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Parshas Netzavim–The Secret of Teshuvah

By: Shlomo Katz There are two holidays mentioned in the Torah whose primary significance is not described there. Nowhere in the Torah is Rosh Hashanah...

Parshas Netzavim – Where Torah & Life Meet

By: Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffman Parshas Nitzavim contains a section called Parshas ha-Teshuva, The Chapter of Repentance; so called because in this chapter Moshe encourages Bnei...

Bringing the First Fruits to Jerusalem in Baskets

By: Reuven Chaim Klein When the Torah speaks about bringing the first fruits to Jerusalem in baskets, it uses a non-standard word for “basket”: tene....

The Meaning of Rosh Hashanah: An In-Depth Analysis – Part 1

By: Rabbi Asher Resnick Before discussing the specific aspects of any particular holiday, it is important to understand the uniquely Jewish perspective of time as...

Anti-Israel Jewish Professor, Who Pretended to be Black, Suspended After She Reveals Jewish Identity

Jared Evan Reminiscent of Rachel Dolezal,,  another progressive woman evidently was pretending to be black and built her entire identity around a fantasy, this...

Parshas Ki Savo – All That We Have is From Hashem

By: Rabbi Yisroel Ciner This week we read Parshas Ki Savo. “And it will be ‘ki savo’ {when you will come} to the land that...

Ki Tavo: Showing Gratitude

By:  Larry Domnitch The recitation that accompanies the bringing of the first fruits (Bikkurim) in the times of the Temple from the seven specified species...

Trusting and Relying on G-d

By: Reuven Chaim Klein In his classical work Chovot HaLevavot, Rabbeinu Bachaya Ibn Pakuda (1050–1120) concludes his section on Bitachon (“trust” in G-d) by noting...

12-Year-Old Jewish Hero of WWII

By: Dr. Yvette Alt Miller One of the many remarkable heroes who helped the Jewish people during World War II is also hardly known. Mordechai...

NCSY Corrects Record after Chapter Signs onto Letter Supporting Black Lives Matter

(JNS) The Jewish youth group NCSY has distanced itself from a recent ad organized by a far-left Jewish group in support of the Black...

Parshat Ki Teitzei–The First Step

By: Rabbi David Bibi Before Times Square became the home of dueling Spider men, battling Betty Boops and pushy Sponge Bobs, all hoping to share...

Parshas Ki Teitzei – Are You Prepared?

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis This parsha contains the most mitzvos of all the parshiot, and they encompass many areas that prepare us for Rosh HaShana and enable...

ABCs of Elul

The last month of the Jewish calendar is actually the most important – serving as preparation for the High Holidays By: Rabbi Shraga Simmons If you...

ABCs of Elul

The last month of the Jewish calendar is actually the most important – serving as preparation for the High Holidays By: Rabbi Shraga Simmons If you...

Parshas Shoftim–Judges, Kings, Workers & Scholars

By:  Shlomo Katz Rabbeinu Nissim z”l (14th century; Barcelona, Spain) writes that, unlike other nations, the Jews have a dual judicial system. Every nation has...

Parshas Shoftim – Overcoming Negative Traits; Spiritual Growth

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis The parsha opens with the words, “Judges and officers shall you appoint for yourselves in all of your gates.” (Deut. 16:17) There are...

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