Residents of Crown Heights are renowned for their year-round hospitality. Yet, the frequency of them hosting large group is ...

Rabbi Shais Taub is continuing his ambitious long-form project: teaching every sicha in its original Yiddish from Likkutei ...

“And Yitzchak loved Esav…and Rivkah loved Yaakov” (Bereishis 25:28). How do we explain these feelings? Why was Yitzchak’s ...

In these difficult months, we have been reminded once again how precious every Jewish life is. We’ve seen soldiers going into danger to rescue hostages, families davening with tears for their loved ...

When the year turns and a new cycle of Torah readings resumes with Bereishis – the Book of Genesis – there is a feeling of newness in the air. There is a fairly widespread custom to honor someone in ...

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Among the many detailed laws in the Torah, those that govern ritual impurity often seem technical at first glance – but they hold deep messages about how we live and who we are. One fascinating ...

Thanks for your question. Shortly after the current war in Gaza began and antisemitism was being normalized in the U.S. (and elsewhere), I replied to a completely different question with an answer ...

This has been the toughest week of our lives. We have witnessed a miniature Holocaust in southern Israel and it’s far from over. Over 150 Jews are being held hostage in the hands of some of the worst ...

So all the world came to Joseph in Egypt to procure rations, for the famine had become severe throughout the world. Now, Bereishis Rabbah, tells us, the Torah uses the word, “sheber,” which means hope ...