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Samsung has also integrated some new and notable features into its Galaxy lineup, many of which are thanks to Samsung’s deepening partnerships with Google, Microsoft, and Spotify.
We live in a society where people gauge success by the number of possessions, but we need to realize that flaunting our successes puts us in grave danger.
You feel like a fraud, about to be exposed for the interloper that you are, a child raised in a home filled with conflict.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Tetzaveh is also the first time we encounter the phrase “for glory and for splendor,” describing the effect and point of the garments. Until now kavod, “glory,” has been spoken of in relation to G-d alone. Now human beings are to share some of the same glory.
News From Across The Pond
By Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum
In 1988, The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie's courageous book critical of the life of Islam's prophet Mohammed, won both public acclaim and multiple literary awards in the United Kingdom, including the prestigious Whitebread Award for novel of the year. It was also a finalist for the Booker Prize, the UK's equivalent of America's Pulitzer. Iran's […]
If Israeli rabbinical courts – who have actual power within Israel’s legal system to use against get-refusers – could not get this man’s wife a get, what can rabbinical courts in the Diaspora do? Only one thing: Use their halachic powers! It is well past time for leading rabbis to publicize solutions that are based in Jewish law.
Question: Should the congregation say “Amen” after the berachah of “habocher b’amo Yisrael b’ahavah” (right before Shema)? I have seen different shuls do different things. M. Goldman
There is actually an obligation to be joyous.
A fourth word for quiet is “hass.” This verb means making others quiet (i.e., hushing them). The etymology of this word might be an onomatopoeic adaptation of the sound used to quiet others (like “shh…”).
It is also through Ulysses that we’re forced to consider the complicated relationship between the Irish and the Jews.
By Tzvi Fishman
Generally, a person can break the laws of Shabbat to save a life, but can one do so to conduct research that may lead to a vaccine that may save someone’s life in the future?
Frankly, it is hard to fathom what Gantz was thinking. For one thing, is he oblivious to the treatment Israel routinely receives in the UN?
Micrography, a creative medium particularly relevant to Jewish religious artistic expression, is a centuries-old manifestation of what is today characterized as “modernist art.”
Avraham Avinu was the leader of his generation and he guided all the souls of his time to recognize Hashem.
By Tzvi Fishman
The MIGAL Galilee Research Institute in Israel has developed a vaccine against coronavirus in birds and hopes to soon do the same for the new coronavirus in humans. Ofir Akunis, Israel’s Minister of Science and Technology, has ordered all approval processes to be fast-tracked with the goal of bringing the human vaccine to market as […]
Surely, when one considers the unseemly squabbling between Trump and Reps. Nadler and Schiff, we rather think that the court is on to something.
Is it appropriate to analyze one’s parents?
By Maari Weiss
Movies engender experiences that have a stronger staying power than lectures, not to mention classes in Hebrew.
By Sandy Eller
Given the subject matter, it seems appropriate for this cookbook to open with a chapter on food safety since giving your family food poisoning by feeding them spoiled ingredients is definitely something to be avoided.
Research shows that our brains never stop developing, and parenting provides you with an opportunity for lifelong learning.
By Sandy Eller
Tzipi spends hours with parents, holding hands and offering both solace and a listening ear.
Whatever the case may be: Why would the goblets have been upside down?
The real contribution is intense love and fervor for Hashem with which we give.
Question: Should the congregation say “Amen” after the berachah of “habocher b’amo Yisrael b’ahavah” (right before Shema)? I have seen different shuls do different things. M. Goldman
Mordechai single-handedly throws cold water on every justification Jews have for remaining in exile.
Glanz offers a unique service with zero competition. She helps her clients make Israel's bureaucracy work for them instead of against them.
Humanity today has received an abundance of life and health as an incredible gift. But does it properly take advantage of this blessing?
The election results were not intended to go this way, according to the natural course of political science.
Why was it so important for Moshe to enter the Land? Certainly he had accomplished so much during his lifetime for the Jewish people!
When the Rogatchover Gaon passed away in 1936, his daughter left the safety of her home in Israel to return to Dvinsk, Latvia, to assemble her father’s many unpublished manuscripts.
Pomp And Circumstance ‘Try to See the King’ (Berachos 58a)
By Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman
Even the greatest sage, who has amassed encyclopedic knowledge and can plumb the depths of Talmudic analysis, is still called a student.
Why should someone who curses a parent be punished more severely than one who hits a parent?
News From Across The Pond.
And I say that this was in their time, but in our day and age, due to our many sins, many are engaged in machlokes for no good reason and their whole intention is not leshem shamayim.
They’re fuzzy. They’re fun. And they all have the same goal: to provide companionship and alleviate loneliness. Sounds adorable, right?
By Ann Goldberg
He reread it time and time again, but finally decided he’d just have to accept that he didn’t understand it and move on.
Although you have used it as a piece of Judaica, it cannot be defined as such in the strictest terms, as it was made for the public at large, both Jewish and gentile.
There is only one thing that a university like Rutgers, given its doubtful history of toleration of anti-Semitic activity, will react to – and that is legal action.
First, truth is not a left-wing value. Second, smearing opponents is not only a left-wing value; it is the left's modus operandi.
“Even if many years pass before the lender demands the loan, the borrower remains obligated to repay it. We do not say the lender forgave the loan [Choshen Mishpat 98:1].
To solve the tuition crisis, I propose, first, that Jewish community leaders push members to provide the lion’s share of their charitable contributions to day schools or day school-supporting organizations.
COJO Flatbush CEO Louis Welz told the graduates, “Of all the many programs and services we offer, this is the one I’m most proud of."
By T. Gestetner
Logically, it isn’t possible for you to make it to work on time. But there is a Creator. And nothing stands in His way.
The Vatican’s refusal to allow access to its internal records led many to believe that they contained damning information and certainly nothing exculpatory.
In a Jewish marriage, is cooking and cleaning primarily the woman's job?
By Baruch Lytle
“I don’t remember having such a feeling of happiness and satisfaction since my wedding day,” Gewirtz told The Jewish Press.
The Mishnah and the Talmud do not explain what “padachat” means, so how do we know it means “forehead”?
Doesn’t the AIPAC conference typically draw approximately 18,000 participants who reflect a cross section of the Jewish community? Were they also acquiescing in anti-Palestinian bigotry and the denial of Palestinian rights?
About a month ago I finally received my teaching license. I was so excited it took me a few days to calm down just thinking of what great effort went into getting this degree.
Yeshiva-educated Jews take pride in making fine distinctions. Perhaps rightfully so. The ability to distinguish – after all – is the basis of wisdom, says the Gemara.
In many instances, as in the immigration case, plaintiffs “forum shop” and file cases before courts with sympathetic judges.
The cops I talk to see the worst of underclass behavior, but they fervently believe they’re supported by the good people in the community and continue to work on their behalf.
After having tasted through most of the KFWE offerings, I have chosen a handful of wines which I very much enjoyed, and recommend you all to consider for your Purim Seudah.
Rigidity around food, fear and anxiety around eating, purging, restricting, overexercising, and bingeing… those behaviors can happen to people in all size bodies.
The prisoner is one of the most honorable people in the country. Even your governor will testify to that fact.
NFL coach Bill Parcells in Harvard Business Review wrote, “When you set small, visible goals, and people achieve them, they start to get it into their heads that they can succeed.”
By Pnina Baim
For extra credit, you can bring out your vacuum and clean the coils at the bottom of the fridge. Having these coils dust free keeps your fridge running more efficiently and saves on electricity.
By Judy Waldman
Along with Rabbi Shmuel Greenwald, the Director of Education who has been at Aish St. Louis for almost twenty-five years, Rabbi David tries to connect and inspire community members, young to old, primarily focusing on suburban families.
A society needs laws to function, while at the same time it needs to provide opportunities within the structure for the human spirit to blossom.
Often he strove to aid Jews materially even before working to elevate them spiritually because an improved material life allows one’s spiritual life to thrive.
By Roni
One song in particular on this album, “Bayom Hahu,” stands out from all the others.
Question: Should the congregation say “Amen” after the berachah of “habocher b’amo Yisrael b’ahavah” (right before Shema)? I have seen different shuls do different things. M. Goldman
“We cannot keep the thunder and lightning of Sinai with us, but we can take the spirit of Sinai and incorporate it into mitzvoth – whether we are at the market, at home, in the bank or the car.
Mitzvos that seemed rational in earlier generations may seem irrational today.
My son goes home from school on a van every day with eleven other boys. Nine of them have cell phones.
Mr. Brayer thought for a minute. "I'm happy to charge it to your credit card," he said, "but I'm concerned about ribbis."
Daf Yomi is not about looking back; it’s about looking forward. There’s plenty of exciting terrain and exhilarating fulfillment ahead.
By Rabbi Dr. Mark Goldfeder and Gary Epstein
To be clear, there is no international law whatsoever prohibiting business activity in conflict areas, occupied territory, or settlements. The idea that the companies on this list are violating human rights is almost laughable
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Judaism is a matter of creed as well as deed. But we should allow people great leeway in how they understand the faith of our ancestors.
Saying a shorter version of Kabbalat Shabbat would hardly be unprecedented or a scandalous reform.
The letter describes the yeshiva’s dire situation, precluding it from spending money on books and forcing it to ask published authors to send copies of their books to the yeshiva as a donation.
By Tzvi Fishman
Ten years ago, Bibi promised he would get it done. Nu? Where's the elevator?
By Jay Lakritz
nuclear weapons – developed almost exclusively by Jewish intellects (Einstein, Teller, Oppenheimer, et al.) – are actually Hashem’s gift to the world! They have kept the world at peace for over 80 years, which makes them arguably the most moral weapons ever developed.
The gaNav steals at Night [i.e., when nobody is looking] while the gazLan steals in the Light [i.e., out in the open].
It is not sufficient to simply learn the Torah, part of the mitzvah is knowing and understanding where the Torah comes from.
News From Across The Pond.
By Tzvi Fishman
In a notice to the media, the Office of the Mayor stated that the billboards were removed due to “incitement and harming public feelings.”
By Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman
The Sanhedrin tended to be a group of like-minded individuals who were in charge of making very important decisions in high-stress situations, many of which had life and death consequences.
The Department will continue to review the comments and based on the breadth of comments received and the varying views expressed, the Department will re-engage stakeholders for further discussion on this important issue.
For those who find the idea of showering with Alexa creepy, Kohler also has a Bluetooth-enabled Moxie showerhead that only comes with speakers.
Given the Human Rights Rights Council’s recurrent anti-Israel bias, the delays seemed rather strange.
Despite the ever-changing times that we live in, when we choose to follow the path of the Torah that never changes, we are actually choosing the path of life.
Rishon LeZion was officially founded on July 31, 1882 when 18 Chovevei Zion pioneer families from Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire) led by Levontin took possession of 835 acres of land near Jaffa, then part of the Arab village of Eyun Kara.
This is not just about a possible double standard in play.
The Lady Of The House “One Says the Blessing on the Wine First” (Berachos 51)
September 4, 2026 
