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We begin with a question that jumps straight out of the text. The Torah [Bereishit 2:2] tells us: “And G-d completed on the seventh day His work which He had made…” Wait a minute – didn’t G-d finish creating on the sixth day? Is…

Once upon a time I went to an event to see my father receive an award for community service.  My dad was not a trained or great public speaker. When he spoke, he had a very convivial way about him, as though he were talking to a friend over…

Things happen so fast here in Israel that is impossible to process one momentous event before being thrown into another.

On Monday, erev Simchat Torah, we watched the news from 7:30 a.m. until it was time to shower for the holiday, about nine…

One of the key challenges in achieving sustained stability and prosperity in Lebanon is how to extricate the Hezbollah terrorist organization from power. The dysfunction inflicted on this once flourishing country by Hezbollah—enabled by…

This week’s parsha is dedicated to the memory of Sergeant (Res.) Shmuel Gad Rahamim z”l, a graduate of Ohr Torah Stone’s Jacob Sapirstein ‘Ohr Torah Ariel’ High School in Ramot, Jerusalem, who succumbed this week to heavy wounds…

This week we are starting the Torah all over again with Parashat Bereshit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), and I’m taking advantage of the new Jewish year to restart my Torah Talk column.

What I’m thinking about this week is the order that the various…

Elsewhere.

America is always rediscovering its never-ending terror of “communism.” The word keeps getting repackaged. These days it is “woke,” “globalist,” “DEI,” “cultural Marxism,” or “socialist,” but the melody is…

Two Jewish Festivals with a totally different character

On Pentecost we celebrate the giving of the Torah, which began at the Mountain at the Sinai desert. Contrary to popular misunderstanding, that was not a one-time event. Rather, it was…