יום שני, כ״א תמוז תשפ״וMonday, July 6, 2026
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We know that the measure of goodness is greater than that of punishment.
Question: In the course of my travels, I have discovered that some chazzanim say “Ga’al Yisrael” right before Shemoneh Esreh aloud while others say it with their voices fading. Is one practice correct and the other incorrect? M. Goldman
What growth can we achieve through the mitzvah of lighting special candles for Shabbos? What lesson does Hashem want us to learn from this mitzvah?
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
The monster called "American and European pressure" showed up – and shot down the Givat HaMatos building project, once again. Why is the large Givat HaMatos housing project so significant and important?
More eternal wisdom from Rebbetzin Jungreis, a”h. This week considering how to become an agent of chesed (compassion) and rachamim (mercy).
There are few filters between Trump’s mind and mouth--it's his appeal and his weakness. I wish Trump’s tweets and comments were as un-P.C. as they are now but stated in a sophisticated way. I also wish that cheesecake were not fattening
Though ostensibly jointly drafted by the United States, Egypt, and Israel, the Kilometer 101 Agreement was criticized by supporters of Israel as driven by the United States and directed by Egypt with Russian prompting.
As we see it, President Trump’s moves reflected not favoritism but a hard-eyed nod to realism as the basis for serious peace negotiations.
New provisions, unlike the current deal, not have an expiration date; that Iranian non-compliance would trigger automatic resumption of American sanctions...
About a thousand years ago, a large group of Yemenite Jews decided to leave the diaspora. One cannot imagine the hardships these pioneers encountered.
It is important to set high expectations, but they should be tied to effort and not results. Therefore, as a parent, you should always praise effort, and never praise results.
By Rhona Lewis
As the political situation in the neighboring Arab countries grew more precarious, Jews from Iran, Iraq and Syria began making their way to Lebanon.
Pure maple syrup is so versatile – it can be used in cookies, cakes, meat and poultry, and even on waffles, too.
The Civil War was a conventional war with large massed armies arrayed against each other in set battles. These battles were more or less governed by accepted rules of war.
While we rejoice at the recent release of Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin from prison, the series continues this month and beyond.
Question: In the course of my travels, I have discovered that some chazzanim say “Ga’al Yisrael” right before Shemoneh Esreh aloud while others say it with their voices fading. Is one practice correct and the other incorrect? M. Goldman
The justification for this is that a third-party purchaser has the ability to find out whether the land he is buying is encumbered by a lien.
There is nothing more stultifying to the presentation of one’s case than a judge who allows one party to talk as long as he or she likes and cuts the other party off after a few words.
Was She Really Married? ‘One Said Two… The Other Said Three…’ (Shevuos 48a)
When they finished talking, David said: I acknowledge that I was wrong, but Rabbi Bloch still had no right to break my phone. He owes me for the repair.
By Chava Dumas
Getting ready for Pesach is actually an amazing opportunity to have a really positive experience getting ready for an awesome chag!
This story is compelling because Ford didn’t care about anyone but himself. He didn’t choose to be kind.
A small Chanukah miracle taking place in Israel with t whichhe Bahraini delegation included Sunni and Shiite Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Christians.
By Ben Cohen
For the first time in nearly a decade, one dares to believe that the Islamist clerics who have ruled Iran since 1979 will not be in power by the time the 40th anniversary of their revolution rolls around in 2019.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Only later did I discover the real significance of Elijah’s cup, and found, as so often, that the truth is no less moving than the stories we learned as children.
Rebbetzin Jungreis, a”h, sharing her hard-earned wisdom on the truth that anti-Zionism is in fact the same anti-Semitism by another name
And who is paying for this Arab attempt to strangle Jerusalem and illegally occupy large parts of the historic Jewish homeland? “It’s funded mainly by the EU and Qatar,”
By Irwin Cohen
Jake Pitler was a caring Jew who agonized over the plight of his fellow Jews on the other side of the ocean as he continued his baseball career.
Few know that in their earliest days the Beatles performed at a Jewish-owned club and at Jewish community events and generated notice in England’s religious Jewish community.
In retrospect, the president’s move – which broke with half a century of American policy, defied perennial Arab demands, and risked a violent backlash – seems altogether logical and timely.
You have to be willing to start over when things aren’t working out. Sometimes it’s physically starting over and sometimes it’s a mental thing.
By Rhona Lewis
“How? How do you go on? You have to,” she says with a simplicity that hides more than it reveals.
Many of these rescuers, rather than fleeing to ensure their own safety, chose to help their brethren escape.
By Sandy Eller
I want to be able to appeal to kids across the board.
As the director of SOS (Strategies of Optimal Success), I see children, teenagers, and adults struggling with bully issues.
By Sandy Eller
Of course, before you even start the party, you will probably want to make sure that your house is guest-ready, which means tackling those unpleasant cleaning jobs that we all try our best to ignore.
As a round-faced child with big cheeks, I was often pinched by visitors to our home, or in shul by acquaintances of my father.
Rabi Yosi heard all this in silence but Rabi Shimon was constrained to answer.
It is known that the chassidishe boys marry young, while the Livishe boys marry a little older.
A Talmidah Chachamah ‘If He Is A Scholar, He Is Not Sworn’ (Shevuos 41a)
As a result of a shevuah or a neder, things the person had no obligation to perform must now be performed and things that would otherwise have been permitted now become prohibited.
By Chaya Rosen
Indeed, the number on the scale was lower than it had been the week before. A flush crept up onto my face as a happy feeling wormed down my body and I sat back down.
Surely there is always a reason to hate someone, but unless it is a reason warranted by the Torah, it is deemed baseless, and further worsens our chance of redemption.
Touro has created a school with strong roots that will allow professionals and individuals to survive the storms of life, said Dr. Alan Kadish, president of the Touro College and University System,
Question: In the course of my travels, I have discovered that some chazzanim say “ga’al Yisrael” right before Shemoneh Esreh aloud while others say it with their voices fading. Is one practice correct and the other incorrect? M. Goldman
A therapist will show the child a picture of a person’s face and then help her identify the emotion that person was most likely feeling.
Dr. Salomon discussing conversion therapy, a widely discredited practice touted as therapy allegedly designed to change a person’s orientation from homosexual to heterosexual, recently banned by the New York City Council
Despite a resurgence of Judaism as evidenced by the ba’al teshuvah movement the hearts of the vast majority of our people have yet to be touched. Jews are disappearing in the melting pot of assimilation and intermarriage. Hashem help--
It is good that the corruption in Netanyahu’s backyard is being investigated and it is good that the public doesn’t like it. However, the level of corruption is currently much lower than under previous PMs.
May the life of Grace Schwarzberg – Gittel Brana bat Naftali HaKohen – be an inspiration to all and may her neshama have an aliya
The wordsmiths at the US State Dept need to face reality in Judea-Samaria. The Israeli “occupation” of the portion where the Palestinian Arabs reside ended long ago, and the Israeli presence in the remainder of those territories is perfectly legitimate.
Rent money payable to a landlord at the end of the agreed period of tenancy is deemed a loan.
The three came before Rabbi Dayan. Avraham described the situation and asked: "How should we divide payment of the rent and various bills?"
Recollections on a perfectly harmonious Shabbos.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
How moving it is, therefore, that the first recorded instance of civil disobedience – predating Thoreau by more than three millennia – is the story in this week's parsha of Shifra and Puah, two ordinary women defying Pharaoh in the name of simple humanity.
By Allen Fagin
Like most assimilated American Jews, their Jewish future was in peril, and the probability of their marrying outside the faith was statistically more than 70 percent.
To celebrate this victory Hazzan Pinto wrote a special prayer that was read in Shearith Israel in October 1760.
A recurrent theme in Miller’s work is the tragic defeats that befall common people.
I want to be very clear, though: Almost everybody holds that even if a kohen can attend medical or dental school, he cannot participate in any way shape or form in the actual dissection of a dead body.
By Nathan Lewin
In denying a request from an AgriProcessors employee that she recuse herself from his criminal case, Judge Reade did not disclose to him or to Rubashkin’s trial lawyers that she had participated in the planning of the raid.
It’s about time, though, that Mr. Abbas and perhaps the Times as well get over their pique at the president’s introduction of a new approach to a problem that has defied all the old ones.
Mingled with laughter came the tears as she described the terrifying fear she endured every month before she opened the envelope with her latest test results.
By Ann Goldberg
When your yardstick for measuring pain and discomfort is the Holocaust, it’s difficult to get too upset about life’s minor problems – and that’s what they are.
By Rhona Lewis
I wanted to try and begin to understand the unfathomable: How did such evil come about?
And what about the Jewish singles themselves? What are they doing to help alleviate the painful problem of not having found their soulmate?
Think about a really successful person. Do you think this person achieved his or her success with little or no effort?
Her parents provided private tutors for her general education in addition to her Hebrew learning. As a result, she began writing both Russian and Hebrew poetry at a young age.
By Libi Astaire
When the United States opened its doors to new immigrants, both Jews and Catholics responded in large numbers – and soon discovered that old prejudices had immigrated too.
By Chaya Rosen
"Yeah. That's… that's why I know it hurts. He pretends it doesn't, he ignores it and all, but… I know it hurts."
By Libi Astaire
Catholics like Father Coughlin weren't the only threat during this period.
She becomes a typical American girl and suppresses all her Holocaust memories, never discussing them even with close friends.
Each one of us has his own role and path - so there is no reason to be jealous of another person.
Learning from Yaakov Avinu the importance of recognizing the "unique" in everyone.
The same nations that condemn us daily in the UN and send money to Hamas and Hizbullah will one day run to Jerusalem to make peace with us.
There are a number of conditions that must be met for a false oath to fall into the category of Shevuat Ha’eidut.
Water was put on his forehead, he was tapped here and there and spoken to and his mother, too, spoke to him, begging him to wake up, to come back. And he did.
"You're kidding!" exclaimed Mr. Meyer. "That's my missing coat! Someone exchanged coats with me last year in shul. Funny that it wound up in your hands!"
The First And The Final ‘Aleph Lamed Chol, Yud Keh Kodesh’ (Shavuos 35b)
July 3, 2026 
