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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

18 Adar 5786 | 7/3/2026

Daily Times | more times

05:59 Sunrise
8:18 Kriyat Shma MGA
8:54 Kriyat Shma GRA
11:50 Chatzot (Midday)
17:46 Sunset
18:05 Tzet Hakochavim

Shabbat Ki Tisa Para

18 Adar 5786

Shabbat Times | Parashat Hashavua

17:05 Candle lighting
18:18 End of Shabbat
18:59 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 David Sperling

Neilah without a Minyan

Rabbi Ari Shvat

you to Hashem and you to rabbi

Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt

Jewelry for men

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman

The Theory of Jewish Inherent Superiority

Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt

Temporary Henna Tattoos

Ask Your Question:

An Urgent Family Purity Question (Hebrew Only)Ask a Question Ask the Rabbi Whatsapp Group

Daily Halacha

Renounce of Kehunah

Rabbi Elchanan Lewis

Question

My daughter who is an orthodox jew is divorced and obtained a get. she now wishes to remarry an orthodox jew who is a cohan. what has to be done to enable her to do so? what if the man renounces his cohanship?

Answer

A Cohen can’t renounce his Cehunah and can’t ever marry a divorcee.

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Parashat Hashavua

Can there be Compassion without Justice?

Can there be Compassion without Justice?

Why must there be justice as well as compassion, punishment as well as forgiveness? Why is forgiveness alone not enough?

Stiff Necked

Isn't Stiff Necked a Physical Condition? A small video with an idea from our weekly Parsha.

Then the Tabernacle Now the Land

Then the Tabernacle Now the Land

A short video connecting the Parasha to the land of Israel.

Shabbat and the Sin of the Golden Calf

Shabbat and the Sin of the Golden Calf

A Shiur by Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed for the weekly portion "Ki Tisa".

daily learning

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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 (812)

P'ninat Mishpat: Multiple Agreements and Parties – part III

based on appeal of ruling 80082 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Tevet 5786

P'ninat Mishpat: Multiple Agreements and Parties – part IV

based on final ruling of 80082 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Tevet 5786

P'ninat Mishpat: Sharing in Plumbing Expenses – part I

based on ruling 85013 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Tevet 5786

P'ninat Mishpat: Sharing in Plumbing Expenses – part II

based on ruling 85013 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts

Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Tevet 5786

P'ninat Mishpat (812)

Moreshet Shaul (31)

Moreshet Shaul: Introduction to Midrash Rabba – part I

Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 121

Various Rabbis | Tevet 5786

Moreshet Shaul: Introduction to Midrash Rabba – part II

Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 121-124

Various Rabbis | Tevet 5786

Moreshet Shaul: Addresses to Students at Kfar Haroeh (1942, 1944)

Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 238

Various Rabbis | Tevet 5786

Moreshet Shaul: Discipline in Informal Education – part I

Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 168

Various Rabbis | Tevet 5786

Moreshet Shaul (31)

Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions (637)

Ask the Rabbi: Beracha Acharona on Cake

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Tevet 5786

Ask the Rabbi: Electric Lights as Neirot Shabbat

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Tevet 5786

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

Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions (637)

Sometimes We Have No One to Blame But Ourselves & Our Imagination!

Rabbi Ari Shvat | Kislev 5786

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

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)

Let Us Be Strong, Worthy, and Aware in This War

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 13 Tammuz 5784

Redeeming Jewish captives, protecting wounded terrorists

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tevet 13 5776

Israel's Sovereignty on the Temple Mount

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 16 5776

Should Israel go for a decisive or partial victory?

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 9 5776

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