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Everything you need to know about Judaism and being Jewish: the weekly Torah portion, Jewish holidays, Jewish rituals and more.

Rabbi Pinto: Better to stay with the problem than seek help from impure sources

 Rabbi Shlomo Riskin (at home with portrait of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik)

'Judaism: A love story': The latest book by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin

By GIDEON SYLVESTER

Rabbi Pinto’s Stern message: “You left? Move on. Don’t ruin others’ lives”

By David Berger
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Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

 ‘THE PUNISHMENT of the Sons of Korah’ by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1481-1482.

Parashat Korah: ‘An elevated place in Gehenna’

How could the spies fall so far? A lesson in purpose and true mission

By Mark Fish

Rabbi Pinto on how to succeed in life: “Let go of the past, move forward”

By Mark Fish

From Gog and Magog to Tehran: Ancient prophecies and today’s global conflict

By Mark Fish

WATCH - Rabbi Pinto: 'Start believing in one another'

By Mark Fish
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu attends to the funeral of Rabbi Elazar Mordechai Koenig in Safed on December 31, 2018.

Senior Israeli rabbis after US attack on Iran: Jews should not say tachanun, say Hallel

 HEBREW BIBLE in a silver case in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland, printed in Israel in 1962.

'From Eden to Exodus': Learning the meaning of Hebrew words

 An illustrative image of a grasshopper.

Parashat Shelach: Seeing giants, choosing hope

 The Grapes of Canaan by James Tissot (circa 1900). Although the 12 spies brought back a cluster of grapes so large that it took two men to carry it, only two of the 12 brought back a good report of the land.

Parashat Shelach: Believe in yourselves

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Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

 An AI-generated illustrative image of US President Donald Trump being handed a parchment from the biblical Queen Esther as Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hovering in the background.

2,500 years in the making: Are the Jews once again turning the tables on Iran?

 OUR FINITENESS can never completely comprehend the infinite

Parashat Beha’alotcha: The call of humility

 An illustrative image depicting gossip.

Parashat Beha’alotcha: Yes to speaking up, no to hurting!

Rabbi Pinto in Manhattan: “Greatness is staying steady in times of collapse”

By David Berger

Yonatan Ben Uziel’s prophecy: As Persia falls, Jerusalem begins to rise

By Mark Fish

Rabbi Pinto’s message of calm: 'Cling to God and you will be saved'

By David Berger

Rabbi Pinto on the security crisis: “No Jew can rejoice while another suffers”

By David Berger
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