admin | April 9, 2022
An evolving symbol of hope and redemption in Judaism over the centuries, Elijahs return is said to mark the messiahs earthly arrival. A harbinger of the messiah is a strange role for Elijah
admin | April 9, 2022
How a Contentious Halachic Principle Has Shaped the Nature of Eruv Jewish communities past and present have striven to erect an eruv to permit carrying outdoors on Shabbat. The familiar type of eruv involves surrounding the area with a series of rudimentary doorframes (tzurat hapetach, often taking the form of poles with wire running across the tops)
admin | April 9, 2022
Basketball brought the New Jersey teen to the Yeshiva University gym, but he was neither playing nor watching the game. It was the first day of Sarachek, the annual basketball tournament for Orthodox high schools hosted by YU, and the risers were gradually filling in
admin | April 9, 2022
Its rare that a shows second season is stronger than its first.
admin | April 9, 2022
TheTorah columnis supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon.MetzoraLeviticus 14:115:33 This week, Jews around the world start the arduous task of cleaning their homes for Passover. But why does the Torah command us to clear out our house of all chametz (leavened bread) during Passover?
admin | April 9, 2022
Call it the Exodus in reverse. In growing numbers Israeli tour groups are flocking to Cairo, Luxor and Aswan to tour the sites of Egypt, and I recently led the first biblically themed kosher tour there.
admin | April 9, 2022
An Atlantic article about people who prioritize friendship over romance went viral a few years ago. Intimate friendships, wrote Rhaina Cohen, can be models for how we as a society might expand our conceptions of intimacy and care.
admin | April 9, 2022
Question: What constitutes the actual Haggadah, the mitzvah to retell the story of our slavery in Egypt and how Hashem redeemed us and delivered us from there? Also, if the head of household reads the Haggadah to those assembled, has he discharged their obligation
admin | March 12, 2022
Dear Rabbi Klass, I have numerous questions that relate to the Jewish leap year by way of the full month that we add to our lunar year every couple of years. Why is Adar the month picked for this addition?
admin | March 12, 2022
3 min read10 March Whoever rescues a single soul is credited as though they had saved the whole world. This maxim, from the Jewish Talmud, is often quoted in tribute to Britains help for refugees during the Second World War. We should keep these words close to our hearts as we respond to the Ukrainian refugee crisis today.
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