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The Moment: Issue 1025

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 20 Aug

Chaveirim's volunteers in Brooklyn successfully located a woman's lost engagement and wedding rings at a park, showcasing the power of Torah and gemilus chasadim.

0 Holocaust Torah

Jews Keep Singing and Dancing

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 9 Jul

Over 150 survivors of the Nova Festival gathered for a Shabbaton hosted by Kesher Yehudi at the David Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem, supported by the Rieder family from the US.

0 Jewish Law

Questions from the Battlefield

Dovid Bashevkin in Jewish Action · 20 Jun

Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon, a respected posek, educator, and community rabbi who interacts with soldiers, shares insights on halachic dilemmas faced by soldiers during wartime.

0 Politics Communities

Israeli president adds final letter to wartime Torah for Ukrainian Jews initiated by Zelensky

Marcel Gascón Barberá in JTA · 3 Apr

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli President Isaac Herzog have each added letters to a Torah scroll dedicated to peace for their countries.

0 Prayer Jewish Law

The tabernacle of peace that gives us hope

Jewish Chronicle · 10 Nov 2023

In times of distress, recent events have imbued traditional Jewish prayers with renewed significance, particularly emphasizing the themes of peace and freedom.

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A Time for Tears

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 26 Sep 2023

The Gemara raises the question of how Moshe, who wrote the Torah, could have written the final eight verses that describe his own death.

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Dovid Bashevkin in Tablet · 10 Jan 2022

The Tractate Megillah is an ode to letters, particularly the story of Megillat Esther, which began as an intimate letter.

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What’s the Truth About . . .Counting a Minor with a Sefer Torah Toward a Minyan?

Rabbi Ari Z. Zivotofsky in Jewish Action · 11 Nov 2021

The question of whether a minor can be included in a minyan (a prayer quorum of ten adult male Jews) is a long-standing controversy in Jewish law.

0 History Jewish Law

Black Fire on White Fire

Adam Kirsch in Jewish Review of Books · 7 Jan 2018

The text delves into the significance of the Torah in Judaism, discussing its origins and relationship with physical objects like Torah scrolls.