יום שני, ג׳ תשרי תשפ״זMonday, September 14, 2026
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Get creative – and collaborative. Brainstorm your children’s passions and come up with large projects that they can work on by themselves or with a friend or family member remotely.
By Marc Gronich
The Department still has not revealed the number of people who were transferred from nursing homes to hospitals and then died there, Gottfried said.
By Eliana Klein
True, they agreed that the other was nice looking and the correct age and observance level. But a shidduch redt by a driving instructor who hardly knew either of them? Seriously???
To date, Yoram has sold hundreds of tallitot that have been given to hundreds of grooms who have appeared miraculously in the girls’ lives shortly after they bought tallitot there.
I truly believe that chessed begins at home. We must care for our own immediate families and extended families before running out to save the world.
Coffee wasn’t the only reason societies of the kind described above proliferated during this period.
It's always possible to ask forgiveness and to forgive, and to begin anew.
By Erez Tadmor
Over the past several years, the right has made a quantum leap on a perceptual level. The right-wing media outlets, social media, and NGOs have managed to break the left’s hold on the flow of information and its control of the national agenda. Its fight against judicial overreach has become one of the main rallying cries of right-wing voters.
By Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman
The Talmud presents an enigmatic aggadic dialogue between G-d and the angels in which the angels ask G-d how He can show favor to the Jewish people (as is implied in the Priestly Blessing) when fairness and justice usually preclude showing favoritism.
Other words derived from this root include “chatzi” (half), “chazot” (midday or midnight), “chutz” (outside/exterior), and “cheitz” (arrow).
Rashi explains: “From the 15th of Av onward, whoever adds nights to the days by studying Torah adds life to his lifetime.”
The Shach [Yoreh De’ah 151:17] doesn’t understand this statement, however, because we commonly see non-Jews bringing icons into their homes on a permanent basis!
Admittedly, the lift included some items we had planned to leave behind and others that we had wanted on flight, but while packing had not gone as planned – a running theme in our aliyah – it would have to do.
By Bruce Abramson and Jeff Ballabon
A disclosure before diving into the substance of the platform: We were directly involved in drafting the language that became the Republican Party platform’s watershed 2016 Israel plank, unanimously adopted to standing ovation and widely referred to as “the most pro-Israel ever.”
Question: The Covid-19 pandemic has put an end to almost all public gatherings; hence, much of Jewish congregational ritual has come to a halt. Is there a way to make up for everything we missed? M. Goldman
As I sit now with my book of Tehillim, my mother's words echo loudly in my head. "Pray! Use your ko'ach tefilah and pray!"
By Tzvi Fishman
Shaare Zedek is working on a new 50-bed Corona Department so that we won’t have to requisition beds in our Internal Medicine Department come wintertime.
Living in New York will definitely allow you to access more shadchanim, more singles events, and offer you more exposure to a greater group of people.
By Nathan Lewin
All who knew her benefited from her wisdom. In fact, her wisdom saved thousands of Jewish lives.
If a person lacks yiras Hashem, his heart is subject to the wiles of the yetzer hara.
By Tzvi Fishman
Rabbi Elisha Bruck, who works with a group called Kedushat Tzion told me that since Medinat Yisrael is a highly-charged subject for charedim, Kedushat Tzion employs the word “immigration” in its literature and conversations, not “aliyah,” which has a Zionist connotation.
As we live through these weeks of nechama, let’s remember that "nechama" doesn’t just mean comfort or consolation. It also means reconsidering...We need to reflect more, hit "send" less quickly, and respond less to provocations.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Chessed has no if-then quality. It is given out of the goodness of the giver, regardless of the worth of the recipient.
Rabbi Taragin told The Jewish Press that quarantine isn’t the only change facing the boys and girls hoping to study in Israel this year. The school set up will be different too.
There is no difference in attitude towards the colonizer whether the local inhabitants are of a high cultural level or primitive.
Coming after the relocation of the American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and other similar moves by the Trump administration, the prospect of annexation meant that the Palestinians were fast running out of negotiating options.
I am glad to be part of a fashion event that will empower Jewish women and feature models of various ages and body types.
In both cases, the Chief Justice found that a president did not enjoy total immunity and would have to acquiesce in the requests of Congress and local prosecutors if certain protocols – which he set forth – were met.
By Tzvi Fishman
While Rav Kook's love for the Jewish people knew no bounds, one should not think that he was some sort of liberal, reform rabbi who believed that everyone was free to do his own thing, G-d forbid.
News From Across The Pond.
The public, furious that the very source of their confidence in its investment – the government’s backing of the loans – turned out to be a crucial factor in the Panama Canal Scandal, was eager for a scapegoat. Drumont came along and gave them one: the Jews.
What should one do if one hears about persecution of a people in a foreign land?
The new homes that are being built daily and the new roads that are being paved are all part of the final salvation of the Jewish people.
This lashon hara led to Bnei Yisrael crying over nothing, which in turn resulted in the divine punishment of bechia l’doros, crying throughout the generations over the destruction of two Temples and many other Jewish calamities.
While the virus still affects our daily lives and our futures are uncertain, we can still recognize that there is a lot of work to be done with ourselves and our children around the anxieties that the pandemic has already created and will continue to create. We hear all the time that children are resilient […]
The day after a wedding is not the best day to get a new air conditioning unit as we were still recovering from all of the wedding expenses, predictable and otherwise.
I am familiar with the pieces in your set because I have seen them repeatedly over the years, usually offered for sale individually.
What are you going to do? Rabbi Dayan's son asked him. You're outnumbered, but it seems ridiculous that the ruling should follow two kollel students against you!
At this point, you may want to first find out what is going on before you involve your ex-husband. Perhaps your son may have actually done this extreme behavior to get you to speak to your ex-husband.
Question: The Covid-19 pandemic has put an end to almost all public gatherings; hence, much of Jewish congregational ritual has come to a halt. Is there a way to make up for everything we missed? M. Goldman
By Irwin Cohen
We're going to see only a few pitchers this season winning more than seven games and only a few players hitting more than 15 home runs. But we could see a player batting over .400.
We are not like other nations, and we cannot be allowed, in the long run, to think, talk, or act like them.
By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
The principle of “Yes to sovereignty, no to Palestine” must lead us in every discussion on sovereignty. One does not make deals on the homeland – not theoretically and certainly practically.
Being smart is terrific. It is a gift from Hashem, like talent and beauty and the ability to fold bed sheets (obviously). You are smart. You know it, you want others to know it, and you want to marry someone who will mirror that intellect.
I have always believed that the guarantee that G-d presented to Abraham was never said to him directly.
By Tzvi Fishman
At the last demonstration, I strolled through the crowd and recognized agitators who staged protests against Israeli soldiers in Hevron and Samaria.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe points out that this powerful exchange between the Jewish people and Hashem emphasizes our extraordinary special relationship with Hashem.
When working with a client, I always ask them what their budget is, and give them the best value for their budget.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Finite games are played to win. Infinite games are played for their own sake. Finite games are usually performed in front of an audience of some kind. Infinite games are participative.
A Jew has the power to bring merit to all of mankind.
While olim are offered a steep discount on taxes associated with purchasing a new car, it comes with many complicated strings attached.
Out On A Limb ‘The Halacha Is One May Reset a Fracture’ (Shabbos 148a)
This “Kehillot Moshe" edition contains an astounding 36 different commentaries on Tanach as well as the complete introductions of each of these commentaries, a feature often lacking in other Mikraot Gedolot editions.
By Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman
In Parshat Vaetchanan, we learn that someone who kills another by accident must flee to a city of refuge for protection. The Talmud contains a fascinating addition to this law: If a student is forced into exile, his teacher must go with him.
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch writes that "tears are the sweat of the soul."
We are like poor people who do not know they are poor and how rich they could be.
By Marc Gronich
The problem is Mitch McConnell. He’s been unwilling to allow debate on any amount of state and local funding.
The organizers of these protests, which quickly turn to violent riots, undoubtably seek anarchy, as they openly state.
If a person who is asked about someone remains silent because he doesn’t know with certainty that a certain rumor is true, the questioner understands from his silence that there is room for concern.
Rabbi Pappenheim suggests that “chomah” is related to “milchamah,” as the main purpose of building a city wall is to protect its inhabitants from enemy warfare.
Of course, the claim of Black Lives Matter transcendency is hogwash. The Black Lives Matter movement has nasty anti-Semitic aspects to it.
There is just too much going on across this country disrupting the way we have always done business for Americans to not care about Joe Biden’s views about all of it.
Beginning in 1891, the Pasteur Institute opened facilities in different countries, and currently there are 32 institutes in 29 countries in various parts of the world.
Unlike in the States, now right-wing protesters are starting to show up to counter (read: fight) the leftists.
Is it proper, l’chatchilah, for a young married couple to apply for government welfare programs like food stamps and section 8?
By dvora
These particular graduates deserved additional kudos for accomplishing what they did under unusual and trying circumstances, during a massive public health crisis that necessitated remote learning in virtual classrooms.
As soon as a person gets used to whatever they have, or are doing, it becomes mundane, and we feel that it isn’t so special or important after all.
News From Across The Pond.
There is more to be learned from Hashem’s diagnosis. A blessing is critical in helping us properly focus when we do a mitzvah.
Often we have negative voices that we listen to in our heads. Voices that tell us that we are a “loser,” that we will “never succeed,” or that we need to be better at something.
Treif Cows Milk? A Toldah of Dash (Shabbos 144a)
I found myself spending the first day of shiva with our younger daughter as she birthed a firstborn son.
In one particular synagogue, however, the shamas would rely on the out-of-town beggars who normally arrived during the night to light up the oven. But many times, the beggars would not show up, and the synagogue would be freezing in the morning. People began to complain.
I just acquired a full run of the Yiddish periodical Iddishe Bilder, published in Riga, Latvia, between May 1937 and September 1939.
Some maintain that if the contract can be legally upheld in court, the late payment clause is halachically valid as a kinyan situmta (common commercial practice) and is not considered asmachta; hence, there is no concern of ribbis.
For the NFL, Black Lies matter, especially if they are about Jews.
When Bnei Yisrael completed their journey and were about to enter Eretz Yisrael, Hashem recounted all their stops along the way. Why? Because we are Hashem’s beloved children.
On Shiva Assar B’Tammuz, the sin of the golden calf occurred. If we had not sinned on that day, Moshe would have come down from Mount Sinai without breaking the tablets and would have given them to us with great celebration.
Yet, we are supposed to believe that the most important thing about a black individual is that he or she is black. And if we don’t honor that fact – if we aim to be "colorblind" – we are racist. This dehumanizing nonsense goes for racial truth these days
Question: The Covid-19 pandemic has put an end to almost all public gatherings; hence, much of Jewish congregational ritual has come to a halt. Is there a way to make up for everything we missed? M. Goldman
You are concerned that if she is seemingly this involved before you are even engaged, that will translate into boundaries crossed in your future with her daughter.
Even though he knew it was possible he would forfeit his inheritance, he refused to dishonor the grave.
You are lucky that you have one parent to model positivity for you. You are already 16 and seem wise beyond your years.
The Talmud (Kritut 9a) states that “peta” connotes shogeg (by mistake), while “pitom” could connote oness (by accident), meizid (on purpose), or shogeg. The Midrash (Sifrei to Numbers 6:9) disagrees.
Hashem arranged that people should rely on human malchus in order for us to understand in human terms what malchus is all about, and subsequently develop the ability to appreciate His divine malchus.
Most of us aren’t on this level and don’t actually see it, so what’s the point of telling us we’re being shown this vision?
As we’ve learned time and time again through this aliyah process, ultimately everything is in Hashem’s hands.
Lashon hara is considered a grave sin because it poisons society and inter-personal relations to the point that our Sages compared it to the three severest sins together: idol worship, incest, and bloodshed.
September 11, 2026 
