Have you ever wondered why we celebrate Tu B’Shvat, the new year for trees, in the winter? Tu B’Shvat is all about celebrating the rebirth of the trees bursting with […]
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Tu Bishvat: A time to ponder Tu Bishvat is a time to ponder the great kindness of the fruit trees that Hashem bestows upon us. However, we find a reference […]
In Parshas Beshalach, the Jewish people experience the splitting and subsequent crossing of the Sea of Reeds. After so many miracles— after the 10 plagues, after slaughtering Egypt’s idol, the […]
A Jewish boy is learning well and wants to remain single, claiming that the time and energy in a Jewish husband’s responsibilities of married life and taking care of children […]
Dovid Hamelech states in Tehillim (116:16) the well-known words which we say in Hallel, “Ana Hashem, ki ani avdecha, ani avdicha ben amasecha. Pitachta li’mosei’rai — I give thanks to […]
Adapted from the introduction to Oorah’s Ask the Rabbi book by Rabbi Chaim Mintz, a compilation of questions about Judaism, published by ArtScroll, this post introduces our Ask the Rabbi series included in the […]
Parshas Vaeira’s Torah reading discusses the first two plagues with which the Egyptians were afflicted for refusing to allow the Jews to leave. The first plague was the plague of […]
This week’s Torah reading details the great suffering which the Children of Israel experienced in Egypt, as they were forced into backbreaking labor, along with horrific treatment. In time, the […]
In Shemone Esrei, we express our great sorrow and longing for the days in which we will finally return to Jeusalem once again, with the words: “ And let our […]
