Rabbis and officials from the Great synagogue of Aleppo at the beginning of the 20th Century The tradition of many Jewish families from Aleppo (=Halab),...

If a baby dies at birth or before completing 30 days of life, the relatives do not do or keep any mourning for the...

We finished the book of Bereshit. And this week we start the book of Shemot. The story is more or less known. Bereshit tells...

  In the Talmudic tractate of Ta’anit page 23, the Gemara tells us about Abba Hilqiya, an extremely honest man, who worked hard to make...

Every so often I wonder: as a Jew, to what kind of life should I aspire to live? How can I improve my connection...

VIRTUAL or REAL REALITY? Try to visualize the video-recording of a day of our lives: How much of that movie would be showing us...

ורוח אלוקים מרחפת על פני המים And a Divine wind was blowing on the face of the waters The correct translation of these two words, ruah...

By Rabbanit Coty Bitton On Friday nights, when we are privileged to have our grandson Michael with us, our family looks forward to watching him...

והארץ היתה תוהו ובוהו וחושך על פני תהום And earth was lifeless, with darkness over the surface of the ocean DARKNESS After explaining that at the time...

אומר אנא ה 'חטאתי עוויתי פשעתי לפניך, ועשיתי כך וכך, והרי ניחמתי ובושתי במעשיי, ולעולם איני חוזר לדבר זה. Teshuba, the process of repentance in...