The primary advantage of using this Annotated Index to the Hirsch commentary is that it enables the student, darshan (preacher/teacher), rabbi, scholar, or casual reader to quickly search and find the ...

Rabbi Akiva answered, “So that the rest of us will have the benefit of giving charity and be saved from the punishment of Gehenom.” So, we see the concept that the poor are sent for our benefit.

Rabbi Moshe Isserles (1529-1572), one of the top Ashkenazi codifiers of Jewish tradition, prohibited weddings during the three-week period between the Hebrew dates of the 17 Tammuz and the 9 Av.

With Israel’s airport closed amid war, Bay Area tourists have managed to cross the border into Egypt and Jordan to get back home.

Rabbi Chaim Kosofsky is a Chabad shliach in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He teaches Judaic studies at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy (www.LYA.org), and runs programs and teaches adult education for ...

Closing the event, Rabbi Moshe Hauer, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, called for unity and ongoing commitment to the cause.