On a desert cliff named Sinai – its exact location now lost – Hashem gave us the Torah. Years later, upon the twin peaks of Gerizim and Eival in northern Israel, we reenacted Sinai. This mountain ...

When confronted by Leah’s harsh words, Rachel certainly could have argued back, showing how she, not Leah, was the victim in this situation. She now had to share her husband, when she could have had ...

Fayge Young works as a copyeditor, copywriter, librarian, and writer. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother with a passion for Torah education and the Jewish people. Baking cookies fits in somewhere.

You don’t need a girl who see you and sees short. You need a girl who sees you and understands that you are everything she ever hoped for.

Not every gut impulse is a moral directive. When we confuse conscience with certainty, we risk mistaking personal anger for sacred missions.

The message is about tolerance, anti-hate, anti-bias, anti-discrimination. It’s not just that we need to be more tolerant, because students understand that but we really get to focus on how I can be ...

If rabbis begin to offer public endorsements, especially from the pulpit, will those who disagree with his conclusion still feel comfortable being part of that shul?

Rabbbeinu Bachye finds it problematic to accept the literal interpretation that Hashem somehow erred, requiring our intercession on His behalf. He explains that the real purpose of this mitzvah of the ...

The Torah tells us to take special care of our vulnerable demographics. Especially vulnerable are the “invisible tribe,” young orphans whose needs are overlooked, and who think that they are alone in ...

Striking the right balance between Torah and one’s livelihood is a tricky business. Especially since making a living is a mitzvah in itself.

Exhibited here is a page from the November 1, 1884 Illustrated London News, which was accompanied by the following description of the service at the Bevis Marks Synagogue in London commemorating ...

We might think ancient society was cruel to women – and in many ways, the ancient world did not sufficiently protect individual rights – but I can’t think of anything more cruel than the modern ...