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As Shavuot Approaches...

Each year, time returns once again to the same point it had reached the previous yearץ

Receiving Torah Like Children

It is impossible to whole-heartedly take upon oneself the yoke of Torah if one is not open-minded.

The Torah of Life

we can elevate the entire world through the Torah and proclaim God as the King of Kings.

The Path to Receiving Torah

It is impossible to whole-heartedly take upon oneself the yoke of Torah if one is not open-minded.

The Absolute Bonds Between Israel and Torah

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 3 Sivan 5785

6th of Sivan or 50th Day of the Omer?

Rabbi Aharon Herel | 25 Iyar 5785

Israel, the World, and the Torah

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | 1 Sivan 5784

The Giving of the Torah Keeps on Going and Going!

Rabbi Avraham Shapira Zt"l | Sivan 12 5783

Wanted - Both Types of Ethics

Rabbi Mordechai Greenberg | Sivan 5 5783

Conversion and the Giving of the Torah

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 20 5783

Why is the night of Shavuot called "Tikun Leil Shavuot?"

Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Iyar 20 5783

For Shavuot: "Rav Kook on The Necessity for Humility to Learn Torah"

Humility is always important but Rav Kook stresses here and proves it's essential necessity for Torah study.

Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyar 20 5783

Daf Yomi Zevachim Daf 80

R' Eli Stefansky | 13 Kislev 5786

Kiddush Levanah

Can I be mekadeish the levanah when there is just a slight cloud cover? Am I permitted to be mekadeish the levanah either before it gets fully dark or during the post-dawn, pre-sunrise morning hours? Did the Rif not write on this topic? Why not?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Sivan 10 5782

How to Time Vatikin?

When minyanim closed, I started davening vatikin (starting Shemoneh Esrei (=SE) at hanetz hachama (sunrise=netz)). If I do not know precisely when netz is, is it better to err on the side of starting SE before or after netz?

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Iyar 10 5780

Desert, water and Torah

Just as water has the ability to convert desolate and nonproductive desert land into a veritable Garden of Eden, so too can Torah fill the void in our hearts and souls and make us productive holy people.

Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l

Daf Yomi - Bechorot 7

Rabbi Ephraim Schreibman | Cheshvan 24 5772

What Bracha Do I Make Before Smelling the Shavuos Flowers?

My husband brought me beautiful roses for Shavuos. Should I make a bracha before smelling them? I have noticed that sometimes there is no noticeable fragrance.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5772

Why Parshas Naso Sometimes Introduces Shavuos

Understand the science behind the Parsha of the week and its place in a ever versatile calendar

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5771

The Blessing for Rain for those travelling to the Land of Israel

Praying for a Rainy Day When Traveling to or from Eretz Yisroel in November

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5771

Shlach

Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | 5770

Relationships during the Time of Engagement

Rabbi Elyakim Levanon | 5770

The Laws Relating to Converts

The laws relating to Jewish converts are most astounding. Despite the criticism directed at the Jewish people on the grounds that Judaism is racist, the Torah teaches us that any non-Jew who earnestly seeks to join the Jewish people may do so.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

Jacob the Patriarch and the Succot Festival

Our nation possesses the inner strength - strength which we inherited from Jacob - to take on the challenging and trying difficulties. Even if our Succah appears to be unstable, a mighty spirit fills its openings and reinforces its cracks.

Rabbi Yaakov Ariel | 5762