Is It Best to Sin and Repent or to Have Been Righteous One’s Whole Life?
And its corollary: since the Sages say that those who repent get a special place in heaven, is it better…
Selichot – Edot HaMizrach
Edot HaMizrach, Jews from Eastern and oriental countries (Sfardim) start reciting Selichot (Prayers for forgiveness) from the beginning of Elul.…
Creeping Plants Invade an Abandoned Fishing Village in China
This is what happens when people abandon their place of residence, and an entire village is left deserted without a…
Watch: The Machine that Braids Thousands of Challah Breads an Hour
Amazing footage from a bakery in northern Switzerland. Thousands of challot braided in under an hour, to cope with the…
Seeing in the Dark
We're all waiting for Hashem to turn on the lights
It’s Extremely Difficult to Break Up an Intermarriage
Mostly, by the time we intervene it’s too late
Learn to Love Yourself
The words of a young woman who almost died of anorexia
Bedtime Shema – According to the Sefardic Custom
Say Shema before going to sleep and sleep well with good dreams
Archaeology Salutes the Torah
In the last generation, with the burgeoning of archaeological excavations in lands where the people and great figures of the…
The Anniversary of the Holy Ohr Hachaim’s Passing
The "Ohr Hachaim" commentary and its author won the admiration of all Torah scholars, but especially those from the chassidic…
