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 ...

It’s the tale of an IDF officer who survived the fighting in Gaza only to suffer the invisible wounds of combat trauma, drug ...

Torah in Seven, hosted by Lubavitch International's editor-in-chief, Baila Olidort, distills each week’s parsha into a clear, ...

EL CAJON, California — “Thank you.” It is remarkable how two simple words carry the weight of our entire spiritual identity. Our tradition traces the origin of these words back to Leah, who first ...

Rav Kook comments on this most significant moment and statement: “Avraham and Itzchak called in the name of HaShem in a ...

In departing from his parents, Yaakov was in fact obeying their wishes and thus fulfilling the commandment to honor one’s ...

Haftarat Vayetze is unique in the curious divergence between how Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews read it, with each reading a ...

As we consider this week's Torah portion, we might also consider our own situations as present-day custodians and witnesses ...

The demands of public service can strain devotion to one’s own family - a tension faced by three of the most important ...

1620, Pilgrim leader William Bradford, later the Governor of Plymouth Colony, reading the Mayflower Compact on board the Mayflower off the coast of what became known as Massachusetts. (Photo by ...

With the third double sedra in four weeks, it’s a good time to take a closer look at the double sedra story. There are 54 total sedras in the Torah; of those, seven pairs of sedras are sometimes read ...

The Torah’s sympathetic attitude toward ecology surfaces in a law legislating conduct during war. “When you besiege a city for many days to wage war against it, to seize it, do not destroy its trees ...