Erev Shavuot, Salonika, 1533. Two young Sephardic rabbinic luminaries – Rav Yosef Karo and Rav Shlomo Alkabetz – got together for Tikkun Leil Shavuot, the all night Torah study custom first ...

Rabbi Ovadia Sforno offers an insightful interpretation on the matter. He explains that the holy components must never be left unattended or unassigned, lest it provoke a struggle over who has the ...

The Gemara continues by mentioning Rav Yosef’s custom as an example of how to celebrate Shavuot properly. Rav Yosef had a preferred Shavuot culinary selection and a unique formulation of its ...

Rabbi Ovadia Sforno offers an insightful interpretation on the matter. He explains that the holy components must never be left unattended or unassigned, lest it provoke a struggle over who has the ...

Illuminations #177, a weekly publication by COLlive.com and DollarDaily.org: Rabbi Yossi and Chaya Vorovitch share stories ...

Rabbi Yosef Rosenberg, a father and grandfather from Mountaindale, NY, who helped fight substance abuse, build the public menorah in Pittsburgh, and an early Shliach on campus, passed away. Full Story ...

Rabbi Joshua Maroof received semicha from Yeshiva Bnei Torah in Far Rockaway, NY, and has a Masters in Educational Psychology from CUNY. For seven years prior to making aliyah, he served as one of ...