A Loan For Charity
Giving charity is one of the best known precepts of “religious” life. Making loans, however, is not. The Torah instructs (Deuteronomy 15:7-8) that if there is a needy person within your…
Planning for Charity
Set aside a small percentage of your pay check to dedicate to charity.
Charity Defense
Giving charity generously is one of the foundations for building peace.
Set Aside Funds for Charity
Judaism encourages giving a tenth of one’s income (after taxes) to charitable causes.
Winter Charity
With the temperature dropping, donate some of your unwanted warm clothes or blankets to those in need.
Little Acts of Charity
Choose a local organization and commit yourself to supporting it on a regular basis.
Simchat Torah 5784-2023
“The Evolving Holiday” (updated and revised from Simchat Torah 5767-2006) by, Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald The festival of Simchat Torah is one of the most joyous on the Jewish calendar. In…
Simchat Torah 5767-2006
"The Evolving Holiday" by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald The festival of Simchat Torah is one of the most joyous of the Jewish calendar. In Israel, following the conclusion of the festival of…
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Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah
- Shemini Atzeret / Simchat TorahThe Gathering of the 8th Shemini Atzeret, literally the Gathering of the…