יום שישי, י״ד תשרי תשפ״זFriday, September 25, 2026
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Your friends are seemingly dating with excitement and you don’t share their enthusiasm for a future that you are not ready for.
Both instilling motivation and creating a safe space are integral parts of learning, helping students feel that they both want to learn and that the conditions are right for learning.
One of the Yemenite Jews’ first projects upon settling in Eretz Yisrael was printing the Taj (whose literal translation is “crown”).
A Matter Of Resolve ‘The One Who Searches [For Chametz] Recites A Berachah’ (Pesachim 7a)
It’s not simply that there is no room for such questions, rather we would be fools not to stop and think about why He chose this outcome.
If we are learning Torah at a particular moment, then that is our mission at that moment, without allowance for any distractions.
One day, the elderly Mrs. Miller returned from some errands and found that the house had been robbed. When word got back to Mrs. Rosen, she asked the Millers to pay her the value of her stolen jewelry.
By Rosally Saltsman as heard from Nechama Cahen
Nice story. But how the shidduch came about… that’s something incredible.
More whites were brought as slaves to North Africa than blacks brought as slaves to the United States.
I am so sorry about what happened to you and to your family. Please don’t feel guilty. You had no idea this would happen.
Reb Yosef went over to him and gave him the 200 golden coins. The man looked at him incredulously and said, “I don’t even know you. Why are you doing this kindness?”
Perhaps the hardest questions have related to the political issues here in Israel.
Nelson’s pocket contained a bloody switchblade with the word “killer” inscribed on the handle. In that same pants pocket were three bloodstained one-dollar bills. The bloodstains were consistent with Rosenbaum’s blood type but not Nelson’s.
By Avi Ciment
Ouch! Talk about a full-body slam. I wanted to come back with my signature Muhammad Ali combination punch, but this guy had me cornered.
Every person has the free will to use his traits to become a tzaddik or a rasha.
By Tzvi Fishman
The rabbis noted that former Chief Rabbis Avraham Shapira and Ovadia Yosef both issued harsh rulings condemning joint discussions with Jewish religious movements that deny the Written and Oral Torah, emphasizing the danger and Chillul Hashem involved.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Isaac never intended to give the blessing of the covenant to Esau. He intended to give each child the blessing that suited them.
Question: Both Adam and Cain repented, yet our sages extol Reuben, who lived many generations later, as the first man to repent. Why? Moshe Jakobowitz
We absolutely love the oversized initials which are made up of individually set stones. We both wear them with a few initials stacked together.
This story illustrates the Rebbe Rayatz’s prophetic vision because, during the Holocaust, Rabbi Zalman Schneerson saved hundreds of Jewish families and children in France from the Nazis.
Many of us remember thinking as children, “My mother will kill me if I…” This thought kept us from acting in ways we otherwise might have.
On exactly what parallel universe has the former president been living? Put another way, exactly what didn’t Netanyahu get about Obama’s plans for the Middle East?
A whole slew of other words also come from ayin-lammed, including “elyon” (high), “l’maaleh” (up), “oleh” (elevate), “aleh” (leaf, which grows on a branch), “ohl” (yoke, which placed on an animal), “meil (tunic, which is worn on top of other clothing), “na'al” (shoe, which is worn on top of the foot), etc.
If there were any doubt about what Biden was up to, consider his white supremacy comment.
Warnock claims he was referring to the deaths of Palestinian civilians who demonstrated in support of Hamas militants and that he is a strong supporter of Israel, crediting it with being the greatest proponent of democracy in the Middle East.
All of these conflicts between mostly Muslim countries further serve to fragment the Islamic world and could potentially push more countries to seek and benefit from the strength and relative stability of Israel.
The folks claiming only a lunatic would inquire about fraud are used-car salesman denigrating a customer who wants to pop the hood.
The decision to reinstate Corbyn was made at a meeting of five panel members of Labour's National Executive Committee.
As a result of his meeting with Roosevelt, the president issued an executive order on January 22, 1944 which created the United States War Refugee Board (WRB), the first major American attempt to address the extermination of European Jews.
Should you give money to a panhandler on the street (or a subways car) if you have no idea if the person really needs it or not (e.g., he may take the money to buy drugs)?
There is a story of a mother who saw that her child was stuck under a very heavy object and in great danger, and she suddenly had great energy to lift it, in order to save her child.
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COJO Flatbush was on the front lines as Census officials were forced by the pandemic to rethink and replace long-planned strategies.
Out Of One’s Box ‘All May Enter the Heichal to Build, Repair…’ (Eruvin 105a)
A situation that I’m sure happens way too often is when a friend or relative pressures someone who can’t afford to lose money to “invest in a sure thing.”
One hot summer night Daniel woke up at about 4 o'clock in the morning and was terribly thirsty. Everyone else was sleeping and he knew he couldn't wake them up to say 'amein'.
Accordingly, the Gemara [Bava Basra 21a] states that a person who rented a house from a person who isn’t the owner must pay the true owner when the house is intended for rent, but not when it isn’t.
Rabbi Mizrachi explains that Rehoboam was called a naar at 41 because he was immature and had weak leadership skills...
Sharing her experiences with honesty and humor, she enables the reader to connect to her challenging journey with all its difficult and positive aspects.
The phenomenon of becoming “Greek” never ends and whatever name they give themselves, there are only ever two categories, the Jews and the Un-Jews.
To their amazement and astonishment, they began to realize the bounty of blessings that they had and the appreciation that they should show Almighty G-d for these gifts.
Question: I’ve been told that I should follow all the directives of the government during the current pandemic even though these directives seem to impinge upon our religious lifestyle. I’ve heard that dina d’malchuta dina is the overriding factor here. Is that so? Zelig Aronson
In light of the fact that 25 years ago the doctors predicted that I would live only 3-5 years, I am glad to still be alive.
Since we can’t see it, Covid-19 fatigue has caused us to want to believe that it’s not a problem anymore, notwithstanding the fact that all of us know people are still being hospitalized and even dying.
In the New World – from the late 1800s through the 1950s – there were many attempts to create Jewish farming settlements as an alternative to the clusters of city tenements many immigrants found themselves in.
Together with my sister, Nechama Purishinskaya, who lived in Vitebsk, I obtained flour from various people, baked bread, and delivered it to the yeshiva. Zalman Kurnitzer [the yeshiva’s dean] paid me money for the bread.”
Americans watched Democratic governors and mayors do nothing as left-wing thugs burned their cities. And then they watched Democratic mayors and city councils defund their police departments. That is one reason Democrats fared so badly.
Yes, your daughter may be moody, but she needs positive attention and love, not negativity.
Your sister and her clear thrill at being engaged satisfied your friends and family while your calm demeanor worries them and now you; begging the question, “Do I feel enough?”
By Tzvi Fishman
I went to Rav Raphael Levine, the sone of Rav Aryeh Levine, to solicit his permission to study Kabbalah. He told me that a p'sak halacha was needed and sent me to Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv.
Few anticipated that Eretz HaKodesh – a brand-new charedi American slate – would emerge as the third largest party after this year’s vote in March to determine the composition of the American delegation to the World Zionist Congress.
Unfamiliar with other parents in my daughter’s gan, we also didn’t have anyone to commiserate with during the long sleepless nights of my daughter’s illness.
Even though many were unaware of his efforts, behind the scenes, Rav Dovid’s powerful halachic rulings led our generation in the most difficult halachic issues.
Ever since Jews were allowed out of the ghettos, the debate has raged on how to approach the outside world.
By Rabbi Dr. Chaim Meyer Tureff
As I listened to people on both sides of the aisle pontificate about why the other side is wrong and express feelings of severe bitterness and disappointment, I thought of some important ideas that come up in my work with recovering addicts.
I design the same way songwriters write songs about their current mood. Around the world, people view the butterfly as representing endurance, change, hope, and life.
Avraham had to prove that he wouldn’t regret his achievement at Har HaMoriah.
Covid-19 accelerated the trend towards a more virtual society, and many companies that hadn’t put resources into creating a strong online presence in the past are reconsidering their strategy.
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
According to Biden, the U.S. should have kept the Jerusalem carrot hanging just out of Israel's reach for as long as possible until America could squeeze out every possible Israeli concession.
There were times when I was carrying out these duties while laden with personal problems that I was able to approach him and ask for a beracha. They always worked.
“Until there’s a final decision or a final count, we won’t welcome anyone to office,” Rabbi David Katz said.
Tosafot indicates that one can fulfull the precept of shalosh seudot by eating all three meals on Shabbat day.
I heard of similar shenanigans. But the "going rate" for a vote in my case was allegedly just a meatball sandwich.
Universally recognized as a prodigious Talmudic and halachic scholar and foremost Torah personality, Rabbi Feinstein was also known for his humility, unfailing grace, and matter-of-fact demeanor.
Rabbi Sacks presented a vision of a Judaism that encompassed broad concern for such matters as globalization, capitalism, environmentalism, and the welfare and happiness of all of mankind.
And what about the Democrats’ hyper-partisan reading of that Trump-Ukrainian president phone call? Or the unprecedented Democrat-only impeachment of President Trump? All embraced and trumpeted by the media.
Retail stores have reopened this week in Israel and active corona cases continue to decrease – there are now about 8,000 active cases.
Rav Dovid’s greatest joy in life was learning Torah, and he was a big masmid. Nevertheless, he also possessed a tremendous sense of responsibility for the Jewish community.
Few people know that one of his first projects upon making aliyah was printing the first Hebrew daily wall calendar (1885).
A leader in the world of Jewish philanthropy, JCF continues to be the largest and most active Jewish donor advised fund in the country with more than $2 billion in charitable assets under management.
Should you read the Rambam’s Guide for the Perplexed if you aren’t perplexed?
It's very hard to see Hashem's presence in such hard times, it's very difficult to see G-d's plan when all around things seem so unfair and challenging.
Rav Dovid smiled and asked me, “Are you comparing my father and me to the Rosh and the Tur?”
He once confided to me that the rhetoric and backlash was so intense at the time that he contemplated resigning.
I would have enjoyed a bit more emphasis on the period of the Rishonim and how they responded to the societal, geopolitical and cultural changes that swept through Western Europe at the end of the Middle Ages.
We just need help in locating a nice place that meets the standards of the Health Ministry and is able to stretch to accommodate twice the size crowd if the rules lighten up.
Improving our social thinking begins with improving self-awareness, and is a skill that is used for much more than having successful social interactions.
But would that be fair to the other person? Eli asked. You asked me first for payment, but he lent me first and he might ask me soon to pay him back.
Using imagery with deep breathing usually makes the techniques more effective and generally helps people maintain their focus better.
Question: I see that some people refer to the month of Cheshvan as Marcheshvan. Which is correct? Nachman M.
The lone surviving members of the entire family clan was one granddaughter of R. Menachem Mendel and her elderly grandfather, whom she cared for in hiding during the war.
While visiting Avraham, Hashem saw that he was unhappy without guests, so He sent three angels disguised as desert nomads to provide Avraham with the opportunity to do hachnasas orchim.
Unfortunately, doing the right thing doesn’t always feel good. The pain after self-sacrifice can feel extremely hurtful as you are already putting aside your own singular happiness.
We don’t get to decide what constitutes a chillul Hashem – it gets decided for us.
The Gur Aryeh, Devarim 22:9, holds that when a mitzvah is done, the mitzvah that follows is similar to the original mitzvah.
The single good character trait is our continued attempt at self-improvement, the attempt to elevate morality over nature.
Despite the investigator’s sophisticated pressure, Kagan almost never specified family names and addresses demanded of him, and those whose names he did give, apparently could no longer be found.
By Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman
Avraham is a paradigm of alacrity and productivity. We are awed at how this pillar of kindness swiftly tends to the needs of his guests.
When I first started I had no idea how hard it would be. I have been working in the mortgage industry for 30 years, helping others get their dream homes while simultaneously starting up this business.
September 25, 2026 
