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When it was still forbidden to write down the Oral Law, one of the very few written texts was that…

Perhaps Man’s greatest fear is his ultimate irrelevance, that we really don’t make a…

“Rava bar Machsseya said in the name of Rav Chama bar Gurya in the name of Rav: One who gives…

“And it was on first month of the second year on the first of the month that the Tabernacle…

One of the hardest mitzvot to properly fulfil is that of rebuke, “hocheiach tocheech et…

"And the people saw ki boshesh Moshe, that Moshe delayed in coming down from the…

“The carrying out on Shabbat are two that are four [for one] inside [a home] and two that are…

Purim marks a transition point in Jewish history. It ushers in the time period of hester panim…

Leadership is not for the faint of heart. A leader, by definition, must make decisions that are…

Judaism sees the sparks of the Divine within the most mundane of activities. Revelation at Sinai is…

I imagine that many of us had elementary school classmates whom we knew were going to reach great…

We have often noted that the Talmud was edited with great precision. A simple example is the…

When one is consumed with hatred, one is liable to act in ways that are out of the norm, to say the…

One of the revolutions that Judaism brought to the world was its attitude towards, and its…

“Rav Hamnuna said: How many important halakhot can be derived from these verses of…

“Our Sages taught: Shimon Hapekuli arranged the eighteen blessings before Rabban Gamliel…

Fulfilling G-d's commandments is the essence of Torah. "If not for my covenant, day…

It is hard to think of a mitzvah that has undergone as much change over time as that of prayer.…