Torah

By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa’aretz Institute We customarily eat pomegranate seeds on Rosh Hashanah and say: “May it be G-d’s will …. that we be full of good deeds like...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman There is a fascinating question raised in Chasuchei Chemed of Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein in Berachos (10a). A man found out that the genetic predisposition of his...

By Sivan Rahav-Meir Last week, at a shop in New York, I asked for a small cup of squeezed orange juice. The vendor gave me a huge cup full of...

A video of a 45-minute portion of a teshuvah derashah delivered by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, zt’l, will be screened at Torah New York, the Orthodox Union’s premier public...

By Rabbi Mordechai Young Ah, the good memories of the ice-cream truck coming down the block. Good Humor had four ice-cream bars on a stick, and every once in a...

  It is the first week of school across the tristate area, and students will be greeted by their teachers, both new and old. Many of these teachers have been...

  By Sivan Rahav Meir World Mizrachi Shlicha A new year begins. We are so used to this word — “new” — but the Torah asks us to stop and contemplate. To...

By Rabbi Aryeh Zev Ginzberg These last few months we have faced headlines with the words “kiddush Hashem” in bold letters. The places varied, the names were different, and the...

  By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa’aretz Institute  “Are trees of the field human to withdraw before you into the besieged city?” (Devarim 20:19). Even at times of war and siege, the Torah...

BY MARCY OSTER (JTA) — A British businessman must continue to pay his wife maintenance payments until he gives her a religious divorce, or get, a British appeals court ruled. Alan...