By Rabbi Michael Merdinger
Why is Avimelech making Avraham swear to be truthful and honest? It should be reversed! A lesson for the New Year.
By Dr. Jeffrey Woolf
Halakhic punctilliousness has conquered the field, but in too many places spirituality has been banished.
Halakhic punctilliousness has conquered the field, but in too many places spirituality has been banished.
By Rabbi Yehudah Herzl Henkin
For a society lacking any ideology beyond preying on its neighbors, there is no hope.
For a society lacking any ideology beyond preying on its neighbors, there is no hope.
By Rabbi Alex Israel
In a time of crisis for Israel, a suggestion for how to insert new kavannot (intentions) into the daily amidah.
In a time of crisis for Israel, a suggestion for how to insert new kavannot (intentions) into the daily amidah.
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