In this text, I describe the four foundational harms of the phone-based childhood. These are profound changes to childhood caused by the rapid technological...

I offer these ideas for reforms, all of which aim to reverse the two big mistakes we've made: overprotecting children in the real world...

THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR POWERFUL MEN TO DO NOTHING  WHEN JEWS WERE OBSESSED TO BE GERMANS... Many times I...

Dear Friends , these are the recordings of some of the most important Tefilot. The audios were made, mainly, for learning the Tefila, but they...

November 21st, 2014 Two days ago, as Coty and I were leaving 'Mamila', near the Old City we met Shlomi, a young 'cool' Israeli taxi...

This Friday you can feel a sense of excitement at our home. My husband told me that this Shabbat we are hosting a group...

One of the most helpful and practical recommendation I can share is to prepare for the Seder a list of 20 to 30 questions...

Pesach was a very joyful and intense holiday in the times of the Bet haMiqdash. Hundreds of thousands of Jews would walk to Yerushalayim...

In his introduction to Mishne Torah Hilkhot Pesach, Maimonides lists and describes a total of eight biblical Mitzvot related to Pesach. This list does not include...

ואת האלף ושבע המאות וחמישה ושבעים עשָה ווים לעמודים   ABOVE SUSPICION?  This week we continue reading about the construction of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle or Temple,...

  וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר מַרְבִּים הָעָם לְהָבִיא מִדֵּי הָעֲבֹדָה לַמְּלָאכָה Perhpas late… but not too late…. I think it was when I had my third child...

לא תבערו אש בכל מושבותיכם ביום השבת WHAT CANNOT BE DONE ON SHABBAT?There are 39 categories of prohibited activities on Shabbat. These activities are called...

Our Parasha begins with a reminder about the observance of Shabbat, indicating that even the construction of the Tabernacle, or Mishkan, must be suspended...

It is impossible and even inadvisable not to think about money when one lacks the essentials—food, warmth, shelter from the rain, or access to...

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The giving of the Torah took place on the sixth day of Sivan, at Ma‘amad Har Sinai, the extraordinary event when the covenant between...

THE GOLDEN CALF AND YOM KIPPUR This week's Perasha, KI TISA addresses several issues. Among them, the episode of the golden calf. The people, impatient...

THE LAST DETAILS OF THE MISHKAN God commands Moshe to take a population census of all adult males by collecting a silver half-shekel coin from...

Many children’s versions of Megillat Esther present the story with imaginative elements and colorful midrashic expansions that are appealing to young readers. However, this...

MIDRASH AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL Midrashim and Aggadot—rabbinic interpretations of biblical texts—include a wide range of literary genres. Some are fictional narratives, others are poetic,...

MENORA HaShem commands the Israelites to use the purest olive oil each day to kindle the Menora, the golden candelabrum inside the Tabernacle. THE GARMENTS OF...

The Tora mentions the preparation of the qetoret (קטורת הסמים), translated in English as “incense,” in our Parasha Tetsave (Shemot/Exodus 30:34). Incense is a...

The Ketuba, the Jewish marriage document,  states the obligations of the husband towards his wife (see more here). The groom declares to his bride...

ויקח ספר הברית ויקרא באזני העם ויאמרו כל אשר דבר ה' נעשה ונשמע Exodus 24:7 THE BERIT Three thousand five hundred years ago, the people of Israel...

Last week we read the Ten Commandments, which are like a preview of the 613 commandments, that make up the National Constitution of the...

לעשות אותם ימי משתה ושמחה ומשלח מנות איש לרעהו ומתנות לאביונים “To observe them as days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one...