כֹּה אָמַר ה' צִיּוֹן שָׂדֶה תֵחָרֵשׁ, וִירוּשָׁלַיִם עִיִּים תִּהְיֶה We are explaining now one of the five tragic events that we remember on the 9th...

Once the month of Ab begins, "our happiness decreases", because we are preparing ourselves, gradually and emotionally, for the 9th of Ab, the day...

MUSIC AND MOURNING As we have already explained, during the three weeks between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Ab we observe...

It is a great Mitsva to make the groom and the bride happy (לשמח חתן וכלה). This Mitsva is fulfilled by being present in...

VENEZIA EDITION 1565 הקדמה אלה דברי הצעיר יוסף קארו  בן הה'ר אפרים בן הה'ר יוסף קארו זלה'ה אודה ה' מאד בפי ובתוך רבים אהללנו ומשירי אהודנו במה אקדם...

כָּל דֶּרְֶך אִישׁ יָשָׁר בְּעֵינָיוAn individual always feels that his way of acting is the normal one…Mishle / Proverbs 21: 2 A few years ago...

The decision to select a wife or husband should be made based on two factors, which must be in agreement: our emotions and our...

If I worked for Associated Press, I would have written this article today: ”A young Frenchman, Damien T., just 28 years old, was brutally attacked...

Material and sources for the class given June 1, 2021   BRIEF HISTORY OF JEWISH PALESTINE The “Mandate for Palestine,” an historical League of Nations document, laid...

א שִׁיר, הַמַּעֲלוֹת: אֶל-ה’, בַּצָּרָתָה לִּי– קָרָאתִי, וַיַּעֲנֵנִי. ב ה’–הַצִּילָה נַפְשִׁי, מִשְּׂפַת-שֶׁקֶר: מִלָּשׁוֹן רְמִיָּה. ג מַה-יִּתֵּן לְךָ, וּמַה-יֹּסִיף לָךְ– לָשׁוֹן רְמִיָּה. ד חִצֵּי גִבּוֹר שְׁנוּנִים; עִם, גַּחֲלֵי...