson returned, Gabi said to him: Avi came by for the $100 that you owe him. I paid him for you, so you can give me the $100.
It was a difficult battle. Many were seriously injured and some did not survive, but Tomer came out alive and unharmed.
If you can't control your mouth, then you don't deserve to be a part of the community, and hence your abode is outside the camps of Israel.
Maintaining A Library ‘He Shall Write A Sefer Torah’ (Sanhedrin 21b)
If the defendant trusted the plaintiff with such a dangerous weapon as a promissory note, he only has himself to blame.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
At the heart of Judaism is a twofold understanding of the nature of God and His relationship to the universe.
Rebbetzin Jungreis, a”h,, lives on through the wisdom she left us. This week she discusses challenged facing a family whose son does not embrace Torah.
When the Turkish government issued a prohibition against selling property to Jews in Palestine, Hirschensohn’s financial situation deteriorated, and he left the country to secure a stable livelihood.
When Ben-Gurion was revived at the hospital, he was relieved to learn the attacker was mentally unstable rather than politically motivated.
By Alan Zeitlin
Unfortunately, when it comes to the media and film, chasidic Jews are sometimes portrayed as people from another world who joylessly follow archaic laws.
Wise was especially furious when Silver helped persuade Republican leaders to insert a pro-Zionist plank in their 1944 party platform.
I think most people in society are able to look at modest pictures of women without it eliciting impure thoughts, said Rabbi Steven Pruzansky of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey.
ou can assess your emotional intelligence through a variety of tests in order to understand where you stand on the EQ range, however, as I mentioned before EQ is not fixed and is easily raised through your own actions.
Those of us who are children of survivors will undoubtedly relate to at least one or two of the lines above, if not all of them!
By B. Gordon
Known for his images of common street life, Vishniac displayed his early talents in the snapshots he took on the streets of Berlin.
How can we expect to come before God and ask Him to rebuild our Holy Temple? Before doing so we must at least begin to show Him that we have learned the lesson of its destruction.
Preventing sexual abuse is not only about telling our kids that no one should touch their private parts or ask them to touch theirs. It’s also vital that a child, no matter the age, be heard and validated upon saying “I’m not comfortable.”
By Yossi Baumol
The Temple is an affair of the heart--it's what is missing from our lives. Subconsciously we have begun more and more to feel this great void in our lives.
I never left the entrance to my house or went outside; I was like a princess of Israel ...
By Libi Astaire
The thirteenth century was a turning point in Jewish-Church relations.
The door to our troubles first opened on that Seventeenth day of Tammuz when Moses walked in on the worshippers of the golden calf and shattered the tablets of the law.
Lakewood, like all such communities, should always bear in mind that we are in exile and have a constant duty of Kiddush Hashem (reflecting honor to God) and being loyal and outstanding citizens.
Enduring wisdom from Rebbetzin Jungreis, a”h.
Lesson #1 of the Halamish slaughter: This is how Palestinian Arabs behave when they have self-rule and kitchen knives. Imagine what they would do if they had a sovereign state and shoulder-launched missiles
Awaiting Elijah ‘Semicha… Is Performed By Three’ (Sanhedrin 13b)
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”? Yosef
Simply understood, this ballad is an ode to the Jewish woman - who is valorous in her great role of wife and mother.
By Eliana Klein
Sometimes, like those of our ancestors in the desert, our protestations should have instead been cheers and songs of thanksgiving; but we discover this only in retrospect.
Had the plaintiff brought two witnesses to testify in his favor, he would have won the case and judgment would have been entered against the defendant.
Hashem wants us to realize that we are not in control of Har Habayis, and this should disturb us.
Why does the huge, powerful horse submit to the will of the little, weak man?
Never refusing an assignment, Suzanne walked all over the city of Paris in an effort to find a hospital willing to risk treating Jews in hiding who needed urgent medical attention.
By Rena Reiser and Elisheva Blumberg
Swapping your body’s internal hunger/satiety signals for an external set of eating rules is bound to backfire.
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
With no one there to stop them, or to intimidate the Israeli police into stopping them, visiting Jews were able – within reason – to offer up prayers this week on the Temple Mount for the first time in many centuries.
It was through Jackson’s leadership that the Nuremberg trials were organized; standards of evidence developed; rights of defendants defined; and prosecutorial action commenced.
The regimental forces were unable to defend Zion, and international agreements and alliances could not save Israel in a time of crisis.
Psychologists and journalists argue that in this new age of parenting, we are producing entitled and spoiled children.
By Pnina Baim
In my circles, manning the barbeque is traditionally a male job, but there is a lot more to a successful barbeque than dropping the meat onto the grill.
PETA has a lurid anti-shechita history, They claimed Rubashkin the way the animals were slaughtered at Agri rendered them non-kosher. Rabbinic authorities and major kashruth supervisors deemed Rubashkin to be of the highest kosher standards--yet PETA declared otherwise.
Why was it so hard for Lot to admit subordination to Avraham
The mindset of risking one's life for the cause can only be acquired once the civilian mindset of self-preservation is unlearned.
Young people today do not realize how bad anti-Semitism can be.
The groom was happy about the fulfillment of the pledge and the wedding ceremony was held. They danced and made merry the entire night.
By Rachel Weiss
How apt a reminder that this remorseful time will pass before we know it, and the next full moon will shed its light upon our universe on a joyful fifteenth of Av.
Question: When reciting a berachah in English, does a person fulfill his obligation if he says “Hashem” instead of “L-rd” or “G-d”? Yosef
The NY Times and the Washington Post believe that Israel’s polices are to blame for “provoking” Arab hostility and violence. If you have any doubts, just read their headlines.
Yiddishkeit is indeed the shining key to unlocking the prison holding the addict. The reality is that Judaism is the gateway solution; it helps to transform one’s life by revealing the actual reason why we are here
We hear so much about the hopeless predicament of our assimilated brethren. Statistics show that our young people are indifferent to their faith and heritage and would not be unduly perturbed if, G-d forbid, Israel ceased to exist. I have never believed that to be true
To free a servant is a difficult transition for both parties. A lifetime of experience and relationship is ending. The shofar is sounded “so that they will realize that this is something standard throughout the land, and that all do so.”
October 2, 2026 
