srael has made huge advances in water technology and infrastructure. What can the world learn from Israel on how we manage this precious resource? Eve Harow interviews Michelle Baruch, an expert on ...
Lisa Wise lives in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania with her husband and two 16 year old twin sons who attend yeshiva high school. May our boys return home soon and may their families know only comfort, ...
Chaplain Daniel Coleman, BCC, MBA, provides non-judgmental religious and spiritual care to North Shore University Hospital’s community of patients, family members and staff. A frequent contributor to ...
It is clear from the halachic literature that Shulamit and Shlomit are two distinct names. In fact, Rabbi Eliyahu Mizrachi (in his responsa §67) explicitly writes that if one wrote the name Shlomit ...
Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) occupies a singular place in the history of modern art. Born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania into a prosperous and culturally ambitious family, she became one of the most ...
The sefer was printed in Belvedere, a palatial enclave near Constantinople, within the private residence of the remarkable Doña Reyna Nasi. The press itself was under the meticulous supervision of ...
It is one of the few mitzvos that encompasses nearly the entire body. Each morning, it wraps around me like an embrace—just me and Hashem, hidden away from the world for a few sacred moments. I kiss ...
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began on the first night of Pesach 5703 (1943). The Aish Kodesh was present and presumably involved in some capacity, but no record of his teachings from that occasion has ...
Recently a number of people have come out against analyzing current events with the intent of identifying “miracles” or signs of the redemptive process in reference to Jewish sources on the future ...
Before answering our questions, we must analyze the Arizal’s comment more closely. The Arizal says that had the Exodus been delayed for even one more second, we would have been completely lost within ...
Judaism has a counterintuitive take on anniversaries: we mark the day someone left the world, not the day they arrived. No yahrzeit for birthdays. The rabbis had their reasons, and they’re better than ...
7:11 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Sabbath Ends: 8:14 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Sabbath Ends: Rabbenu Tam 8:43 NYC E.D.T. Weekly Reading: Shemini Weekly Haftara: Vayosef od David (Ashkenazim ...