The mini Korachs of today express the same jealousy and hatred for Netanyahu that Korach had for Moshe.
Lockdowns have upended millions of peoples' lives, especially students who have had studies disrupted and plans for the future put on hold.
There are so many different symbols and organizations! How do we teach our children what to do?
A mother writes: "My children's abandoning mitzva observance is eating me up inside. How do I get through this? What should I do, rabbi?"
When we come back home at the end of the Edomite exile, it will be forever. And our exiles are alluded to in yesterday's Torah reading.
Torah from Israel's first Chief Rabbi, iconic leader of Religious Zionism: "We honor the kohen for his potential."
If you think that you’re not good enough, perhaps that’s the very reason why you’re the best person for the job.
After months of work, the Jews finally inaugurated the Mishkan. Just then, a tragedy occurs - why does Moshe say he expected it?
The Torah, which usually condenses wording, sometimes uses extra words to teaches us the importance of clean language.
Olim from the US can be considered survivors of the US Silent Shoah. We suggest choosing a day for Assimilation Shoah Memorials. Op-ed.
We ourselves were murdered with the 6 million. The deaths of the Holocaust confront us in such monstrous proportions that we are overwhelmed
The Parsha in Chesed - Shmini.
From the writings of Rabbi Sacks: questions, stories and points for family discussion and a prayer composed by Rabbi Sacks for Yom HaShoah.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
In ancient times, both Jews and Christians relied on the announcement by the rabbis of the first day of Nisan.
Israeli religious sub-societies are more immune to the pc epidemic due to the religious social cultures they have created. Analysis.
The virtue-shamers want to live but not let us live. They seek not just to cancel people but to erase G-d from society, Op-ed.
'Tirvachu ve'tisadu' translates as 'feel at home and eat well' or as 'be prosperous and help others'- it is the open door Mimouna greeting.
How the Midrash explains the bondage of the Israelites to Pharaoh as an idea spawned by Balaam, with Jethro against and Job silent.
Being a Jew relates also to the body and internal organs of a person, and not only the cerebral notion of religion that many people have.
Would you have chosen to be part of the Redemption from Egypt? A majority did not.
Between the lines of the Midrasjh saying that Jethro, Job and Balaam were called to Pharaoh to advise him on the growing Israelite problem.
The Jews saw a greater vision than a prophet after crossing the sea. Why is the vision not described? What did they actually see at the sea?
Elections remind us of democracy, Pesach reminds us that liberty brings a goal and responsibility with i
The Baal Shem Tov: The first days of Pesach celebrate the Exodus but during the last days of Pesach we anticipate the coming of Mashiach.
At the Red Sea, all the Jews sang the same words together.
Why did G-d command the Israelites to ask the Egyptians for gifts if they would receive the spoils at the Red Sea?
To the generation that did not know the Rav, a story of two vastly different students that shines a light on his teaching.
What do we need more these days than the protection and blessing of God, peace between us, peace with our neighbors, peace with our world?
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
Counting days that have passed, as in the Omer, automatically causes us to reflect on what was accomplished and what was left undone.
The Passover Seder, which begins the 7 day holiday, may be the oldest continuous ritual extant.
The prohibition of ḥametz on Pesacḥ is designed to root out a person’s pride vis-à-vis his Creator, his God..
Israel's first Chief Rabbi gave an unusual twist to the words at the end of the Seder for those of us already living in Jerusalem.
This Pesach we will have no trouble feeling as if we have just left Egypt - as we sit with family once more and thank G-d for this chesed.
Pesach is the best time to renew our service of G-d and fulfill our dreams that we have about our relationship with the Creator of the world
Around the Table and Under Your Nose
Why were Jews commanded to eat the Pesach sacrifice in haste if they were told not to leave their homes until the morning.
In Parashat Tzav, we read that the Kohen is allowed only matza from the mincha offering. On Pesach, all of us are a nation of priests.
Leaders must have the strength to know what they cannot be if they are to have the courage to be truly their best selves.
The biggest challenge of the seder is not drinking 4 cups of wine or eating all that matza. It is fulfilling the crucial goal set here.
When does the miracle of redemption begin? You may be surprised at the answer.
We have no king, Sanhedrin, Kohen Gadol or prophet. Hashem established Israel for the spiritual potential the Jews have in Eretz Yisrael.
We should regard the events of our times as the continuation of the same process that began with the Exodus from Egypt.
The Haggadah contains a word that tells what guarantees the survival of the Jewish People.
Temple mourners practice sacrificing the communal Paschal offering and pray for the reinstitution of the true Passover sacrifice.
The special time the Torah established, when the matzah and maror are before us, is a special time to pass on Emunah from father to son.
Today we grin and bear Erev Pesach on Shabbat; the Talmudic sages vigorously debated it.
Only matza has a blessing designating eating it as a mitzva - the exact opposite of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.
A tongue-in-cheek spoof of an imaginary Seder in the Biden White House, attended by the many government members of Jewish origin. Op-ed.
Advice for parents worried about convincing children to take part in halakhically mandated parts of the Seder.
Erev Pesach occurring on Shabbat is special, for out of the sanctity of Shabbat, the idea of Pesach can be understood in deeper way.
How to raise connected, caring and passionately involved Jewish adults.
Have a conversation with friends and check how many minutes it takes before the talk turns to corona. Change that mindset and feel free..
Young religious Zionist Torah scholars explain the connection between the Shelamim offering, internal peace and world harmony.
The aleph may be unusually small in the first word of the book of Leviticus, but its size symbolizes a secret power that depends on us.
In modern times, can we relate to the idea of bringing offerings to the Temple?
Torah from the late dean of Merkaz Harav Yeshiva, the 'father of the settlement movement' to whom every bit of Israel's earth was holy.
The Torah's distinction between turtledove and pigeon teaches us a lesson about loyalty, jealousy and zealotry.
