We are unable to identify the disease of Tzoraat, but we know it is a spiritual disease and thus, why the Kohen is the one who treats it.,
Secular Jews pose a threat to the Jewish People when they assimilate In Israel, many have dedicated themselves to uprooting Jewish life.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
The survey on LGBT sent to Efrat residents, first published on Arutz Sheva, led to this protest letter signed by 15 of the city's rabbis.
Israel's 1st Chief Rabbi: We aspire to attain higher levels, to ascend God’s mountain. And we stop to stand still and internalize His laws.
Those with same-sex inclinations are loved as are all Jews, but this survey is a grave breach from the view of halakha and Jewish ethics.
'Why move to Israel where the influence of secular Israelis is so pervasive and where our wellbeing will be jeopardized?” she asked. Op-ed.
Religion and medicine have a very long association.
If the ten days from Rosh Hashana to Yom Kippur are Days of Awe,I would posit that the days from Purim to Passover are Days of Love.
How long does it take to form a habit, and how do we know when it's time to renew? The Sfat Emet finds this in the secrets of the moon.
Israel's first Chief Rabbi and the iconic leader of Religious Zionism: What comes first in value - quantity or quality?
This week the Torah teaches us the laws of Tzara'at, a physical skin disease which is actually a manifestation of a deeper spiritual problem
Wouldn't the mitzva to love one's neighbor be a suitable first commandment to the Jewish people? Why the establishment of the new month?
There are two ways to achieve emotional growth, the Tishrei or the Nisan mode. See the Chatam Sofer on this..Which will bring Mashiach?
A a ben Olam Haba has an indelible piece in the next world - achieved by being what one can be. Learn from the way Rabbi Akiva saw mankind.
A mother merits a share in those good deeds that her son performs, and which she herself does not do, as she is exempt from them.
One of Rabbi Avishai Yecheskel's young students wrote a letter to his bereaved family: "You were privileged to have a father like this."
Bans of circumcision for whatever reasons, realize how basic it is to Jewish consciousness and values.
We should learn not from the acts of Putin, but from his dedication to the greatness of his country. It is this that we have forgotten.
TAZRIAH Leviticus 12:1-13:59: These are concepts that can only be explained in picture form. They represent a state of being.
The departure of a Tzaddik from a city leaves an impact, but we have to know how to interpret that spiritually, not only tragically.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
As the month of Nissan approaches, would that we could sow the seeds from which peace will bud, hatred cease, human suffering end.
The greatest Sanctification of Hashem's Name is the return of the Jewish People to Israel, Last Shabbat's Haftorah tells us that succinctly
Explaining this Talmudic expression when it comes to women reciting the blessings at the Torah reading.
Only when Am Yisrael returns to its full vitality in Eretz Yisrael, is the Divine flow of life to all things activated.
Rav Dr. Abraham Twerski z"l: “It is virtually impossible to do anything wholeheartedly for a person unless you empathize with him."
I did not need the amulet found on Har Eival to strengthen my faith. My proof is the fact of generations of believers since Mount Sinai.
Our heritage is not something to downplay or conceal, our lives should be consciously filled with meaning.
A wadi is a dry riverbed that can fill with a flash flood in seconds. That is a metaphor for Jews returning to Zion but the question is how.
Young religious Zionist Torah scholars explain:They were the same on the surface, except for one crucial concept.
A review of commentators on the deaths of Nadav and Avihu: "I will be sanctiified through those who are nearest to Me,..."
The deaths of Nadav and Avihu in Parashat Shmini coupled with reading about the Red Heifer - we can neither add to or fathom mitzvot..
Why are there so many explanations as to why Nadav and Avihu died? What actually happened here and why was it so important?
In the parasha, the Torah is telling us that the physical foods we consume somehow affect our inner souls, psyches and patterns of behavior.
At the crucial moment, the nation's spiritual leader holds back from approaching the altar. What was holding him back?
Why did Am Yisrael fall on their faces now, when Aharon acted, but not before?
In the midst of WWI when the nations were engaged in a savage outburst of killing and destruction, Rav Kook penned prophetic words.
Why not? Surely we all believe in the same God...
Seven is the natural number, eight is above nature. This week's parasha is "On the 8th day." How fitting for the shiva for Rav Kanievsky
You don’t have to be ultra orthodox to understand that on Friday, we lost a true giant.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
It happens among those successful and thriving religious communities who seemingly have already overcome the lures of assimilation. Why?
One of the awe-inspiring stories about a Torah luminary who influence spans generations.
When one Torah Luminary passes, the Creator sees to it that another sun rises to continue the light.
Rav Chaim Kanievsky's instructions about moving to Eretz Yisroel.
Sacrifices divert the destructive energy of violent reciprocity. But justice could do the same, if society reached that level.
Jerusalem stood by virtue of the Tamid offering, the perpetual sacrifice which corresponds to the Holy City and its characteristics.
Judaism is always built for the long run and not for the short moments of seeming pleasure or current correctness.
"Zot torat Haolah" is a verse telling you about a certain kind of person. Are you that person?
How is this week's Parsha - Tzav - connected to Purim? What do the laws of Ola'a offering have to do with the holiday?
Is there an embedded factor which is responsible for Hashem bringing about certain events - from Akedat Yitschak to Purim and Putin?
Read what the Kli Yakar, Tanchuma, Rabbi Aryeh Leib Eiger, the Netivot Shalom and others say about this quesiton.
Can you hear us celebrating, Haman? Hear our children singing! In our own country, we defeat you year by year.
Sending mishlo’ach manot is meant to be done all year, increasing love among Jews. 'Megillah' all year is seeing G-d's hand in everything.
The iconic Torah luminary and first Chief Rabbi of Israel was the "Rav Purim" in Volozhin Yeshiva as a young bachur.
The stage is set for the thrills by the boring moments that precede them and that is the lesson of Purim.
Close Megillah reading is essential to understanding exile mentality, on the part of government, gentiles and Jews in their host country.
There is one dimension of the Megilah that is often overlooked, that of the traits, the middot, of the characters.
