WireNewsDec 30, 20221 min readIsrael’s New GovernmentToday, Israel’s Knesset voted to ratify a new Israeli government under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. I look...
WireNewsDec 29, 20224 min readShabbat VayigashGenesis 44:18-47:27 - Tues Jan 3rd Fast of Tevet Negotiations by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Is there a set formula for negotiations? We see two...
WireNewsDec 21, 20223 min readThe Order for Lighting Shabbat and Chanukah CandlesThere is a disagreement among the Rishonim as to the order of lighting Shabbat and Chanukah candles on Erev Shabbat Chanukah. The Ba’al...
WireNewsDec 19, 20222 min readNew York Times Publishes 'Swastika' Crossword, Againby Bill White Yesterday, the New York Times published a crossword puzzle, in which the black boxes produced the outline of a Swastika...
WireNewsDec 16, 20224 min readChanukah Then and Nowby Rabbi Jeremy Rosen If we were to go back two thousand one hundred and ninety years ago, to the time of Antiochus IV and the Maccabee...
WireNewsDec 16, 20225 min readParashat VayeishevDifficulties are facts of life, how we respond to them is our choice from Rav Yaakov Sasson Shlit”a, a grandson of Maran zt”l (Translated...
WireNewsDec 14, 20223 min readThe Story of YehuditLet us now briefly recount the story of Yehudit (which is mentioned in the poems of the Rishonim for Shabbat Chanukah): Several years...
WireNewsDec 9, 20225 min readMaoz Tzurby Rabbi Jeremy Rosen As children at Chanukah time, as we lit the candles we would sing “ Maoz Tzur Yeshuati, the cat’s in the cupboard...
WireNewsDec 9, 20224 min readParashat VayishlachIf You Are Truly “Happy With Your Lot” You Wouldn’t be Casting Your Beady Eyes on More! From HaGaon Rav Zevadia HaCohen Shlit”a, The Head...