7+ hour, 5+ min ago  (853+ words) In these weeks leading up to the Tisha B'Av fast day, our focus naturally turns to the destruction of the Temple. We refrain from live music, weddings, and wearing new clothes in order to maintain a communal level of mourning....

22+ hour, 3+ min ago  (411+ words) By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California In Charles Schulz's'Peanuts, Lucy Van Pelt strides in and demands the television remote. Linus protests. She raises her hand: "These five fingers'individually they're nothing. But when I curl them together…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (416+ words) Friday, July 10th | 25 Tammuz 5786 The first translation of the Bible was by Ptolemy the Second, some 2, 200 years ago, into Greek. But Greek has letters and sounds that Biblical Hebrew does not, and vice versa. Later on, there was Jerome's Latin version,…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (84+ words) Light Candles: 8: 10 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 9: 17 p. m. Light Candles: 7: 58 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 8: 54 p. m. Light Candles: 7: 49 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 8: 50 p. m. Light Candles: 7: 08 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 8: 31 p. m. Light Candles: 7: 21 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 8: 33 p. m. Light Candles: 7: 28 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 8: 29 p. m. Light Candles: 7: 13 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 8: 23 p. m....

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (764+ words) With the dawn of a new Hijri year, Muslims do not merely commemorate a historical event of the past. Rather, they draw inspiration from the philosophy of the Hijra as a foundation for deepening awareness and strengthening the values of…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (529+ words) The Case against Cremation and for Traditional Burial" A profound defense of Jewish tradition and the eternal sanctity of the human form In recent years, a troubling and deeply concerning trend has emerged: too many Jews are opting for cremation…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1887+ words) Some events from the past are tipping points, that is, if they had had another outcome than they did, our world would be utterly and completely different, maybe unrecognizable to us. The events in the scriptures we talk about today…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (60+ words) Real time news brief - Photo: Thousands of Vizhnitz Hasidim pray at Western Wall for the Rebbe's recovery - Israel National News flashes around the clock are waiting for you on the site Thousands of Vizhnitz Hasidim gathered at the Western Wall…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (289+ words) Categories: Parsha /" Torah By"Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss July 9, 2026, 11 AM ET We must realize that we are feeling the absence of the Mizbe'ach, which allowed us the opportunity to atone for our sins instead of being punished for them. The…...

2+ day, 5+ min ago  (788+ words) We hear it a lot " about how the gap year in Israel has been a transformative event for post-high school students and how it has given young men and women a religious experience that they ordinarily would not be able…...