A class by Rabbi Heschel Greenberg on the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah: Whatever movable property you possess is presumed yours, even against witnesses.

Erev Shavuot, Salonika, 1533. Two young Sephardic rabbinic luminaries – Rav Yosef Karo and Rav Shlomo Alkabetz – got together for Tikkun Leil Shavuot, the all night Torah study custom first mentioned ...

As we are rapidly moving to a paperless world within offices and academies, I suddenly began to wonder what this might mean for the sustaining focus of my own religion, Judaism. Jews are called the ...

Hadar’s “The Devash Jr. Book of Shemot” sends a powerful message: Our children are full members of this tradition, and their ...

(The Conversation) — The shofar is used on many different occasions in the Bible. But today, for many Jews, it is most associated with the High Holidays: Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. (The Conversation ...

Rabba Anat Sharbat, the unofficial “rabbi of Hostages Square,” wept as she recited the Shehechiyanu blessing after lighting the candles to mark the beginning of Simchat Torah holiday on Monday evening ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Rabbi Schaefer. “Faith Matters” is a column that features pieces written by local religious ...

Ishaq and Zeblyan are the remaining surviving Jews in war torn Afghanistan. The synagogue elder has just passed. The only copy of The Torah has been destroyed. Both men agree they must rebuild the ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace deal to bring an end to violence in Gaza, set forth by President Trump, including the release of roughly 20 Israeli ...