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On Shabbos morning, Moshe decided to serve the kiddush food since it would mostly go to waste otherwise.
I once heard that when a teacher does not expect her student to achieve, the student would, in fact, not achieve.
We should also pray that our brethren in Eretz Yisrael be able to go to sleep serenely, without fear of being terrorized.
How do we schedule two bar mitzvahs in shul on the same Shabbos as well as two catered affairs on their birthday?... The Rabbi in a Small Community
If there is ever a contest for “World’s Most Misunderstood Photo” the annual class photo of the shluchim (Chabad rabbis) will surely be a finalist. You know the one I’m talking about. About 5,000 shluchim convene in New York every year for an annual conference and Shabbaton, and on Sunday morning they pose in front […]
Rabbeinu Yonah, who passed away 756 years ago this week, wrote prolifically from the city of Girona, in medieval Spain, about repentance and self-improvement.
If we treat the mitzvos with respect, we will be awarded the maximum reward for them.
Rebirth Of Sorts ‘Immersing Impure, Emerging Pure’ (Niddah 42a)
The sale results were a mixed bag, with half of the lots offered going unsold.
By Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman
There isn’t much we know about his life, and what we do know seems to parallel many of the events in Avraham’s life.
Senator Sanders, when you visited an Israeli kibbutz in 1963, how many Israeli settlements were there? The answer is zero, which leads me to my next question: If there were no settlements, and the land that the Palestinians want for their state was in Arab hands, why wasn’t a Palestinian state formed then and why wasn’t there peace with Israel?
“What do Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Noam Chomsky and George Soros have in common? They were/are all radicals, born to Jewish parents, had no Jewish identity and hurt Jews (not to mention non-Jews).”
I’m writing this article primarily for Modern Orthodox parents of teens and pre-teens – because I love the world of Torah Umadda and that world no longer exists in America.
The challenges presented by the yetzer hara differ every day. Today the yetzer hara may be dormant; tomorrow it may wage war.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Itzchak, having grown up in the household of Avraham and Sarah, had never encountered deception before, and was thus, in his innocence, misled by his son. Rivka, who had grown up in the company of Lavan, recognized it very well, which is why she favored Yaakov,
Over the course of his lifetime, Gordon switched faiths fairly often, and following his imprisonment for his role in the riots, Gordon decided to become Jewish.
News from across the pond.
By Baruch Lytle
Orthodox women are raised in a modest way. Modesty is our badge of honor. Nothing is more sacred to us. If I prefer a female professional medical service, I want to have that choice.
During a 1926 investigation by Prohibition enforcement officials of 600 New York City rabbis suspected of inflating their congregation numbers, the distribution of sacramental wine fell from one million gallons to only 6,000 gallons in just one year.
Maybe she is so caught up in the “likes” that she is no longer able to focus on the actual and practical growth that she must put into her future marriage.
By Tzvi Fishman
There is no greater wickedness than a rabbi declaring a person guilty before his trial, and the evil is multiplied a thousand-fold when the person in question is the country’s leader.
The fascinating thing about TikTok is that it’s a social platform that has nothing to do with one’s social network.
No one likes to be in the company of a pessimistic and depressing person. To say the least, it's not a pleasant experience.
Cabrera said Ocasio-Cortez has not only done nothing to bring jobs to the district, she has actually kept jobs away.
After all, Israel gained control of this territory by successfully defending itself against Arab armies bent on its destruction.
It also doesn’t seem to matter to them that, in sum and substance, the only thing at issue is the receipt of some cigars and favorable press treatment.
As wonderful as it is to be without pain, life requires so much more: purpose, meaning, charity, love, wisdom, and kindness.
Is it appropriate for men and women to call each other by their first names at work?
You can’t control how rich you will be, or how smart or successful you will be. But you can control how good you will be.
Respect and warmth can do wonders to build a relationship.
We do a lot of talking to ourselves without even realizing it – and some of the stories that we tell ourselves can either help us bounce back or force us deeper into the struggle.
The Rashbash advised the couple to name the boy Yonah, citing the Talmud’s statement that before a tzaddik dies, another tzaddik rises.
6 reasons to believe the left hates America
If a person incurred expenses on his own initiative to save someone's life, he can ask to be compensated
A leader must aim to change the culture and not just temporarily affect behaviors.
When a person says, ‘I don’t have anything,’ the malach intones ‘Amen.’ So in order to thwart this, I say, ‘Zolst yah haben – You should have,’ so that the Amen should apply to my blessing as well.
As the end of their forty-year sojourns in the desert approached, Moshe Rabbeinu, knowing that he would not lead the nation into Eretz Yisroel, requested that Hashem help him appoint a worthy successor.
Would we prefer to be right, or effective? The answer, as Torah Jews, is that we have to be both: right and effective. That means increasing our sensitivity to the way others perceive us, whether we think those perceptions as justified or not.
Prior to the 18th century, no one said Kaddish after Mizmor Shir for the simple reason that that psalm wasn’t recited at all!
“Sav” is related to the Hebrew word “seivah,” and both these words form the basis of “saba,” which means “old man” or “grandfather.”
The two explanations from Rashi seem to contradict one another. In this week’s parshah he says that Avraham could take the land as its rightful owner, and in parshas Lech Lecha he said that Avraham had not yet acquired the land.
The Great Switch ‘These Are The Sons Of Leah’ (Niddah 32)
Throughout our history, great leaders have given their disciples and others special tasks to spiritually elevate the world.
In the Yevamot volume of this edition appears an extraordinary haskamah by the Divrei Chayim, R. Haim Halberstam of Sanz.
Question: What did our sages mean when they said that anyone who resides outside the Land Israel is like an idol worshipper? Is that what all of us residing outside Israel are – idol worshippers? M. Goldblum
At worst, B&H – and others in the same business – acted out of a particular interpretation of the applicable laws.
Obviously, Barr has been made aware of what both have turned up, and the odds are that he is not just blowing smoke.
Pompeo's announcement was essentially a direct repudiation of the infamous UN Resolution President that Obama allowed to pass, which declared that settlements are “a flagrant violation” of international law.
By Tzvi Fishman
What the police didn’t know was that a hidden camera recorded all their actions, including the curses and blows they aimed at the defenseless youth who stated over and over that they were violating his G-d-given right to live wherever he pleased in the Land of Israel.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
The answer again is that to understand a death, we have to understand a life.
Rabbi Shlomo is well known for his love of every single Jew and his ability to reach so many souls with his special music and his magnetic personality.
By Tzvi Fishman
We treated more than 40 people suffering from anxiety attacks, several who had to be hospitalized.
By Jason Ciment
I stood with him during his entire haftorah reading, rarely prompting him (because he really did know it) and it was not just exceptional; it was better than he had ever practiced.
By Tzvi Fishman
We want to create a boomerang effect, whereby the lies of the world boomerang in its face when confronted with the truth.
Your strength and desire to change is a testament to their parenting and love.
On the whole, leading Democrats seemed to support Dorsey’s decision while some Republicans, specifically President Trump and his supporters, pushed back against it.
Is observing Thanksgiving in some manner praiseworthy or wrong (or neither)?
Luis Martins de Souza-Dantas was a Brazilian diplomat who illegally granted Brazilian diplomatic visas to Jews in Vichy France during the Holocaust, saving a confirmed 425 Jews – and at least 400 other “undesirables,” including communists and homosexuals – from certain death. Besides issuing visas, he regularly intervened with local and foreign diplomatic officials, saving […]
News from across the pond.
By Pnina Baim
I am a huge proponent of spending quality time with your spouse, as the benefits of strengthening your relationship are huge and long-lasting.
Parents fight a daily internal battle to “attain a balance between teaching children that they must do their best, and teaching them that they are ‘the best’ regardless of what they do…
More than his guests enjoy the meal, Avraham enjoys fulfilling the mission for which he was created – to help others.
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
This trend spells disaster not only for the Jews in Jerusalem, but for the State of Israel, which is liable to face pressure to divide the city in order to maintain its Jewish majority. If the current rates continue, Jerusalem's Arab population could actually reach parity with the Jewish population within 10-15 years.
One day, a woman came to me to rent my mule. She gave me the few coins I normally charge for its hire. But as she turned away, leading the animal behind her, I heard her sob. I walked over to her and asked why she was crying.
I want to talk about values and how they relate to fashion. I know it might sound funny to think about values when reading a fashion column, but let me explain.
While really experiencing the Land of Israel for the first time at 17, Kowalsky recalls that “Everything about it was wow!”
We should not need gifts from flesh and blood or their loans, unless we realize that they are really coming from Hashem’s hand which is full, open, holy and bountiful.
Seventy-seven percent of its preschool graduates continue on to regular classes. Projects are established as the needs of the community change.
Chazal say (Menachos 53b) that just like an olive tree does not ever shed its leaves, so too Klal Yisrael will never be destroyed, not in this world or in the next.
It’s prohibited to destroy even part of G-d's sacred name. Thus, one cannot usually cut between the letters of G-d's name in a siddur or Chumash.
Here we go again. Missiles are raining down upon millions of Jews from Gaza, and half of Israel's population must take pains not to stray too far from the nearest bomb shelter. Earlier this week, Israel eliminated the head of Islamic Jihad in a precision strike in Gaza and another one of their leaders in […]
I recall him telling me of the morning he walked into Moscow’s Great Synagogue to pray. Sitting behind separate desks at the back, wearing tallis and tefillin, were the Jews known as “the Stinkers.”
All Rav Firer asked is that the performers at a concert devoted to honoring him and his organization – at which he would be sitting front and center – not include female singers. But as soon as this request became known, an explosion of vitriol ensued
After the tailor left, Rebbetzin Rivka told off her son for embarrassing the tailor. Realizing what he had done, young Sholom Ber burst into tears.
Rabbi Wertheimer writes that "ayeh" is used when one has no inkling where something is, while "eifo" is used when one does have a general sense of where it is.
Missing In Translation ‘A Shesua Is A Creature…’ (Niddah 24a)
Between 1907-1914, approximately 10,000 Jewish immigrants arrived at the entry port in Galveston, at a time when the entire population of Galveston was 37,000 and the entire state was home to fewer than 400,000 people.
I think we kind of understood then - though we now understand completely - that Shlomo could not be our own private uncle. He was, in a sense, everyone's uncle.
The seed alone cannot produce the tree, it needs earth, or soil. And these two components alone cannot either produce a tree, they require water, sun and other nutrients.
Question: What did our sages mean when they said that anyone who resides outside the Land Israel is like an idol worshipper? Is that what all of us residing outside Israel are – idol worshippers? M. Goldblum
They believe that if they inundate me with beautiful gifts, it will be difficult for me to be angry with them.
Here are some tips to help you get the most out of Black Friday and Cyber Monday:
Your self-awareness and your ability to worry over their influence will only aid you in this process.
August 21, 2026 
