In addition to the unique prayer services of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, the High Holidays are known for one other service: selichot. A collection of religious poems and verses, selichot…
And it was in the ninth year of [King Zeddekiah’s] reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth (day) of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, came, he and all his legions, upon…
"Vindicated Before G-d and Before People"
by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald
In the first of this week's double parashiot, parashat Matot, we read about the tribes of Reuben, Gad (and,…
"Contemporary Implications of Ancient Rebellions"
by Rabbi Ephaim Z. Buchwald
In this week’s parasha, parashat B’ha’alot’cha, we read of two egregious rebellions that occurred on the…
