By:  Yonoson Rosenblum What is the power of this work, which is written in a simple, straightforward style, and lacks any dramatic stories? The sefer...

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin V’heyei brachah…. And you shall be a blessing.” (Bereishis 12:2) Rashi, in expounding upon this possuk, explains that HaShem was telling Avraham Avinu...

On the Shetland Islands where I grew up, my mother served homemade pickled herring and seltzer water after the end of services—essential, she insisted,...

It was used as a talisman in war, offered as food to the gods and purportedly seduced a Russian tsarina who was famously averse...

By:  Rafael Medoff   Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, the foremost American Jewish leader of the 1930s and 1940s, is widely remembered as a staunch supporter of...

By Rabbi Ari Enkin, Rabbinic Director, United with Israel We are told that three barren women were remembered and blessed with a child on Rosh...

Emirates nuptials, largest Jewish event in the country’s history, a sign of couple’s commitment to Jewish life By: Menachem Posner Rabbi Levi Duchman, Rabbi to the...

On the rejuvenation of spiritual life and the essential meaning of teshuvah By: Eli Rubin Many years ago, my teacher, Rabbi Elimelech Zweibel, spoke about teshuvah....

By: Chaya Sora Jungreis-Gertzulin There is a hushed silence in the shul as the Baal Tokeah rises to sound the blasts of the shofar. The...

  (Tuesday, 20th September 2022) – For the first time ever, the tens of millions of descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish communities, whose ancestors...

Rabbinical Alliance of America Celebrates 80 Years of Gevurah and 34th Annual Chai Elul Siyum HaShas with an Eye Towards “Fulfilling the Divine Will” ...

By: Yvette Miller Challah is the rich braided bread that adorns Shabbat tables in Jewish homes the world over. Here are some  interesting tidbits you might...

Edited by: Fern Sidman King Charles III vowed in his first speech as monarch Friday to carry on Queen Elizabeth II's “lifelong service,” as Britain...

By: Chabad.org Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish holiday marking the first and second days of the Jewish year. (In 2022, Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown...

What does a top-secret post-war memo to Stalin’s MGB boss tell us about the Soviet campaign against Chabad? By: Dovid Margolin On June 6, 1950, Maj....

The beautiful and important custom of checking tefillin and mezuzahs in Elul By: Liza Wiemer In the hustle and bustle of life, it’s easy to get...