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Baal Shem Tov(Parshas Noach): When the guest sees that the father gets pleasure from this activity and the guest wants the father to have m...

Lubavitch.com reports: [...] Funding for the seders comes from several philanthropists including Mr. George Rohr, a long time supporter of C...

JPost Following claims made by graduates of the Rabin Pre-military Academy at a conference last month that IDF soldiers deliberately shot an...

Bartley Kulp : Can the moderator of this blog elaborate on this? I am not aware of the halachot of women doing a hesped. The following rath...

Billings Farnsworth writes Halachic Conversion Marriage and family are two beautiful and sacred things in the Jewish community. Through mar...

Foward reports: Assemblyman Dov Hikind of Brooklyn, a leading voice in the fight to end child sexual abuse in Orthodox communities, is backi...

I just showed the following editorial from the Yated to Rav Sternbuch. His response was, "Why isn't there any mention about stoppi...

This gemora (Sukkah 52a) and the explanation of the Ben Ish Chai raises a number of important points The gemora describes Abaye following a ...

YNet reports: The recent headlines resulting from the JDC – ICCD’s study that most European Jewish leaders support greater tolerance for con...

Forward reports: Nearly 160,000 young Jews from North America have taken part in Taglit-Birthright Israel, a 10-day free Israel trip aimed a...

Chabad Lubavitch reports How do parents of a severely challenged 12 year old girl celebrate their daughter’s bat mitzvah? The question was p...