12+ hour, 2+ min ago   (46+ words) G-d is not here to catch us but to help us reach our tikkun, rectification. Each failure is merely a test that we were unable to overcome, but G-d is not done. Another similar test will come our way to…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1051+ words) The Mishna (tractate Rosh HaShana 18a) says: On Rosh HaShana all humanity passes before the Almighty as an army of soldiers passes in review. What is this all-inclusive word humanity composed of? Answer: Hashem, Creator of heaven and earth and all…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (29+ words) What is the history behind this magnetic Ukrainian city that draws tens of thousands of Jews every year? Uman: What you need to know about the City of Souls...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (37+ words) On his final day, Moses does not look back - he prepares Israel for the future, passes the mantle to Joshua, and leaves behind a timeless lesson in leadership, humility and faith. No Elections Needed: Moses' last day...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (37+ words) An Orthodox rabbis’ council has barred funerals and restricted burial for Jews who die through physician-assisted death, triggering a fierce backlash from other rabbis and community leaders. Toronto rabbis spark backlash with burial ban over assisted dying...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (38+ words) May this be a year in which our 'ani' expands until another Jew’s hopes become our hopes, another Jew’s pain becomes our pain, and another Jew’s joy becomes our joy. Praying for you in the month of Elul...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1317+ words) ‘Not with you alone do I seal this covenant and this imprecation, but with whoever is here, standing with us today before Hashem, your G-d, and with whoever is not here with us today.’ Rashi brings the Midrash Tanchuma: ’Why…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (566+ words) The final words of this week’s Haftorah (Isaiah 60:1-22) contain one of the most intriguing contradictions in the prophecies of redemption. Isaiah declares: “The smallest shall become a thousand, and the least a mighty nation; I am the Lord; in its…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1791+ words) In Parashat Va’Eira, Hashem tells Moshe to give Bnei Israel the glad tidings of their coming redemption from their enslavement in Egypt. The words are known as the four languages of redemption:(6:6) ’I have remembered My covenant. Therefore say to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (14+ words) Isaiah’s message was one of consolation, but also of responsibility. The answer to destruction...