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By Irwin Cohen
The next day, I opened the paper to the first page of the sports section where Falls' column appeared several days a week. I was surprised to see my picture below his usual masthead.
Staying informed about current events, especially concerning Israel and the Jewish people, can feel like a very stressful full-time job.
On board were 769 refugees bound for Palestine. This should have been a voyage of just a few days, but due to engine trouble, the boat headed to Istanbul for repair.
In the case of Yaakov, there was already a covenant with Hashem and mutual expectations.
If there are symptoms of antisemitism, it's impossible that it's isolated; the community must also possess the hate to some extent.
The old man answered that he was a kohen and he wanted to give everyone a blessing before he would be killed.
To me, your question cannot be answered until we address your tone. Until then, this is less about your inability to see eye to eye with your parents than about your struggle to communicate properly with one another.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
The antidote to fear, both of failure and success, lies in the passage with which the parsha ends: the command of tzitzit
If they thought that the person should be spared, they would reply, “L’chaim.” If, however, they thought that he deserved to die, they would reply, “L’mita,” – to death.
I tried to design a style that felt like you weren’t wearing a skirt. This style allows you to do almost every activity without feeling restricted.
For years, proportional to our population numbers, Jews have been the target of hate crimes far more than any other group, according to a study by the American Enterprise Institute based on the FBI’s hate crimes data.
They thought that if Hashem was sending them to scout the land, it must be that there were alternatives to invading and conquering it.
The opportunity to redeem Jewish captives is extremely rare, but these days it has taken a macabre form.
My expertise lies primarily in antique Jewish ceremonial objects (i.e., Judaica). When it comes to paintings and related works, my knowledge is limited to those made before 1940.
Bigness is measured from the chin down, but greatness is measured from the chin up. A person may be the biggest and tallest player in the NBA and still be a mental midget.
The Volozhin yeshiva curriculum consisted of studying the entire Talmud Bavli from beginning to end, skipping nothing. Shiur was delivered six days a week with 70 - 80 dafim being covered in depth (b’iyun) each semester or zman.
While making clear that the sun will always retain its supremacy, G-d makes a series of gestures designed to placate the moon, which the moon rejects.
What differentiates us is that we include everybody – men, women, Jewish and non-Jewish alike – whereas the other Hatzalah groups are composed of Jewish men, in many communities ultra-Orthodox men only.
It was Netanyahu who made Israel the envy of the world in its distribution of the Covid vaccine. And of course, it was Benjamin Netanyahu who drove home the likely catastrophic consequences of the Iran nuclear weapons deal to anyone who would listen.
According to the explanation that dag means “male fish” while dagah means “female fish,” it is hard to understand why the Jews in Egypt would have specifically eaten female fish and why the Plague of Blood would have only killed female fish.
Is it proper to publicly announce donors' names and contribution amounts in shul?
News From Across The Pond.
Consider the following incident at Rutgers University. It seems that the chancellor of the New Jersey school issued a statement condemning antisemitism and then, in the wake of flak from a pro-Palestinan group, apologized for it.
Adam was created by Hashem, a perfect being. And yet, Hashem saw that Adam wasn’t complete without Chava by his side.
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By Marc Gronich
‘A fence would deter people from coming to shul… We need to figure out how to be safe in an open way and be proud Jews living in the community we live.’
No one says it’s too late when a man of any age has his first aliyah to the Torah after discovering, or rediscovering, his roots.
Hashem promises and does not immediately fulfill them. Only once a person has bitachon is he deserving of the fulfillment of the promises.
By T. Gestetner
The Rav, who had enjoyed the clear Torah reading expressed his wonder at the beautiful job. He also asked what brought the boy to the hospital over Shabbos.
Plug-in Hybrids can be a good choice for those who drive locally and also take road trips and don’t want to have to worry about searching for charging stations on the road.
A Line Of Demarcation ‘Until He Came…Between the Two Curtains’ (Yoma 51b)
By the end of the Civil War, Ahavath Chesed was ready to hire its first permanent rabbinic figure and, in 1866, Dr. Adloph Huebsch came from Hungary to assume the helm.
Reuven called Mr. Lewis again. "Are you sure we didn't pay?" he asked. "One of the roommates claims we paid when we moved in."
Perhaps you can call a family meeting and start with saying that although it is a privilege for you to be able to take care of your parents, things are becoming more difficult and you feel you need more help.
We’re in the country, without the invasive eyes of our more scrupulous city neighbors. We must therefore make a commitment to ourselves that we won’t allow this fact to affect our religious behavior.
When my father visited Russia, Jews there asked him: 'How many are marching for us in America?' He was embarrassed to tell them how few there were.
Remember, you have a piece of G-d inside of you – actually, three neshamos inside you – which means infinite power.
Palestinian Arab murders of people of color in Israel is a subject you won’t hear very much about.
Xi Jinping was pressuring countries not to impose travel restrictions and quarantines on people arriving from China while he was locking down his own country.
Rav Ovadia said, “So for me it’s permissible, but for you it’s prohibited?”
I think my chances are very high. This district is a very conservative district – 65 percent voted for President Trump. I am a Russian speaker, and there’s a very large Russian Jewish demographic in this district.
By Marc Gronich
There have been 63 assaults on Jewish men since the beginning of this year, three more than the same period last year.
Aristotle had his theories about human behavior, as did Rousseau, Kant, and numerous other geniuses. One need not feel compelled to accept Freud’s theories any more than theirs.
The true mark of humility is the ability to accept criticism and be a tolerant person, even to those who mistreat and verbally abuse you.
You believe you are stuck because no one new seems to exist in the comfortable/uncomfortable group you belong to. To remain as you are will then likely not yield new and productive results. It’s time to switch things up.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Power works by division, influence by multiplication. Power, in other words, is a zero-sum game: the more you share, the less you have.
The Rebbe added that a positive experience in summer camp can – in some respects – influence a child even more than his or her school experience.
Why attack American or French or British Jews? Why curse "the Jews"?
I know I will probably be processing this experience for a while to come, but one lesson that is already apparent to me is that Israelis are amazingly tough and resilient people.
Question: Should one stand or sit for the Ashrei recited after Keriat haTorah, and is the answer to this question affected by the requirement to show kavod, or respect, to the Torah scroll, which is being wrapped up as Ashrei begins? Anonymous
News From Across The Pond.
Yair Lapid has only one week left to put together a governing coalition. He spent this week inking deals with parties that everyone already knew were with him.
Rabbi Marcus argues that at the core of “taninim” (sea-monsters – see Genesis 1:21) is the word “nun.” In offering this explanation, Rabbi Marcus explicitly rejects scholarly speculation that “taninim” is a Sanskrit loanword.
Of course Israel had more than a right to defend its citizens. It had a duty to do all that it could to neutralize the attackers and restore deterrence.
The most interesting change, however, may be Hammerstein’s total removal of anti-Semitism, an important theme in Liliom, from Carousel.
Is it presumptuous for a regular frum Jew to disagree (not face to face, obviously) with a great rabbi on a particular matter in Jewish thought or public policy?
It is written that in the days of the final redemption, the events that will take place in the world, and with the Jewish people especially, will happen so quickly that one event will barely finish when the next will already be there waiting to unfold.
When Ahron saw the nesi’im give their gifts for the Mishkan he felt bad that his shevet did not have a part in the gifts to the Mishkan.
By Ann Goldberg
Four times every Shabbos, while they were growing up, each child (and now grandchildren as well) are referred to by their full name. This turned out to be an especially good idea for several of our grandchildren who were known only by their second name.
Part of being productive is knowing what to do with all the ideas floating around your head and world.
Where Angels Dare Not Tread ‘There Shall Be No Man In The Tent Of Meeting’ (Yoma 43b)
If they’re speaking to me, I often wonder: Does it not occur to them that I might feel uncomfortable hearing these words?
Before you allow yourself to continue on this unproductive and dangerous path, take a deep breath and refocus. Revisit the steps that got you to this point.
Question: The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch states that a person should first put on his right shoe, then his left one, then tie the laces of the left shoe, then tie the laces of the right shoe. He explains that the right side always comes first except in the case of tying, which is why tefillin are wrapped on our left arms. My question is: Since we wrap tefillin with our right hand, couldn’t one argue that there is no exception to the rule and we should tie our right shoe first? Y. Malinsky
Just in case you have somehow missed the person who goes by those initials, AOC actually stands for Alexandra Occasionally Coherent although there is much debate about the word “occasional.”
We had a great marriage. I want to stay with her and raise our children.
Jews in the United States were on both sides of the slavery debate in the decades before the Civil War.
Baruch drove the family to the airport, and then drove home and parked the car near his house. A few days later, there was a thunderstorm, and a branch broke off a tree and landed next to the car, smashing one of the side-view mirrors.
The left's moral compass always shows north as south and east as west. And men giving birth
By Avi Ciment
You’d be shocked to find how many don’t truly believe that Hashem actually authored the Torah. Yikes.
Mrs. Davidson always made me feel supremely comfortable, accommodated my peculiar eating habits, and talked to me about school and even politics as if I were 32 rather than 12.
While we were cleared to leave the mamad 10 minutes after the siren ended, we continued to sit there long after, trying to process what had just occurred.
By dvora
There was little disagreement among the candidates, all Democrats, regarding the big issues, and so each stressed his or her personal and professional qualifications.
If the field workers assist us in fulfilling the mitzvot associated with agriculture in the Land of Israel, the caregivers assist us in the mitzvot associated with honoring our parents.
When the 1936 Games of the XI Olympiad were held in August 1936, the Nazis had already commenced construction of labor camps, political prisons, and concentration camps, including Sachsenhausen, located a mere 22 miles north of the Olympic stadium in Berlin.
If a Jew who knows better intermarries, how should one treat his or her spouse? Coldly? Warmly? Somewhere in between?
He will tell anyone who will listen that gun buybacks to get rid of guns doesn’t work.
Without doubt, David Weprin is admirably prepared to serve as New York City Comptroller and we urge our New York readers to go out and vote, giving him the opportunity to do so.
Not only does G-d strengthen those who are tired, He also energizes those who are completely exhausted.
A few days into the conflict, it was announced that Naftali Bennett was no longer willing to join a coalition with the left-wing and Arab parties.
You were granted from Above the opportunity to... ease the final moments of a person's life.
It’s more important for me not to disappoint a fellow Jew.
News From Across The Pond
Restraint is urged on “all sides.” Imagine an outside body calling for “restraint on all sides” after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
There is nothing wrong with going to Meron, and davening by kivrei tzadikim, and surely by the Tannah Rabi Shimon bar Yochai. But there is a special power that all beginnings have.
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