Lighting the menorah, he says, is about awakening the neshamah. The soul. *** The Midrash in B’midbar Rabbah gives voice to God: “I do not need the light of flesh and blood, but I want you to ...

Parshat Behaalotcha begins with the topic of lighting the menorah (Bamidbar 8:1-2): God spoke to Moshe saying: “Speak to Aaron and say to him: ‘When you light the lamps toward the face of the ...

Some 200 years ago, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov wrote a statement that I find amazing: The time will come when being an upright and simple person will be as revolutionary as being the Baal Shem Tov.

The Temple Menorah building in the Northridge neighborhood was vandalized early Sunday, June14. According to Rabbi Gil-Ezer Lerer, many of the synagogue’s windows, as well as its front and back glass ...

Israel's political crisis deepens as ultra-Orthodox parties threaten to leave Netanyahu's coalition over military conscription exemptions, potentially triggering early elections.

The Temple Menorah building in the Northridge neighborhood was vandalized early Sunday, June14. According to Rabbi Gil-Ezer Lerer, many of the synagogue’s windows, ...