by Ram ben Ze'ev In the ongoing debate about taxation, the argument that corporations should "pay their fair share" often takes center...

Reward and punishment, and creating spiritual garments to wear in the World to Come (From the teachings of Maran Rabbeinu Ovadia Yosef...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The Shabbat after the fast of the  Ninth of Av,  is called  Shabbat Nachamu,  the Shabbat of Comfort. Its name...

Shabbat Vaetchanan - Deuteronomy 3:23-6:11 Apart from the opening statements of the so-called  Ten Commandments , there is very little...

Following halachic nightfall on Tisha Be’av which is approximately twenty minutes after sunset (somewhat later in the United States), one...

A Leader’s measured rebuke and darshening effectively by not charging a fee From the teachings of Maran Rebbeinu Ovadia Yosef ztvk”l ...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Both Christianity and Islam have long and controversial traditions of  penance that involve flogging oneself with...

Deuteronomy 1-3:23 - What’s in a Name? by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Why do we call this, the fifth book of the Torah, that we start this...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The anniversary of Hillel Kook’s death was this week. A Jewish Walter Mitty and a colorful, complex, dual...