10th Of Tebet: Holocaust Remembrance Day
YOM HAKADDISH HAKELALI
In modern Israel, the 10th of Tebet is also set as the day of the Kaddish haKelaly. According to the Chief Rabbinate...
The SEGULA of Maimonides to enjoy good health
The reality is simple and indisputable: our health depends on two major factors:
The actions we take to care for our own health.
Factors...
VAYIGGASH: Yosef and the Three Levels of Forgiveness
Yosef sees his brothers, who betrayed him 20 years ago and sold him into slavery. They came to Egypt to get food. Now, he...
SUMMARY OF VAYIGGASH
As the falsely accused Binyamin stood before Yosef, condemned to a life of slavery, Yehuda stepped forward with a plea for mercy. He implored...
END THE PHONE-BASED CHILDHOOD NOW By Jonathan Haidt
The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood - The AtlanticDownload
VAYIGGASH: Tora, Assimilation, and Chess
In this week’s Parsha, Vayiggash, Yosef finally reveals his identity to his brothers. “I am Yosef,” he tells them. The brothers are in shock....
How do we celebrate Hanukka?
BASIC LAWS AND TRADITIONS OF HANUKKA
This year, on Wednesday night, December 25th, corresponding to the 25th of Kislev, 5785, we will light the...
VAYISHLACH: What is the meaning of the name Israel?
In Parashat VAYISHLACH we read that Ya'akob fought with an angel and the angel blessed him, and changed his name from Ya'akob to Israel....
What does the word Hanukka mean?
The word Hanukka means “dedication,” and it is used in this sense in Hebrew in phrases like Hanukat-haBayit (dedication of one’s new home).
So, what...
VAYETSE: Anticipating Assimilation
This week's Perasha begins with the exile of Ya'aqob Abinu, our third patriarch. Ya'aqob flees the land of Israel when his brother Esav declares...
