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That the role of a modern rabbi in the Western World is far different than that of the rabbi of…

One of the painful realities of Jewish life is that the Jewish people are often judged by a double…

Masechet Chulin, a derivative of the word chol, translates as “The Secular Tractate…

“And Yaakov ripped his garments and put sackcloth on his loins, and he mourned for his son…

“It is said of the olah sacrifice of cattle, ‘rei’ach nichoach, an offering made…

The Sochochover Rebbe, in the introduction to his classic work on the laws of Shabbat, Eglei…

“And you shall place on the table showbread before Me tamid, at all times” (Shemot…

“Therefore, the Jewish people will not eat the gid hanasheh, sciatic nerve, that is…

“At that time, the Lord said to me, ‘Hew for yourself two stone tablets like the first…

The opening Mishna of masechet Megillah teaches that those living in small rural communities could…

“And there was a famine in the land, aside from the first famine that was in the days of…

The Jewish people are a most contentious one. We argue about (almost?) everything and then…

"All korbanot mincha, flour offerings, are to be made of matza with the exception…

“And the people of Sedom were evil and sinners towards G-d beyond all measure” (…

It is well known that the mitzvah of tzitzit is a classic case of a mitzvah aseh…

"And there was an argument between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of…

There is little that turns one off from religion more than corruption in the religious sphere. When…