4+ hour, 6+ min ago  (692+ words) By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California Two thousand years ago, Philo of Alexandria asked a sharp question: Why did the Almighty choose to give the Ten Commandments in the middle of nowhere " in the wilderness? His…...

2+ hour ago  (240+ words) At Sinai, the Jewish people did not become connected only by belief. They became connected by shared purpose....

9+ hour, 37+ min ago  (121+ words) Can you claim Torah students as dependents for tax purposes? How exactly were the Jews counted? Dovid Taub explored these questions and more in this week's Parshah Almanac! Full Story The "Commentary Kaleidoscope" for this edition offers an array of…...

9+ hour, 39+ min ago  (456+ words) Shabbat is a special and elevated day. It doesn't only give us rest, it lifts us up. Shabbat elevates the week that just passed and brings blessing to the week comingahead, so our coming days can be lived with purpose…...

12+ hour, 35+ min ago  (669+ words) In loving memory of Hadassah Lebovic A'h "To touch upon your work' By the Grace of G-d 21 Adar I 5722 Brooklyn, NY Mr. Elimelech Mordechai Schreiber 55 Wilbur Avenue Newark 12, NJ Thank you very much for your letter of February the 13th with…...

12+ hour, 53+ min ago  (273+ words) The community is invited to attend "Voices from Sinai," Waxman Chabad Center's third annual late night Shavuot program May 21 at the synagogue at 2479 S. Green Road in Beachwood. Graduation season is upon us. In 1915, the Jewish Independent Publishing Company here in…...

17+ hour, 16+ min ago  (286+ words) CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) " Each morning observant Jews pray before they get our of bed. They believe that when they sleep, their soul is with God in heaven. It is returned to them each morning as they awaken. "Dear God, thank…...

15+ hour, 10+ min ago  (234+ words) " " " " " " " " " " This week's parsha, Parshat Bamidbar, is the beginning of the fourth of the five Chumashim of the Torah; in certain aspects, this sefer [book] of the Torah is the last of the Chumashim that will be communicated by Hashem through…...

22+ hour, 7+ min ago  (85+ words) Boulder Jewish News William Schwalb Bar Mitzvah Boulder Jewish News encourages Bar and Bat Mitzvah students to submit their d'var torah and information about their Mitzvah/Tikkun Olam projects. For more information, please email editor@boulderjewishnews. org On Saturday, April…...

21+ hour, 19+ min ago  (1402+ words) Every new sefer in the Torah opens a doorway. Bereishis opens the doorway of beginnings. Shemos opens the doorway of becoming. Vayikra opens the doorway of the inner world and the discipline of holiness held close. Each book shifts the…...