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By Dr. Henry Abramson Chok Le-Yisrael R. Yitzchak Baruch and R. Chaim Yosef David Azulai, eds. Chok Le-Yisrael. First published in the sixteenth century, major revisions in the eighteenth century, minor...

By Dr. Henry Abramson Rabbi Moshe Cordovero’s ‘Tomer Devorah’ “Even if you cannot find any reason to forgive a person, there was nevertheless once a time when this person did no...

By Dr. Henry Abramson According to my knowledge of the words of the Sages and the history of the Jewish people in general, we have never experienced such horrific suffering...

  By Rochelle Maruch Miller Books of the People: Revisiting Classic Works of Jewish Thought is an erudite addition to the growing list of scholarly joint projects undertaken by Yeshiva University...

Book Review By Rochelle Maruch Miller Books of the People: Revisiting Classic Works of Jewish Thought, edited by Dr. Stuart W. Halpern, is the newest addition to the growing list...

Many new mortgage guidelines have come into play these last few years, but one of the more interesting ones to hit the mandatory “present to potential borrowers” list is...

There are two ways to buy someone a Chanukah present: Ask them point-blank what they need. Take a wild guess and hope they like it. Asking them point-blank is no...

There’s a weekly dialogue between myself and any one of the four out of five reading-aged kids who reside in this house. It goes something like this: Kid: “Maaaaaaaaaaa. I’m BOREDDDDDDDD.” Me:...

By 5TJT Staff I spent Shabbat reading Rabbi David Cohen’s latest book, “Together Again,” and I’m happy to report it truly transformed my Shabbat. In his book, Rabbi Cohen takes a...

By Toby Klein Greenwald Some people give tzedakah or sponsor lectures in memory of their loved ones. The more affluent write sifrei Torah or donate rooms, or buildings, or Torah...