Why is there a Jewish practice to bury prayer books and other texts that contain God's name? A rabbi offers the mystical answer.

Rabbi Moishe Kievman Chabad Chayil The 3rd of Tamuz, this year on Sunday, June 29th, marks the 31st Hilula of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Known affectionately and simply ...

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.

Jacob’s midnight wrestling match wasn’t just a dramatic turning point in the Torah it left a mark on Jewish kitchens forever. The moment the angel struck Jacob’s thigh, leaving him limping at dawn, ...

Condemnation is the cost of Jews’ survival, a low price compared with one more holocaust that anti-Zionists entice, no more ...

A class by Rabbi Heschel Greenberg on the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah: Ambiguous Temple vows require maximum payment from the vow-maker but only minimum payment from heirs.

These three key religious texts all offer justifications for defensive wars. But they also stress the importance of peace.

Author Leo Rosten defines the term “chutzpah” as “gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible ‘guts,’ presumption plus ...

My father didn’t strut his rank; he carried it. Quietly, firmly, and with gravity. His leadership taught me that being a leader wasn’t about elevation, but rather it was about bearing the weight o ...

Yes, it is difficult living here. Yet is my immense privilege to share in the hardship of our fellow Jews in Israel and to ...