What do we celebrate on the 15th of Ab?
Today is the 15th of the month of Ab. A very happy and special day.
In the Talmudic treatise of Ta’anit, Raban Shimon ben Gamliel...
“I remember, when you followed me to the desert…”
The Haftarot are Biblical texts from the Prophets, read after the weekly Tora reading, related content-wise to the Parasha of the week. During these...
Bil’am, and the lessons he learned from his donkey
BEHIND ENEMY LINES
This week's Parasha is really unusual. We are not watching the same movie we were watching last week: the events of the...
The Exquisite Historical Precision Of The Biblical Account
שלשה דברים לא שינו ישראל במצרים, שמותם ומלבושם ולשונם
Many archaeologists and scholars have spoken out against the objections of Biblical criticism and dedicated themselves to...
Absence Of Evidence Is Not Evidence Of Absence
לא ראינו אינה ראיה
HISTORY AND IDENTITY
One of the most important principles of Judaism is the belief in the authenticity of the Tora, the Hebrew Bible. We...
What does it mean to be Jewish?
ועתה, אם-שמוע תשמעו בקולי, ושמרתם, את-בריתי - והייתם לי סגולה מכל-העמים, כי לי כל-הארץ-. ואתם תהיו-לי ממלכת כוהנים, וגוי קדוש
"And now if you are...
Recommended classic Jewish books
Goral laHASHEM, by Rabbi Yehuda Alqalai (Hebrew, 1857)Petach 'enayim, by Rabbi Benzion Frizzi (Hebrew, )Jewish Religion Ethically Presented, by Rabbi Hayim Pereira Mendes (English...
What Is The First Commandment Teaching Us?
I am HaShem your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery Exodus 20: 1
COMMANDMENT OR PREAMBLE?
The first commandment...
Portions for the Seder
WINE: We drink 4 cups throughout the Seder, reclining on the left. The minimum quantity of wine per cup is rebi'it, approximately 3 oz. per...
Slavery, Mud and Straws
"And embittered the life the hardest works, mud and the bricks ..."
Exodus 1:14
PAYBACK TIME
For several decades, from the time of...
