Torah

Evidently, religious crimes have a color! Encouraging us to penitence, Yeshayahu the prophet exhorts us to whiten our “red” sins: “If your sins are like scarlet, whiten them like...

By Rabbi Judah Mischel Rav Shlomo Heiman, zt’l, rosh mesivta of Torah Vodaath, was renowned as a clear and deep thinker and a dedicated master teacher. Each shiur he gave...

The Hidabroot movement, established upon the urging of prominent rabbanim and gedolei Yisrael, led by Rav Wosner, zt’l, runs one of the largest channels on Israeli media and is...

YU Professor Rabbi Jacob Schacter Writes New Commentary on Selihot In preparation for the New Year and Yom Kippur, Jews recite a series of prayers known as Selihot. From the...

By Alanna Apfel In less than 48 hours we will find ourselves at the threshold of the New Year. On one hand the days are long, and at the same...

Rosh Hashanah is in the air. We can all feel it in our bones, a great inner awakening as we inch closer to tekias shofar. For shluchim, Tishrei is the...

“All of humanity passes before You as sheep...” On Rosh Hashanah, Hashem reviews all human behavior, scrutinizes our inner hearts, and determines our fate for the coming year. On this...

A conversation in shul recently took place on a Sunday morning between a prominent lawyer talmid chacham and a mechanech. The subject of the conversation was about a kollel...

Up Close with Rosh HaYeshiva Rav Yonason Sacks Students who spend a year or two learning in Israel post high school often feel that is where they grow to become...

Avraham’s willingness to sacrifice his beloved son Yitzchak was the climax of his ten divine tests and the seminal expression of religious commitment. Surprisingly, we only have one mitzvah...