The Bet El Yeshiva in Israel is offering a new service to pay tribute to loved ones who’ve passed away or fallen sick. Married students at the Bet El rabbinic institute will study mishnas to add merit ...

The Mishna, redacted by Rabbi Yehuda Hanassi around the turn of the second century, is frequently looked upon as a legalistic, dry and even tedious work. Nagen, in his aptly named The Soul of the ...

Called the Acheinu WorldWide Jewish Unity Program, the initiative is being spearheaded by Rabbi Reuven Taragin and will see Jews from 50 countries read the entire Mishna. MEN STUDY the Talmud and ...

After studying Mishna Berurah on and off for 22 years, I finally completed it in Eretz Yisrael. This sefer was written by the Chafetz Chaim, whose real name was Rav Meir Kagan. Rav Yisrael Meir Kagan ...

In “The Soul of the Mishna”, Rabbi Dr Yakov Nagen brings the Mishna to life in a way that few teachers have done. He explains in his Introduction: “The body of the Mishna is the halakha, the law; in ...

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(JTA) — As an avid book collector who operates an independent Jewish press, Larry Yudelson was excited to learn that a new, annotated version of the Mishnah, the earliest compendium of Oral Torah, was ...