The Eleventh principle of Judaism asserts that God is Just. He rewards those who keep His commandments and punishes those who transgress them. In the...

Praying is an innate tendency of any human being who believes in God.  Since God is all-powerful, merciful and compassionate,  man would naturally make...

The Tenth principle asserts that God is omniscient, i.e., He knows everything.  His knowledge, obviously, is completely unlike our knowledge. We acquire knowledge while "His knowledge is...

Rabbi Moshe ben Gershom (1663-1711) known as Rabbi Moshe Chefetz (of Hefes)  was a rabbinic scholar from Italy. Born in Trieste, raised in Venice,...

√ Rosh Chodesh -the beginning of the Hebrew month- is a semi festive day. The hierarchal order of the Jewish festive days is: Shabbat,...

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In many communities, there is a Minhag of doing Kapparot. What is the best way to do it: with chicken or with money for...

In Maimonides' opinion Teshuba consists of three steps: 1. hakarat hachet, or admission of our personal responsibility . 2. viduy, or confession with sincere remorse for...

  Yesterday we explained that when somebody apologizes for an offense or for a wrong thing he or she did to us, we should be...

  What is considered a perfect repentance? When one is faced with the same opportunity to repeat the original transgression, but now he does not...

  In his monumental book, Mishne Tora, Maimonides dedicates ten chapters to the subject of Teshuba (repentance). In those chapters he describes and explains the...

Using a common elevator in Shabbat is not permitted, because the activation of any electrical device is considered a melakha (a Biblical Shabbat prohibition)...

  The eleventh principle asserts our belief that God is just. He rewards those who keep His commandments and he punishes those who transgress them. The...

Stealing, in Hebrew geneba is when I  take something that doesn't belong me without the owner of that object knowing. While robbing, gezela, is...

  It is not permitted to use sound amplifiers on Shabbat. Some rabbis consider it a Biblical prohibition, and others a Rabbinical restriction.  This prohibition...

  The Tenth principle asserts our belief that the Creator knows all the thoughts and actions of man, as it is said, "He who molds...

Rabbi Yehuda Chai Alqalai (or Alkalai) was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia. He came to Israel with his parents at the age of 11.  At...

We have explained the prohibition of genebat da'at, i.e., when I falsely pretend that I care or I want to help, just to benefit from...

In many Jewish communities it is customary for the groom to fast the day before the wedding. This is because according to the Talmud...

  The ninth principle asserts that our God given Law, the Tora ( see this), could never be changed or replaced by another set of...