What's fasting got to do with it?
A day of fasting such as today's Fast of Tammuz is not one of dieting, but of introspection, contrition and remorse for our situation today.
A day of fasting such as today's Fast of Tammuz is not one of dieting, but of introspection, contrition and remorse for our situation today.
The existential angst of budding adulthood takes on a whole new dimension in a world that has weaponized “identity” to incoherence.Op-ed.
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.
What is the best entry point through which more people can engage better with their Judaism?
Documentary chronicles Berel Solomon's journey 'from drug dealer and prince of the nightclub business to Lubavitcher Hassid.'
Whatever wagon we are on, wherever the path leads, we know we are on a holy journey together. 'Baderech-along the path to Teshuvah'.Review.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
G-d is happiest when we treat our fellow with love and care. Rabbi Yitzchak Botton shares insight on Teshuva based on the story of Moses.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
We should never give up on a single Jewish soul. “A myrtle among the reeds is still a myrtle and is called a myrtle“ (Sanhedrin 44a).
Here we are again, not having met our past aspirations. What can we do to be more successful in the coming year?
No matter how far a person has fallen in his observance of Torah and Mitzvot, there is always a way back- a life-line.
The Tanya compacts four millennia of Jewish wisdom to answer the great personal and existential questions of life.
Rabbi Kook teaches that in the return of even secular Zionists to Israel there is a profound holy core, there is the light of teshuva.
The ten days are not there just in case you need more time, but so that the process of Teshuva can be assimilated into our lives.
Is atonement for sins between man and Hashem dependent on his having appeased his fellow man, for any sins against him?
As we prepare to stand before the King, we must look inside ourselves because we have the capacity for greatness. It depends only on us.
Rav Kook's definition of teshuva is on a totally different plane than the one used in our daily discourse.
The courtyard and balcony minyans required this year due to Corona hold a great blessing. We just have to look for it.
We are treatng the plague's symptoms but not its underlying cause.We need the language of teshuva and a deeper, spiritual healing. first.
Every space, every line in the Torah has meaning. Even the number of pesukim between topics can teach us a lesson-that change takes time.
Teshuva does not have to be a grandiose act. Sometimes it is a small action that makes a big change.
Applying lessons from Rav Yitzchok Hutner about the Holocaust to Jewish outreach at this time.
A second Passover? We just celebrated Pesach a month ago and many of us never heard of a Second Pesach - a special kind of second chance.
Rabbi Yitzchak Botton explains how the shofar, ram's horn, is related to teshuva, the process of reconnecting with Hashem.
Rabbi Yitzchak Botton: Take a look at life through the eyes of a child and find the secret to a new and better year.
A peace activist who had never found peace, Leah Neuberger was 31 years old when she first met her own religion.
Singer-composer Rami Kleinstein has begun to lay tefillin and conduct a kiddush to welcome the Sabbath.
Lakewood's Rabbi Yitzchak Elbaum shares his insights into the upcoming period of celebration, reflection and repentance.
To the panoply of religious parties in Israel, add a new one to be headed by Rabbi Amnon Yitzchak.