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...

Today, Sunday September 20, a little before sunset, the holiest day of the Jewish year begins. This is what we do on the eve of...

THE FIRST TRAITORS The Amidah, the central prayer of Jewish liturgy, originally had eighteen blessings. One more was added in the time of Rabban Gamliel....

This coming Sunday, September 20th, right before sunset, we will begin the observance of Yom Kippur, a day of fasting and atonement. There are five...

Today, Monday September 14, the third of Tishri of the new year 5787, we observe Tsom Gedalia, a fast day established to remember the...

וְרָאוּ אוֹתוֹ כָּל הַבְּרִיּוֹת וְנִתְיָרְאוּ מִלְּפָנָיו, סְבוּרִין שֶׁהוּא בּוֹרְאָן, וּבָאוּ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲווֹת לְפָנָיו. אָמַר לָהֶם אָדָם: לָמָּה בָּאתֶם לְהִשְׁתַּחֲווֹת לִי? בּוֹאוּ אֲנִי וְאַתֶּם וְנֵלֵךְ וְנַלְבִּישׁ...

עֵ֣ת לַחֲשׁ֔וֹת וְעֵ֖ת לְדַבֵּֽר "A time to be silent and a time to speak" (Kohelet 3:7) There is a moment on Rosh HaShana when the synagogue...

Tonight, Friday, September 11, Rosh Hashana begins: the Jewish New Year, a day of celebration and of reflection. On this day we begin the...

By Rabbi Jacob Bitton When I was a child I learned that HaShem judges us on Rosh Hashana. I often wondered: when, exactly, does that...

By Rabbanit Coty Bitton We are very close to Rosh Hashana, the day on which we will be judged. Then come the Aseret Yeme Teshuba,...

מִי אֵל כָּמוֹךָ נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וְעֹבֵר עַל פֶּשַׁע לִשְׁאֵרִית נַחֲלָתוֹ לֹא הֶחֱזִיק לָעַד אַפּוֹ כִּי חָפֵץ חֶסֶד הוּא יָשׁוּב יְרַחֲמֵנוּ יִכְבֹּשׁ עֲוֹנֹתֵינוּ וְתַשְׁלִיךְ בִּמְצֻלוֹת...