We awaken unsure of what yesterday’s election means for us and for America. Much will be revealed in the days to come. This [...]

“Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for the fear it inspires, we would swallow one another alive!” (Pirkei [...]

וְדִרְשׁ֞וּ אֶת־שְׁל֣וֹם הָעִ֗יר אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִגְלֵ֤יתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ שָׁ֔מָּה וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֥וּ בַעֲדָ֖הּ אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֣י בִשְׁלוֹמָ֔הּ יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם שָׁלֽוֹם׃ And seek the peace of the city to [...]

When there was a cholera epidemic in 1848, Rabbi Israel Salanter posted announcements on all the houses of prayer of Vilna on the [...]

Rabbi Eleazar taught: it is often the case that when a person insults another in public and after a time wishes to be [...]

Every person is given free will. If we wish to turn to the good, to the way of the righteous, we have the [...]

One year before Yom Kippur, the great sage Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk sat in his study, worrying. “How shall I face God on [...]

Rabbi Eleazar, the son of Rabbi Shimon taught: Both the world and the individual are judged by the majority of their actions. Happy [...]