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

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The caskets containing the apparent remains of two dead hostages have been brought out of the Gaza Strip by troops, the military says. The bodies are now escorted by the police to the Abu Kabir ...

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Shabbat Nachamu Concert! Shabbat Nachamu Getaway! Tu B’av Shidduch Program! The advertisements grab our attention from all directions, but the stark question remains. Is this what Shabbat Nachamu is ...

In this week’s Parshah, [Parshas Balak], the King of Moav, [whose name is] Balak, seeks to employ the services of a sorcerer and prophet named Bilaam in order to curse the Jews. Though given several ...

Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the latest commander of Hamas’s military wing, is said to have told counterparts in recent weeks that he will either achieve an “honorable deal” to permanently end the war in ...

The leading party in Estonia’s government is polling its lowest in 21 years, as the consequences of the war in Ukraine weigh on the Baltic country’s struggling economy. Prime Minister Kristen Michal’s ...

Thanks for your question. I see from the subject line of your message that “these guests” refers not to your corporeal yom tov guests but to the Ushpizin. “Ushpizin” is an Aramaic word that means ...

With all but 1% of drinkable water stuck in icebergs and ice masses, companies are looking up and wringing the precious resource out of the atmosphere. The World Economic Forum declared the need for ...

Insights from Toras Harav Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, the Rebbe's father, presented by Shliach Rabbi Dovid Dubov of New Jersey. Parshas Emor: Why no Shofar on Shabbos? Video Insights from Toras Harav ...