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NYTimes  One night in late October, a college student named Chen Xiaofeng was in-line skating with a friend on...

Shach (Yoreh Deah 246:8): … Chagiga (15b) states that the reason why R’ Meir learned Torah from a heretic — despite the require...

Haaretz Had they not been so greedy, the ultra-Orthodox real estate developers Aharon Eisenberg and Avraham Tzeinwi...

Five Towns Jewish Times - Rabbi Yair Hoffman “Of course, I did my homework, Mom..” “No, honey, that don...

KTVQ BILLINGS - It is the little story that just won't quit. It's the number one story of all time on this ...

NYTimes Recently, researchers in Finland made the discovery that some people’s bodies do not respond as expected to...

משנת חכמים (ס' של"ב): ובגדר אהבת החברים ומעלתה נקבלה האמת ממי שאמרו. כי האמת יורה דרכו דמסדר ומחבר ספר הזוהר הקדוש, ד...

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Pachad Yitzchak (Emuna): Faith is that which is necessary to believe in order not to be called a heretic. ...

My plan of shipping copies to Israel - is simply not practical. It isabout the same price for shipping whether I send bulk quantities fromCr...

NYTimes Despite rumors to the contrary, there are many ways in which the human brain isn’t all that fancy. Let’s compare ...

The Infamous Shabbetai Tzvi by Rabbi Dovid Rossoff Jewish history has its list of heroes and villains. Many ...

NYTimes NYTimes A prominent Orthodox rabbi who founded a respected Jewish day school in Brooklyn was ...

Matzav The fellow who claimed to have been possessed by a dybbuk and garnered the attention of the Jewish community...