"Two years ago, Chol Hamoed Sukkos,I pulled out my phone and typed, “A powerful segulah for getting married is to buy a Chosson Torah on Simchas Torah.” I didn’t think much of it. But that post would ...

Moses interacts with God in a most unusual, powerful, and effective way when he brings the plagues upon Egypt. The Bat Ayin on Exodus 6:3 learns from the encounters a variety of insights that he ...

The pleasures of this world were “consecrated,” so to speak, by God in order that man recognize and appreciate them, and turn ...

This Torah portion contains the height of Jewish liturgy, the priestly blessings. What is a blessing? I often meet with a person who is looking to change their life and it comes down to “the moment ...

Synopsis: The requirement of having a minimum of 10 men present for synagogue services and other mitzvot that are davar she’b’kedusha (matters of sanctity) is derived through the hermeneutic principle ...

Parshat Shoftim contains the following commandment [Devarim 17’ 11’]: “...You shall act in accordance with the instructions given to you and the ruling handed down to you; you shall not turn aside ...

At different points in history, Torah has been intertwined with the heritage of the Jewish people, coupled with other elements of communal inheritance. At other times, it has stood apart as a divine ...

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Before the plaza even became known as Hostages Square, Sharbat had established what became a ritual — Kabbalat Shabbat ...