Rabbi Shimshon Chaim, known as the Zera Shimshon, was born in 1707 in Modena, Italy. His father was a distinguished Torah scholar, and his maternal grandfather was R’ Yehudah Matzliach, Rav of Modena.

Elul asks something subtler of us: introspection, to notice where we have drifted and begin walking back before the Day of ...

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Sefas Emes answers that since Shabbos is enacted by Hashem alone, it has less influence over a person than mitzvos that he ...

Senior NYPD officials have, in recent years, traveled to Israel for training conferences by the Israeli National Police on counterterrorism and antisemitism. City Council Speaker Julie Menin has said ...

For a brief period – a mere 30 days – the King of kings comes out to offer each of us a personal invitation to embark on a new journey together.

The printed volumes that established his reputation, however, present only the public face of the man. This notebook opens an altogether different window, revealing the private workshop of one of ...

Parshat Shoftim always coincides with the beginning of the month of Elul. The Rokeach (Shir HaShirim 6:3) says "Elul" (the letters aleph lamed vav lamed) are an abbreviation for "Ani le'Dodi ve'Dodi ...

The juxtaposition in the Torah of the laws of Shabbat and the Mishkan, the Sanctuary, not only serves to identify the 39 melachot prohibited on Shabbat but also determines the conditions that must ...

Dovi Meles holds a masters degree in social work from Temple University and a BA in Psychology from Yeshiva University. He has held numerous positions within Jewish non-profit organizations. In his ...

Our daf continues the discussion of forbidden mixtures of foods and associated problems encountered. We center on a ...

Moshe urges those who will have the privilege of entering the Land of Israel to understand that this is no ordinary place. It is precious and sacred, and we must live here accordingly.