You shall not steal. You shall not deny falsely. You shall not lie, one man to his fellow.

When we are tired and hungry, we are anxious to revive and sustain ourselves. This anxiety can cause us to lose sight of our life’s bigger picture and purpose, and eat like animals rather than human ...

"While Judaism today is more decentralized and egalitarian than ever, it also raises new questions that our generation must ...

To be kosher is to be different. On airplanes and at business dinners, the kosher consumer stands out.

The Mishnah in Avot 5:6 notes that the first wrench was created by God on Friday before evening, “Since one wrench needs ...

It is very important to emphasize this confidence, because some, lacking faith, are frightened that the State of Israel will ...

The animosity between Jews, Persians/Iranians and Muslims has not always been so. In fact, had it not been for the latter, ...

A standard Jewish calendar year has 353 ... The only available facts are that a Mishnah in Talmud Megillah 29b mentions that the Torah was read in a three-year cycle in Israel every year.

Question: I read with much interest your Q & A columns, especially those that relate to tefillah. I have a related question: In shul I’ve noticed that at the conclusion of the Shemoneh Esrei, some p ...

On the heels of Remembrance Day and Independence Day, we are reminded that redemption is forged not only in the batei midrash ...

She returned during a particularly dull section of the Gemara — the dense rabbinic commentaries that accompany the Mishna, the collection of Jewish oral traditions that form the spine of the Talmud.