3+ hour, 28+ min ago  (489+ words) To the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Mordechai Maklef, While reviewing your life's work, your studies, and your actions " the military can hardly believe that you are not yet 34 years old. Your entire life is a glorious " and…...

15+ hour, 29+ min ago  (656+ words) He felt guilty that he was questioning G-d and so he immediately reassured himself that one must have emunah. But it was clear that despite his best efforts, the painful event refused to be quelled within him. The following thoughts…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (503+ words) There are moments when we join something small, almost quietly " never imagining how far its impact might reach. I belong to several Tehillim groups, circles of whispered prayers and shared hope " for the ill, for singles seeking their match, for…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (576+ words) The Jewish Press In those early, tightening years of Nazi rule, German Jewry lived in a state of profound contradiction, one eye fixed on the exits, the other turned inward, guarding a culture and religion under siege. There was the…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (882+ words) This is not simply a story about forbidden speech. It is a story about belonging, or the painful absence of it. And the tragedy of the episode is that no one around him seems to know how to answer that…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (727+ words) But it wasn't always this way. Before the age of print, Torah texts were scarce, fragile, and painstakingly copied by hand. Even the most foundational works, such as Rashi's commentary, circulated in. .. Today, it's hard to imagine a Jewish bookshelf…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (139+ words) How do we understand and perceive Hashem? Is Hashem within time and space, limited to this world alone, as Pantheists believe? Or is Hashem completely transcendent, beyond time, space, and this physical world, as many of the ancient philosophers believed?...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (410+ words) Rebuilding the First Night of Pesach We don't count the first night of Pesach, because this night is a gift of inspiration, intangible and unearned. We cannot pin a number down to it, as it is fleeting and elusive. Sefiras…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (835+ words) Parshat Emor " Pesach Sheni " Lag Ba Omer A year ago " to be specific, 350 days ago " the first "Torah by the Numbers" column appeared in The Jewish Press. It was for Shabbat Parshat Emor, and that Friday was Lag Ba Omer....

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (24+ words) Parshas Emor'The Jewish Press New York City CANDLE LIGHTING TIME May 1, 2026 " 14 Iyar 5786 7: 33 p. m. NYC E. D. T....