יום שבת, כ״ו תמוז תשפ״וSaturday, July 11, 2026
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By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
In the sanctuary, the specific domain called “the holy” is where we meet God on His terms, not ours. Yet this too is God’s way of conferring dignity on mankind.
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
The "survey says..." Young people want to stay in Jerusalem. Will the government and municpality make that possible?
Humor should not be used to make fun of people. We have to laugh with people, not against them.
The Schumer complaint thus belongs in the political realm rather than judicial decision-making and should be irrelevant to Judge Gorsuch’s confirmation.
In preparation for my new book, The Brooklyn Nobody Knows, I walked most of Brooklyn, 816 miles.
By Rochel Frid
Total strangers from all over the world opened their hearts and pocketbooks.
Why is it so hard to make decisions? Why do we make so many poor decisions?
Beneath the humor and fun is the depth of emotion oand expression that this artist brings to each canvas.
By Rhona Lewis
As a Jew in Yemen, you live in your own little bubble and don't associate with the world around you.
His wife being the prototype of an aishes chayil hurried and diligently prepared a truly delicious meal, fit for the finest table.
By Pnina Baim
I find that the best way to get things done is not to push things off.
By Mark Schulte
Le Pen may well win the France's upcoming elections. If so, Trump's first meeting with her should be a review of America's contributions in both World Wars, notably the liberation of France in WWII
In this week's treasure from Rebbetzin Jungreis' {zt"l) archives she shares a letter from a family in turmoil. This time it’s not the children who rejected parents but a parent who rejected her child
Even if one was never privileged to listen to the Rav’s shiurim in person, reading his lectures, even when some of them have been reconstructed from individual manuscripts, should not be missed.
The U.S. gave Jordan $393 million in aid last year. Is that just a blank check? Or is it time, perhaps, to make some of that aid conditional on Jordan surrendering killers of Americans?
I am here to say the United States will not turn a blind eye to this anymore. I am here to underscore to the ironclad support of the United States for Israel.
Company can rob your children of special attention and time with you.
A Matter Of Priority ‘Lands Shown By Hashem To Moses Are Subject To Tithes’ (Bava Basra 56a)
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
The Sanctuary as a human construct, mirrors the Divine creation of the universe. Each creation culminates in the Sabbath placing the sanctity of place in subordinate position to the holiness of time.
International Agunah Day is a sort of “rosh hashana la’agunot.” As a Jewish 'New Year' we should perform a “cheshbon nefesh” – an accounting of the soul. What have we done right; where have we erred?
By Dena Estrin
One point stood out from those stories: in contrast to the Koran, the great figures of the Torah were not beyond reproach. There was always room to be better.
The fact that two witnesses testify that the defendant borrowed the amount in dispute from the plaintiff does not discredit the defendant or disqualify him from taking the Shevuat Heiset oath of denial.
It is difficult to begin to do teshuvah as if the geula is imminent when we do not really think that it will happen.
The prohibition of chametz on Pesach means that chametz may not be eaten or enjoyed, may not be owned or possessed, and must be removed from one's premises.
Another remarkable fact concerning the Or Hachaim is that he is the only Sephardi commentator in most editions of the Mikra’ot Gedolot, a point that is little recognized today.
Yaakov lives in the year 2025. He and his sister, Rachel, find in the data bank of one of their robots cryptic data sent by a pirate in Djerba, which leads them onto the trail of their second adventure.
Question: Why there are four special Torah readings between Purim and Pesach? Also, why do we call each of those four Shabbatot by a special name, e.g., Shabbat Shekalim, Shabbat Zachor etc.? Additionally how did the division of weekly parshiyot we read every Shabbat come about? Celia Gluck
Though I assumed he was just another notary, I nonetheless decided on a whim to see if I could find out anything interesting about him – and therein lies a truly remarkable, almost unbelievable, tale.
Put another way, will our students henceforth be instructed that they are free to disregard election results?
A true story of unfathomable pain exceeded only by the greatness of this tzaddikah, a haredi Yemenite orphan girl sent to a leper hospice and befriended by R’ Aryeh Levine (zt”l) the Yerushalmi tzaddik
By Sara Lehmann
The Trump administration is waiting to hear our suggestions. They are looking to us to be proactive and speak out about what we would like.
By Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz
It wasn’t every day that a young woman from a traditional Jewish family volunteered for farm labor, but for Bernice, the decision was an easy one.
In addition, a customer who had been negotiating to buy Mr. Weiner's house managed to convince him to sign a sales contract for significantly less than he had initially asked for.
Klal Yisrael was living in the desert. They neither worked for a living nor had any use for money. All their needs were taken care of.
By Rhona Lewis
Harel specializes in oil paints, etching, wood-cut, silk-print and lithography. He also specializes in details that surprise.
I mentally reviewed all of the amazing food we had eaten over the vacation. I knew I wanted to re-create those sliders at home.
At the J Street national conference in Washington last week, Senator Sanders, one of the featured speakers, smeared Yitzhak Rabin’s memory and sacrifices, and demanded an end to the 'Occupation'
Because we’re all watching our weight, And eating with our brains, We figured that this year we’d give out Veggies and whole grains.
It was our worst Purim ever.
A very sad reality exists today: Not only contemptuous children who are abusive and denigrate their parents but parents-and extended family- very often guilty of the same negative behavior
Why do we dress as we do? Why do we wear clothes at all? Because, as the expression goes, "clothes make the man," for example, the vestments of the Kohen Gadol.
Question: If someone heard Megillat Esther in shul and later reads it at home for his wife and family, must he recite the blessings? Menachem
The irrevocable consequences of taking a false Modeh Bemiktztat oath of partial admission would deter him from employing such delay tactics.
Barry brought over the motorized bike, and Saul put it away in a spare room. A month later, Barry returned. A week passed and he did not come to pick up his bike.
What Was She Thinking? ‘I Did So Only To Please My Husband’ (Bava Basra 49b)
He was used to my premonitions. So I called my labor coach she said she would bring her car close to where I was staying.
The whole purpose of any holiday is for one to separate from the vanities of the world and [cling] to Hashem and His Torah.
Donald Trump’s election was a complete surprise to many. In fact every poll predicted that he would lose. How were they all so wrong?
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
In parshat Tetzaveh, for once Moses, the hero, the leader, the liberator, the lawgiver, is offstage. Instead our focus is on his elder brother Aaron who, elsewhere, is often in the background.
Granted, these might be additional reasons to celebrate, but isn’t life a much greater reason?
According to Jewish law and indeed any law, the best way to avoid such unpleasant situations is to be very specific in the contract of sale.
Some tips from Megillas Esther that can help with compulsive eating, and in general with behaviors we would like to modify. But remember, have a freilichen Purim!
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
"The Jewish nation's bonds to Jerusalem are perhaps the deepest there have ever been in history between a people and a city."
By Irwin Cohen
It hit me like a baseball bat on my head. I had been sitting next to Red Smith, the legendary sports columnist who knew Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb and other baseball greats.
By Marc Gronich
A multi-faceted, non-sectarian, non-profit social service agency that acts as the eyes and ears of the community to address communal and individual concerns and needs, COJO provides assistance to more than 24,000 clients with more than 55,000 services.
He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era and created dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films in a career that lasted more than four decades.
We have long written off the charge that Donald Trump himself is in any way a promoter of anti-Semitic sentiment or action, if only because of his personal history.
The seed of the recusal issue was planted when in the course of his confirmation hearings Mr. Sessions responded to a question about contacts senior Trump campaign staff may have had with Russian officials.
I think the rollout of Trump’s first executive order on immigration was amateur. But the spirit of the order was correct.
The moment we focus on our physical satisfaction, we are extremely vulnerable to destructive influences.
There is a debate within educational circles today as to whether resource rooms or learning centers should remediate or accelerate.
Embracing her grandmother, she led her to a nearby table and began gently to coax some information from the silent ninety-year-old.
By Sandy Eller
Allow me to introduce some of my new faves, tried-and-true items that may be helpful additions to your Pesach arsenal or kitchen stars that you may enjoy using all year round.
By Yaffa Ganz
I knew, of course, that digital communication is big business, but I didn’t realize how big.
Purim teaches us that life is like a Ferris wheel – one moment you can be on top, and suddenly you are at the bottom.
I am now engaged to a loving, wonderful woman who is really not my imago.
Pointers on how to lead a more happy, joyful and peaceful life from several wise women. A must read for lowering blood pressure and increasing smiles.
From the Zehut Party platform preamble: "We want a State of liberty, run in accordance with Jewish culture and morality, and striving for the vision embodied in them."
The story goes back over 150 years to the days of Catherine the Great, who ruled all of Russia with a firm but fair hand.
We must aim our tefillos like an intercontinental Ballistic Missile and send it straight to the Kodesh Hakedashim.
There was a subtlety in which Shlomo was lacking.
The Rebbetzin's thoughts and response to the subject.of the tragic breakdowns in Torah families.
Torah was central to the life of Perry Fish (Z"L). His influence on some 20000 Shabbos guests that came through the warm and loving home he built with his wife Debby is inestimable-and will be missed
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
The story of the Creation of the World is told with the utmost brevity: a mere 34 verses. Why take some 15 times as long to tell the story of the Sanctuary?
By Ben Cohen
Anti-Semitism is politically and theologically promiscuous, penetrating the nationalist right and the progressive left, creeping into churches and leading the thundering discourse of political Islam.
For example, the defendant testifies that he repaid 180 dinarim but regarding the balance of 20 dinarim claims he does not owe it for the following reason
Question: If someone heard Megillat Esther in shul and later reads it at home for his wife and family, must he recite the blessings? Menachem
Consent, however, is an elastic phrase under Jewish law and can be stretched almost to breaking point.
A Tax Free Meal ‘A Town Whose Torah Scroll Was Stolen…' (Bava Basra 43a)
By dvora
One daughter flew in from the UK for a mere 50 hours – quite an amazing feat!
By Phyllis Lit
My mother had a difficult pregnancy. Some doctors said it was a miracle I was born and came out as good as I did.
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