יום ראשון, י׳ אלול תשפ״וSunday, August 23, 2026
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Now approaching the program’s 67th year, the National Jewish Book Awards celebrate Jewish literary achievement in a wide range of genres and form, honoring writers in 20 different categories each year.
Rabbi Cohen was raised in holiness by the original codifier of some of Rav Kook’s writings when Rav Kook was still alive.
Even the very physicality of the seder participant is given narrative space so as to give the participant the rational for the physical choreography of the seder night’s ‘program’.
On the one hand, he was not a Zionist in the sense of supporting Eretz Yisrael as a Jewish state and he publicly proclaimed that he was not a political Zionist.
By Sandy Eller
The organization has just seven paid employees but scores of volunteers who agree to a minimum three-year commitment with IDFWO.
Israel’s incomparable technological capacity would be allowed to take Israel, unfettered, anywhere it led.
Our family and friends became contemporary versions of the twelve tribes joined by kinship, common faith, and mutual hopes and dreams.
Of course, these moments should also be related to your topic of expertise and should not simply be there for the shock effect!
I sense more and more people with strong Torah background who are bothered by questions of the mission of the Jew and the Torah's relationship to the larger world.
As a response to the recent school cancellations for snow days, let schools stay open as often as possible, leave it to the discretion of parents whether it’s too difficult or dangerous to come in?
When Shammai heard these words he was deeply hurt and was sure that the man had come only to offend and mock him.
There’s little doubt that Americans are more deeply divided than they’ve been in living memory as traditional left-right debates have stopped being exchanges of ideas and become screaming matches
By Rachel Weiss
The comfort and chizuk these wives offered their husbands, uplifting their morale, did not escape our all-seeing Father in heaven.
How you feel is up to you.
Anyone from any tribe can rise to greatness so long as he or she has the vision, drive, and talent.
Other nations were created through conquest and an amalgamation of peoples. We, the Jewish people, were born in the cradle of family, Abraham and Sarah, created our very first home. Thia is why the epidemic of splintered families is an epic tragedy.
Accordingly, from time immemorial it was the Divine plan that a segment of human society would become the symbolic emblem of “acceptance” – and the segment God chose is the Jewish people.
The ongoing legal saga of whether Dr. Simcha Goldman could wear his yarmulke while serving in the US Air Force
Remember that each Jewish home is a mikdash me’at – a mini-sanctuary. Is this not reason enough to turn our attention – and our behavior – to the needs of our homes and our wives?
In recognition of the good that was performed in the past we reward this dog with the meat of the animal that he did not protect.
I can't accept that, said Mr. Mann. If you are not willing to honor the contract, we need to take up the issue in beis din.
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
Hung Out To Dry ‘A Roof With A Parapet 10 Tefachim High Is Not Included’ (Bava Basra 63b-64a)
While this is a beautiful illustration of the giving nature of a tzaddik, there is as subtle message here: the man stole a spoon from the Chofetz Chaim. How was that possible?
If chametz became mixed with non-chametz on Pesach, the mixture is prohibited on Pesach even if the ratio of the permitted non‑chametz to the forbidden chametz is 1,000 to 1.
By Naama Klein
Our first six children had been born in the Holy Land, but ironically every one of them married and set up home in the United States.
The UN condemns Israel on a constant basis for crimes it has not committed, and continually attempts to recognize the Palestinian claim to the land (with the exception to the Trump administration as we will shortly discuss).
So too a person who admits he stole part of the money claimed, or who is confronted by only one witness who testifies to the theft, remains eligible to take an oath.
Our extended family, although not a very orthodox group, was nevertheless totally Jewish in identity and heritage…
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.
August 21, 2026 
