Olive Seedlings - שתילי זיתים

Some time ago, I received the following series of questions from a (non-Jewish) college student from a course she was taking. These were q...

On the Ninth of Av it was decreed on our fathers that they would not enter the Land (of Israel) [ Bamidbar 14], the Temple was destroyed t...

The three weeks that begin on the  17 th  of Tamuz   and end on Tisha B’Av are a period of mourning for the Jewish people. It was during t...

The Seventeenth of Tamuz is the anniversary of several tragic events in Jewish history. The luchot were broken on this day when Moses...

How to clean properly for Pesach without making yourself insane. Cleaning for Pesach by Rabbi Gissinger (Thanks to Tuvia Poe fo...

For most people who are aware of the case, the recent conviction of the child rapist, Nechemya Weberman, has come as a welcome sign that, e...

“And you shall not hurt the feelings of one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am HaShem your God.” (Leviticus 25:17) The ...

Jewish law requires us to ask forgiveness from anyone whom we may have harmed, whether the harm was physical, financial, emotional, or soci...

When I started this blog, I was approached by a good friend, Rabbi Moshe Haikins, the founder and director of the Chevrah Lomdei Mi...

In Parshas Emor , we read (Leviticus 22:32), “You shall not desecrate My holy name, and I shall be sanctified within the children of Israel...

The Torah instructs us, “Do not go around as a gossiper among your people…” (Leviticus 19:6). This is the prohibition against rechilus —gos...