Many students of the Talmud never get that initial spark because the language barrier prevents them from ever experiencing the joy of exploring the text’s depth. I hope that this new English edition ...

When He had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written ...

Amalek rejects Hashem’s connection to this world or any connection between the spiritual and the physical. Essentially, Amalek denies Hashem’s control of this world and the ability for man to upli ...

The answer is that even when Hashem hides His face, He is still there. A person wearing a mask is still the same person underneath. The story of Purim is all about hiding and revealing. It is about ...

Purim is a holiday of paradox, where what seems most obvious is not the whole story — nor quite what it seems. It is a tale ...

Tefillah is central to our identity. It is an essential reflection of the human soul and part of what characterizes man as distinct from animal. Hashem provides for the whole world; only man appreciat ...

The mefarshim explain that the story of Purim is unique because its themes repeat in every generation. Likewise, jealousy can ...

Pittsburgh Zal, a new and vibrant Yeshiva Gedolah located in Greenfield, Pittsburgh, is excited to announce that registration ...

It seems like no coincidence, then, that we read Esther and Ruth at the beginning and end of this period in the year.

The Qur’an refers to this incident: “We raised the Mountain over you saying: Hold firm to what we have given you, and study its commandments; so that you may attain piety towards God, (as God lovers) ...

The experiencing self lives in the moment; it is the one that answers the question, ‘Does it hurt?’ or ‘What were you ...

What are these psychological lessons that we can learn from the Torah this week? Tetzaveh teaches that true spiritual growth ...