Long before cantors were household names in America, they were hidden treasures in the Hasidic heartlands of Europe. From its ...

Balak realized that Midyan and Moav, the erstwhile enemies, would have to make a truce and gang up as allies against Israel. But since G-d was on Israel’s side, there was no way he could prevent the ...

Interior Minister Moshe Arbel on Monday permanently revoked the visa of Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, a US-born spokesman for the fringe Neturei Karta sect, and barred him from ever entering Israel after ...

Churches and shuls started placing flags in their sanctuaries around World War I. In addition to it being a time of nationalistic fervor, it was especially important for religious groups that were bei ...

Everyone that was bitten, when he looks upon, shall live.” Why? As soon as he (the victim) turns his eyes and sees the ...

She told him that he had nothing to gain with a fight against Moshe; indeed, either way he would remain a follower. He acknowledged that she was correct, but he responded that he had already given ...

One potential challenge is that having real pride in one’s country may take away from one’s pride as a Jew, although it is certainly possible to take pride in two nations simultaneously.

Jacob’s midnight wrestling match wasn’t just a dramatic turning point in the Torah it left a mark on Jewish kitchens forever. The moment the angel struck Jacob’s thigh, leaving him limping at dawn, ...

The rabbi, Moshe Feinstein, was dealing with an age-old problem of Jewish law when he made his ruling.

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein with Rabbi Yona Shtencel at a wedding. (Wikimedia Commons) His opinion was so decisive and pivotal that the Orthodox Union cites it on its landing page for queries about milk.

The rabbi, Moshe Feinstein, was dealing with an age-old problem of Jewish law when he made his ruling. According to halacha, or traditional Jewish law, milk is only kosher if it comes from a ...

This is holiness, and therefore he merited the title "Rabbeinu HaKadosh"! Reb Nota zt"l related that he himself studied with Rabbi Moshe Feinstein zt"l in New York during the years of the Holocaust.