One difference: The judges do not appoint their successors nor are they given veto power over new nominees as the current Court has. Op-ed.
Young Israeli Torah scholars on the parasha: Why not relate to the Land as an inheritance?
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, will yet defeat our enemies in the Land of Israel.
Religious Zionists of America brings you special features, divrei Torah on the Parasha - and a quiz.
The Aramaic translation of Onkelos, translates totafot as tefillin, in the plural. Why?
It is not so simple to go from bondage to freedom.
Just as an entirely new moon emerges every month, so too we can become entirely new versions of ourselves if we will it
The prohibition is not agreed upon,but since the custom has spread, one should indeed avoid eating both meat and fish together.
Israel's first Chief Rabbi: We cannot make the sudden switch from our mundane activities to earnest prayer without a mental effort.
God turns nations around and saves Jews from annihilation. Part III of How the Allies came to be in WWII. Links to parts I and II are below.
Someone born to a Jewish mother who intermarried and who was raised a Christian would now like to live as a Jew. What is the halakha?
Sometimes, in the very timelessness of our day we will discover the sanctity of time.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
Read what Rabbi Moshe Feinstein says about comparing the greatness of Moshe and Aharon.
In this article, we discuss the many parts of the tefilah of weekday Shacharis that follow Barchu – until the end of the weekday Shacharis.
Are we too concentrated on the when of praying to give enough attention to the why?
Sometimes in Jewish life one has reason to make a kiddush but sadly, also to say kaddish for a loved one. That is the cycle of life.
Israel's first Chief Rabbi: Why do we say "God who brings forth" only on the blessing for bread, as G-d says about the Exodus from Egypt?
Step by step, plague after plague, Pharaoh learns the way the world works.
Why do you need to control me?
The first of the 10 Plagues is the "Plague of Blood." The obvious question is: why is this the first plague?
The capacity to challenge cherished beliefs and reigning institutional norms – rubbed off on the Jewish people/
We have the ten utterances of creation, the ten plagues, and the ten commandments. Is there a connection?
Sanctifying our desires is pagan, not Jewish. Pleading victimhood to external forces is likewise pagan, not Jewish.
Young religious Zionist Torah scholars connect the parasha to the Land of Israel.
The world is “a narrow bridge”. We sojourn here but for the blink of an eye. This is the nature of our condition as visitors, strangers.
After all, in the past century we witnessed how two bombs forced the powerful and fanatical Japanese Empire to surrender unconditionally.
History teaches that human intelligence cannot provide us with clarity when the forces of confusion band together, but they are a sign.
An eye-opening review of the commentators' explanations on the purpose of the staff and the miracle involved.
During the Shovavim period, taking place now, we can become free of media addictiton and improve our lives.
24 Tevet is the yahrzeit of the Alter Rebbe whoseTanya compacts Jewish wisdom to answer the personal and existential questions of life.
Spiritual giants all, we can learn much from their lives.
'Ask the Rabbi' questions and answers, including 'Where Were the Women?'
The American founding father, who born on January 17, 1706, has had a lasting impact on Judaism. Op-ed.
In his book, “Step-By-Step” on the Redemption of Israel, Rabbi Drukman explains the reference to dreamers in Psalm 126.
Why were the Jews exiled specifically to Egypt?
Turning their backs on Torah law, over the years Israeli jurists formulated legal concepts harming the Jewish character of Israel. Op-ed.
A weekly on the parasha, including picture quiz for kids at the end. Enjoy!
The Torah does not describe to us the process by which the situation so radically changed for Jews in Egypt. Nor how Moshe grew to lead.
Why did Moses doubt God’s plan? How could the “master of all prophets” so gravely misjudge his own people?
One very strange verse in Shemot has much more than meets the eye.
The psychological burning bush.
In Jewish law, we bless on the bad as we bless on the good. That is imitating God.
Young religious Zionist Torah scholars: Why are the physical traits of the Land emphasized?
The main point of greatness in the Torah is to understand the important things, as Rabbi Haim ztz”l did.
How was it possible to refuse Hashem for even a moment, let alone seven days and nights?
Transsexuality differs in crucial ways from the two words describing sexual anomalies appearing in the Talmud.
A look at Shiffra and Puah, midwives in the Book of Exodus, at new Rabbi Uri Shachor, buried treasure in Lodz and a farewell to Genesis.
G-d told Moshe: “This” – your inadequacy and self-doubt – will be a sign to the Jews that I have sent you.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
The revered founder of the Bnai Akiva Yeshiva H.S. movement wrote poignantly of his love for the Rambam. It will bring tears to your eyes.
We yearn for a return to innocence. For memory to be transformed into knowledge that the world is a better place now, lessons learned.
A satellite image of the Sinai seems to show a profile in stone - and Google Map measurement leads to an amazing conclusion..
It’s a month of lower energy, long dark nights and may seem a time of דין, judgment, associiated with the tribe of Dan. But there is more.
The real title should be how God turns nations around and saves the Jews from total annihilation.
The moral paradox embodied by Jacob in his final moments, as he moves the gift of kingship from Reuben to Judah, is astonishing.
Why does it matter where one is buried?
There is so much to say and what to tell about my rabbi Rabbi Druckman because his work expanded to all areas of activity that there are.
Just before Yaakov dies, Yosef brings over his sons to receive a blessing from Yaakov. When Yosef
