The great American writer James Baldwin once wrote how it was actually his public school math teacher who planted the seeds of his creative work.

Hundreds of the Alter Rebbe’s descendants (“Tze'etzoim”) assembled for their annual Melaveh Malka, on Motzo’ei Shabbos, 25 Teves, in close proximity to the 212th Hilula-Yohrtzeit which was Friday Chof ...

We celebrate the return of hostages, but fear of future dangers threatens to overwhelm that joy. What if living with mixed ...

The letter pertains to the matter of the ordinance concerning polished knives used during shechitah, a ruling instituted by ...

It is important to note that halakha also guides individuals to marry at a young age (Kiddushin 29b, Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer 1:3). Furthermore, reality shows that delaying the age of marriage ...

Yoré De’ah 246 and Shulchan Aruch ha-Rav, Yoré De’ah 2:3). A century or so before Rabbi Tarfon, in the days of the early Hasmoneans, Nitay the Arbelite admonished: “Do not despair from ...

Rabbi Yochanan views esh as an extension of the person who kindled it, based on the concept of kocho (one’s force). According to this perspective, the damage caused by fire is directly attributed to ...

The original motivation for the algorithms in this program was the Tur Shulchan Aruch. For version 3, much of the program was rewritten using Emacs 19’s calendar routines by Edward M. Reingold and ...

The reason for this is because it provides bad actors with motivation to kidnap Jews. This ruling is brought down in Shulchan Aruch as practical halacha (YD 252:4). However, there is a difference of ...

The overriding theme of Neilah is God's readiness always to accept and forgive all who turn in repentance.