Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sandra Lawson I do believe in my heart of hearts that all Torah portions are awesome, but if I had to pick a favorite, it would be ...

As teenagers living in America, we are often encouraged to take advantage of our natural capacity to question. Throughout a regular school day, I’ve heard that the average student asks 25 questions, ...

Rabbi Yonah Gross of Congregation Beth Hamedrosh in Wynnewood believes that helping people understand Jewish law, not just as a list of do’s and don’ts but as a part of a Masora tradition, is an ...

There is a scene in Exodus that modern exegesis often passes over too quickly. At the moment when the people of Israel receive the Torah at Sinai, they answer with a phrase that has unsettled ...

We were a small group of kollel avreichim who once a week after morning seder used to meet in the small Vizhnitz caravan on Rechov Darchei Ish in Beitar to learn kabbalah. Trying to get our feet wet a ...

The prerequisite to understanding any story is answering the question: What is its genre? This might seem like an easy task, but it’s really not. Let’s say that someone gets offended by a joke. The ...

I do believe in my heart of hearts that all Torah portions are awesome, but if I had to pick a favorite, it would be the Torah portion we read this past Shabbat, Yitro (Exodus 18:1–20:23). To view our ...