ועתה, אם-שמוע תשמעו בקולי, ושמרתם, את-בריתי--והייתם לי סגולה מכל-העמים, כי-לי כל-הארץ.  ואתם תהיו-לי ממלכת כוהנים, וגוי קדוש Today is the 1st day of the month...

We are reviewing the melakha called hotza-a,  "transferring" on Shabbat from one domain to another domain (see here) and as an extension of it...

We have seen last week (see here) that the Ten Commandments include two commandments that were conveyed directly by God, these are the First...

כי פריס סודרא על רישיה לימא עוטר ישראל בתפארה      "Blessed are You haShem Who crowns Israel with glory". This blessing was established by the...

In Hebrew, every letter has a numerical value according to the order in which that letter appears in the Hebrew alphabet.   ALEF is...

Many Jews (especially those living in Christian countries) probably believe that the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments looked as something similar to the McDonald's...

כשהוא חוגר את חגורו, הוא אומר: ברוך אוזר ישראל בגבורה. When describing the blessings to be said in the morning (birkot hashahar) the Talmud explains...

Today, I had the pleasure to pray in the beautiful Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island.  In 1658, approximately 15 Jews from Barbados settled in...

Last Friday we explained that carrying an object  is a melakha, i.e., an activity forbidden on Shabbat. That includes transferring an item from one...

As a preparation for the festival of shabu'ot, less than three weeks away, I will begin today a review of the Ten commandments.   The...