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Beyond the Golden Calf: Why Shabbat and Sin Define the Jewish People

Beyond the Golden Calf: Why Shabbat and Sin Define the Jewish People

From the "hidden sign" of the Sabbath to the "non-substantive" sin of the wilderness, this article delves into the classic commentaries of the Ohr Hachayim and the Kuzari. It offers a perspective on how the Jewish people serve as the medium for God’s honor in the world, even—and perhaps especially—through the process of falling and rising again.

Parshat Zachor

What does one who cannot come to the synagogue do? Are women obligated to hear Zachor?

Adar, The Joyous Month

Adar, The Joyous Month

The Month of Adar, in which the threat of destruction of the Jewish People turned into their salvation, is a time of great rejoicing.

Don’t worry be happy!

Don’t worry be happy!

For some time now, I have been feeling anxious and depressed. It is a general feeling, not connected to any specific thing that I can pinpoint, but it’s driving me crazy. Does Judaism have anything against going to psychiatrists?

Selective Enforcement in Jewish Law

Selective Enforcement in Jewish Law

Some two months ago, a German newspaper published what had been a secret Hamas document that was found in Gaza and confiscated by the IDF. The document spelled out the Hamas strategy of dragging out the hostage-release negotiations with Israel, blaming the government of Israel for the delay, and exerting psychological pressure on the hostages' families - thus creating a crescendo of public pressure upon the government.

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Daily Times in Jerusalem

27 Adar 5786 | 16/3/2026

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05:48 Sunrise
8:12 Kriyat Shma MGA
8:48 Kriyat Shma GRA
11:47 Chatzot (Midday)
17:52 Sunset
18:11 Tzet Hakochavim

Shabbat Vayikra

3 Nissan 5786

Shabbat Times | Parashat Hashavua

17:15 Candle lighting
18:28 End of Shabbat
19:08 Rabeinu Tam

Interesting articles

The Mystery of Kol Nidrei: How a Legal Formula Became a Spiritual Anthem

The Mystery of Kol Nidrei: How a Legal Formula Became a Spiritual Anthem

This article explores the enigmatic nature of Kol Nidrei, the opening text of Yom Kippur. Despite being a dry legal formula for the annulment of vows, it remains the most haunting and powerful moment of the High Holy Days. The author examines historical theories linking the prayer to forced converts (Anusim) but proposes a deeper Midrashic origin: the moment Moses "annulled" God's own vow to punish Israel after the Golden Calf. Ultimately, Kol Nidrei serves as a timeless reminder that Divine compassion must always triumph over strict justice.

The Whys and Wherefores of Parshas Zachor

The Whys and Wherefores of Parshas Zachor

"As a mother of several small children, it is not easy for me to go out on Shabbos to hear Parshas Zachor. Am I required to do so?"

Bar Mitzvah Boy Reading Parshat Zachor

Bar Mitzvah Boy Reading Parshat Zachor

is a A Bar Mitzvah boy aloud to read the Torah on Parshat Zachor?

Hand Washing Requirements

Hand Washing Requirements

When do you need to wash hands 3 times and with a vessel?

Rabbi Ari Shvat

Which Prophets did Israel kill?

Rabbi Elchanan Lewis

Butter, Milk, and Meat together

Various Rabbis

Rashi’s Torah

Rabbi David Sperling

No-wedding days

Rabbi David Sperling

Visitor to Israel flying on second day chag

Ask Your Question:

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Daily Halacha

Rabbi Eliezer S. Weisz

Question

I would like to know about the custom of first cutting the hair of a boy only when he completes his 3rd birthday (opsherenish). Is it from the Talmud, ashkenazic, sefardic, hassidishe?

Answer

This custom is a Minhag Yisrael, based on Kabbalah.

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Parashat Hashavua

What Do We Sacrifice?

What Do We Sacrifice?

We would expect to read “when one of you offers a sacrifice.” Instead, it says “when one offers a sacrifice of you.” The essence of sacrifice is that we offer ourselves.

Parshat Vayikra

Parshat Vayikra

Intro to Vayikra

New Mitzvot

Wanting Good Will

Wanting Good Will

daily learning

toregister todaily learning

Miracles

The Miracles on Passover

The Light Beyond the Window

The Light Beyond the Window

From time to time one must look out the window

Jerusalem at the Seder

Jerusalem at the Seder

As we draw near to Pesach, our thoughts are directed to the Seder.

The Month of Nissan - A Unique Possession

The Month of Nissan - A Unique Possession

In this month the Jewish People were redeemed from slavery

Lessons Series

P'ninat Mishpat (814)

P'ninat Mishpat: How Many Dayanim?

based on ruling 84139-1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Adar 5786

P'ninat Mishpat: Unsuccessful Transfer of Yeshiva – part V

based on appeal ruling 82138 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Adar 5786

P'ninat Mishpat: Dividing Parents’ Resources when Mother Still Alive

based on ruling 82017 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Adar 5786

P'ninat Mishpat: Agricultural Water Rights – part II

based on ruling 84122 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Shevat 5786

P'ninat Mishpat (814)

Moreshet Shaul (33)

Moreshet Shaul: Character Refinement – part I

Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p.154

Various Rabbis | Adar 5786

Moreshet Shaul: Spiritual Self-Improvement – part II

Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 405-7 (from the 1930s

Various Rabbis | Adar 5786

Moreshet Shaul: Spiritual Self-Improvement – part I

Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 405-7 (from the 1930s)

Various Rabbis | Adar 5786

Moreshet Shaul: Returning Torah to its Central Standing – part II

Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 312

Various Rabbis | Shevat 5786

Moreshet Shaul (33)

Positive Chutzpah= Part of Redemption- Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself!

Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 5786

Seemingly 'Strange' Rabbinical Decrees- Not What You Thought!

Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 5786

Special Spiritually and Imagination on Shabbat

Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 5786

On Extreme Progressive, Why Right Shoe Before Left & Summary of Lefty Halachot

Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 5786

Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions (639)

Ask the Rabbi: Giving Away Offensively Left Materials

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Tevet 5786

Ask the Rabbi: Collecting Money for a Specific Medical Cause

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Tevet 5786

Ask the Rabbi: The Power of Rabbis in Berachot

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Shevat 5786

Ask the Rabbi: Cutting Nails during Shloshim

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Shevat 5786

Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions (639)

Igrot Hare’aya (200)

Reassuring His Parents – #314 – part II

Date and Place: 23 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Iyar 5785

Efforts to Buy Land – #315

Date and Place: 28 Sivan 5670 (1910), Yafo

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Iyar 5785

Excitement over a Friend’s New Newspaper – #319

Date and Place: 4 Menachem Av 5670 (1910), Rechovot

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Iyar 5785

Language of Instruction for Rav Kook’s Yeshiva – #325

Date and Place: 4 Elul 5670 (1910), Yafo

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Sivan 5785

Igrot Hare’aya (200)

Rosh Hashana - Expressing the Acceptance of G-d's Kingdom

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Elul 26 5775

Yom Kippur - A Day of Liberty

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tishrei 5 5776

Together in the Sukkah

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tishrei 12 5776

The Meaning of Shmini Atzeret

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tishrei 16 5776

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