Setting an Example
Learn more about philanthropists like Moses Montefiore who not only support, but also perform good deeds on behalf of the Jewish community, and emulate their ways.
Checkmate
In honor of International Chess Day and former Jewish chess master, Samuel Reshevsky, who won many U.S. Championships, find some time today to enjoy a game of chess.
Va’etchanan 5781-2021
“Loving the Land of Israel” (Updated and revised from Va’etchanan 5762-2002) by, Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald This week’s Torah portion, parashat Va’etchanan, is an extremely rich parasha.…
Belarus, China, Jerusalem and Brooklyn: The Odyssey of the World’s Largest Yeshiva
For 125 years, from 1814 until 1939, the Mir Yeshiva served as a beacon of elite Torah study on the European continent. Situated in the small town of Mir in Belarus, the yeshiva was…
Shabbat Chazon
This Shabbat is known as Shabbat Chazon, the Sabbath of the Vision (prophecy), named after the opening word of the Book of Isaiah, the first 27 verses of which are read as the haftarah on…
Study the Haftarah
Study this Shabbat’s haftarah to better understand the result of the sinful actions of the Jewish people and the Prophet Isaiah’s hopeful message of what will transpire if the Jewish…
Tisha b’Av
This Saturday night at sunset, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar begins. Known as the Fast of the 9th of Av (Tisha b’Av), the observances of the day are very similar to Yom Kippur,…
The Saddest Day
Given the numerous tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people throughout the centuries on Tisha b'Av, contemplate what we each can do in our own lives to improve our actions and…
The Book of Lamentations
On Tisha b’Av, the ninth of Av, one of the ways that the Jewish people demonstrate their mourning over the loss of both Holy Temples is by refraining from Torah study that brings pleasure…
Study the Book of Lamentations
Study Eicha, the Book of Lamentations, to better appreciate the impact of the destruction of the Temple upon the Jewish people. Click here to read the text.