On the 8th of Tebet, approximately in the year 260 b.c.e., in Alexandria, Egypt, King Ptolemy ordered 72 Jewish scholars, six for each tribe,...

During the seven days following the wedding, festive meals are held in honor of the bride and groom, and at the end of Birkat...

The most profound work of Jewish thought is the book of Tehillim, the Psalms of King David. In this Text, the greatest poet of...

Every time there is a fatal accident, or when a child, a young man or a young woman passes away, we wonder why God...

1. Once the burial ceremony ends, the mourners come back to their house. Usually, the house of mourning is the house of the deceased,...

In this week's Parasha we find Abraham, our first patriarch, in a long conversation with the Hittites, one of the peoples who lived in...

1. The Cohanim males can enter a cemetery but cannot get close to a grave or a dead body. They must keep a distance...

We prayed together, we cried, and we begged the Almighty with thousands of Tehilim. We prayed with our words, with our hearts and with...

1. After the qeri’a is performed, the officiant reads the prayer Patach Elyahu hanabi. Then, when the burial is completed and the sign with...

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