Torah in Seven, hosted by Lubavitch International's editor-in-chief, Baila Olidort, distills each week’s parsha into a clear, ...
Speaking in English at Hostages Square, Jon Polin, father of slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, offers veiled criticism of ...
In departing from his parents, Yaakov was in fact obeying their wishes and thus fulfilling the commandment to honor one’s ...
EL CAJON, California — Good Shabbos, and Shabbasgiving sameach. As we come together the night after Thanksgiving, it’s meaningful to reflect on how beautifully the themes of the holiday align with ...
Explore the significance of Jacob's dream in the Torah portion Vayetze, featuring the intriguing stairway to heaven.
This spirit mirrors Judaism’s sacred command to offer thanks daily, as in the psalmist’s cry: “Enter His gates with ...
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This Thanksgiving, American Jews need a new story

Many Americans are rejecting the complexity of Jewish identity, but we are a people who struggle, build families, endure ...
Wishful thinking is more wishful than thinking; science fiction is more fiction than science; and spiritual trust is more spiritual than trust. There is only so much despair most people can take. It’s ...
Whether the Jew is wealthy or poor, mighty or weak, it seems we face our troubles in isolation. Not during the Holocaust, not ...
Every Tuesday night, in the lively center of Tel Aviv—the city that never sleeps—a special scene unfolds. Bochurim from ...
Yaakov – ish tam yoshev ohalim, someone rooted in depth. Yonatan ben Uziel translates it as t’va ulfan – a yearning to learn. Radak notes the plural “tents”: he sought out every teacher he could. His ...