From any tragedy, we must probe the root cause in order to rectify it. A Gemara provides a reason, yet a Midrash offers ...

Lag Ba’omer is a day of joy and relief, marking the moment when the students of Rabbi Akiva, who lived in the critical decades just after the destruction of the Temple, stopped dying from a plague. In ...

How Can This Day Create Miracles Today? How Can It Open Up Channels of Connection Between My Children and Me? What Did the Rebbe Mean ...

This year’s commemoration of Yom HaShoah is particularly poignant for its timing and significance and on a very personal note also. During this ominous break in the incessant sirens connected with ...

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Rabbi Akiva has been on my mind lately for several reasons. On that last point, I received a question recently from a friend who also turned 40 and needed some direction. The e-mail said: “I just ...

Our scholars say that ואהבת לרעך כמוך is a כלל גדול בתורה. It is a basic principle in the Torah. Not just an occasional ...

Erica Lyons, who is raising Chinese children in Hong Kong, is writing a series of children’s books about diverse Jews. TAIPEI, Taiwan (JTA) — Rabbi Akiva’s daughter was destined for death on her ...