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Question: Why do we recite a fifth prayer – Ne’ilah – on Yom Kippur but on no other day of the year? G. Goodman
What do you want to be?n Make the answer to that question, "good."
The Angel Raziel read the sefer together with Adam, who fell on his face, shaking.
Israel is the body, and Torah and mitzvot are the soul. The people who founded Israel established an important base. Now it’s our turn to take the torch and bring Israel to a higher, spiritual realm. It’s our task to infuse the land with Torah and mitzvot so that knowledge of Hashem’s existence permeates every street corner and home.
What we need to think about now – in Tishrei 5780 – is Tishrei 5781...Shana tova!
We mention “songs” first because before we ask Hashem for blessings in the future, we must first thank Him and sing praises for all the things He’s done for us in the past.
Although it might not be immediately intuitive, valuing yashan flour will come at the expense of valuing lashon hara.
While even the most secure systems are vulnerable to hackers, there are a few things you can do to better protect yourself.
There is a feeling of awe and trepidation. The beginning of the year isn’t just the numerical marker of the New Year. It's not just a date and then the next day everything goes back to normal.
Unless your crystal ball works better than mine, no one can predict the future of any couple or knows what life may bring.
In Trump’s call to the Ukrainian president, he urges an investigation into Ukrainian ties to the appointment of Special Counsel Mueller and allegations of financial corruption involving Ukraine, Joe Biden, and his son. So what?
The DOE letter was published in the Federal Register and is seen as a move to put other universities on notice.
We don’t know what will happen in the year 2100, and it is impossible to predict the future. But of one thing you can be certain – that in the year 2100, Jewish women will be lighting Shabbos candles.
By Zev Golan
One Irgunist told me, “No matter what the subject, Segal always managed to bring it to the conclusion: ‘You have to fight for Eretz Yisrael.’”
Thanks to the high rate of intermarriage, American Jews with children of marriageable age are faced with the crazy situation of seeing their children date a boy named Josh Cohen who is not halachically Jewish and a girl named Rachel Napolitano who is halachically Jewish.
By Judy Waldman
Rabbi Fromowitz founded Ahavas Torah Center in 2011 in a strip mall as part of the Las Vegas Kollel and assumed the role of the congregational rabbi.
If the thoughts that are keeping you awake are tasks you need to complete, write them down. This way, you know you won’t forget.
The Vilna Gaon felt that the proscription against fasting until chatzot on Yom Tov also applies on Rosh Hashanah.
By Anita Kolat
A military base is adjacent to Elon Moreh. Residents feel very safe and allow their very young, unaccompanied children to run freely.
“You can have your choice,” said the wise king. “You can choose to take this gold, 100 pieces each, or I can give you each three pieces of advice.”
Whereas all people need to be careful of what their words may cause, leaders must especially be careful in this regard.
Lean back but be active
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By Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman
In a more hopeful explanation, the Ohr HaChaim suggests that the pasuk is presenting alternative options that lead to repentance.
By Eliana Klein
Because of his strong kesher to my husband, he and his family had opted to join our shul for Rosh Hashanah. So, serendipitously, he was available – not to mention ready, willing, and able – to don all the hats that had suddenly been vacated.
The “head” – the great Torah leaders – are dependent upon all lower “limbs” of our people for their spiritual completeness.
R. Nosson would write down his tefillot while praying, and tradition has it that the stains that appear on his handwritten leaves are those of tears he shed while praying.
A Transfusion, An Element Of Life “Blood-Let Of A Sanctified Animal…” (Me’ilah 12)
By Ruthie Blum
Grasping the point of the question, which had to do with his much-touted close personal bond with Netanyahu, Trump concluded by saying, “Look, our relationship is with Israel.”
A person should never despair of his ability to do teshuvah.
Question: How should one do teshuvah during this Elul and Yamim Nora’im season? Zvi Unger
“Whom am I kidding? I’ve been promising to be better in these areas for the last decade.” Doing teshuvah almost seems like an exercise in futility.
Eating at a restaurant can be expensive, but by paying the bill you are showing the girl that while you know that she may be able to afford her own meal, you don’t want her to.
"Charging a price significantly different from the norm is a violation of ona'ah," explained Rabbi Dayan.
Some Jews have a custom to greet others on the first night of Rosh Hashanah with the words “Le’shanah tova tei’katev ve’tei’chatem le’alter le’chaim tovim u’le’shalom.
Why don’t we find the teshuvah process to be a part of the Rosh Hashanah davening, as we do on Yom Kippur?
Many do not realize that the Chofetz Chaim's second rebbetzin, Rebbetzin Freida Kagan, died in the United States and is buried in Queens.
By Tzvi Fishman
The rabbis maintain that in raising his family and grazing his sheep in an area encroached upon by Arab poachers, Zaroge is helping defend Jewish sovereignty over Eretz Yisrael.
It occurred to me that the Israeli souvenir market needed to be thoroughly revamped, and that there’s room for more updated souvenirs besides archaic Judaica products...
But a single should not fall into the trap of thinking that his life is complete if he is unmarried – even if he isn’t to blame – and society should not demand that he suppress natural feelings of unhappiness at the grim truth of his situation.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
When you cannot see Him, it is because you are looking in the wrong direction. When He seems absent, He is there just behind you, but you have to turn to meet Him. Do not treat Him like a stranger. He loves you. He believes in you.
If you can’t sell your hysteria to adults, try kids. And that is what the left has done. After all, no one is as malleable or as easily indoctrinated as children.
By Baruch Lytle
“Our story cannot be told without also including the stories of the incredible rebirth of the Jewish people – and what is Boro Park, if not that?” said Shoshana Greenwald, director of collections at the museum.
Judaism doesn’t believe in racial tests, but it does believe in ideological ones.
As technology becomes more sophisticated, the need to ensure tech products meet certain ethical standards becomes vital.
Many of the Jewish prisoners, including most likely the author of our card, were members of the Underground who had been convicted for resisting Arab terrorism.
Hashem set the world in motion and is in charge of this world, at all times. We know this as a fact, but we do not necessarily feel this protection when something goes wrong in our day.
It seems clear that Israel’s Palestinian Arabs chafe at the notion of a Jewish state in what they consider Palestine.
The accusation was and is that McConnell was anticipating the possible election of a Republican in 2016 who would then choose a successor to Scalia and was thus inappropriately driven by “politics.”
In her first UN presentation, Ambassador Kraft did not disappoint.
To be sure, enactment of any legislation of this sort is always problematic.
How tolerant should a person be of a son-in-law’s desire to keep his own minhagim at his (the father-in-law’s) Yom Tov table?
: Last installment discussed Moses Mendelssohn, questioning whether he was all that relevant to the modernization and secularization of a significant portion of European Jewry. While he was a noteworthy thinker and writer, it is likely that historians have bloated his influence. However, even if his ideology was not particularly impactful, his persona was. The […]
By Pnina Baim
Pick a day to start. We would love to begin on Motzaei Yom Kippur, but if your children are fasting, they might not be up to it, unless they drank coffee and are now all hyped up.
There is a huge selection, but you can search by dress length and sleeve length, depending on your modesty preference, so as not to overwhelm you.
The best way to not fall back into bad habits is to avoid those triggers to begin with.
The last debate among 10 Democrats seeking their party’s nomination for president set a new low for demagoguery, contempt for America, and just plain foolishness.
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
Should Arab schools in Jerusalem use Israel’s syllabus or that of the Palestinian Authority? At present, only a small minority of schools in eastern Jerusalem are under the auspices of Israel's Education Ministry – to the detriment of all peace efforts.
When he was still in high school in Telshe, Maverick made a list of possible jobs he would like to someday pursue. One of those listed was “radio.”
Finally, in a choked voice, the father said, “Yanky has a brother, Mutty, who has been in the hospital with a debilitating illness for many months.”
When she proffered a 20-shekel note to the bus driver, she couldn’t fathom why he wouldn’t accept it.
I then handed her the Shabbos candles and she froze right there. She said, “Now I will light. Thank you very much,” and then proceeded to kiss my wife on both cheeks .
“Selichah” also refers to a type of liturgical poem, or piyut, characterized by begging for forgiveness.
Choosing what really matters
Amazingly, Jews have achieved their enigmatic 22.5% figure despite being the most hated and persecuted people in history.
Rabbeinu Bachya gives another reason. He says breaking a glass recalls the breaking of the first luchos. The first luchos, which were given in front of millions of people, ended up in smithereens.
We must allow our limited selves to take a step back, lean into Hashem's presence, and trust that whatever outcome occurs, we can embrace it with Hashem’s help.
In FY 2019, JCF distributed 23 percent of assets, well above the industry average.
The path of Chabad, on the other hand, while maintaining the close Rebbe-chassid relationship, emphasizes personal labor in serving Hashem.
A friend told me about a niggun for what to me is a new zemer and I have recently begun singing it. It has had a profound impact on me and how uplifted I feel on Shabbos...
Question: How should one do teshuvah during this Elul and Yamim Nora’im season? Zvi Unger
A President Vacates The White House ‘Once Permitted To Kohanim, Me’ilah Does Not Apply’ (Me’ilah 4b)
Why would Hashem cause Iran to pick a fight with the most powerful nation the world has ever known?
By Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman
Being happy is a vital and necessary component in the performance of mitzvot.
He was also more of a moderate, not relying on the zealous methods of his teacher, but on a more pragmatic approach.
If you happen to be traveling to another city and someone wants to set you up while you are there, go out on a date.
To prevent their books from being lost or stolen, owners would routinely write their name or an inscription in them.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
A large part of what Moshe is doing in the book of Devarim is retelling that story to the next generation, reminding them of what G-d had done for their parents and of some of the mistakes their parents had made. Moshe, as well as being the great liberator, is the supreme storyteller. Yet what he does in this week's parsha, Ki Tavo, extends way beyond this.
A lender holding a loan document acknowledged that he received payment, but claimed that the payment was for another, undocumented, loan.
By Hindishe Lee
Truth is not a tenet of Islam – which perhaps explains how the very basis of the modern battle against Israel can be based on a lie: the lie of “Palestine.”
By Tzvi Fishman
Rav Shlomo Aviner has stated that women are not permitted to serve in the army just like they are not permitted to violate Shabbat.
By Avi Ciment
There is no doubt that the job of rebbe or rav is tough beyond words. Many times, it’s a thankless job. Yet, every rav and rebbe possesses enormous potential to help people by reaching out to the klal. It’s where their greatest strengths lie.
News from Across the Pond
The Pro and the Pro Max are faster than the models they are replacing and have a longer battery life.
After a backlash by friends of Golub, as well as friends of Israel and free speech more generally, YouTube reinstated the video.
July 10, 2026 
