Torah

Hurt people hurt people: Isaac teaches us how to break the cycle - opinion

Isaac teaches us that we cannot always control what happens to us, but we can decide what we do with that pain. We can pass it on to others, or we can transform it into something positive.

US Senate Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed waves on stage, with vote counting continuing for Michigan's Democratic US Senate primary, in Detroit, Michigan, US, August 5, 2026
Illustrative image of Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot

Israel's four major leaders must unite to form a government of national repair - opinion

The harder part comes when the ballots are counted the cameras are gone.

Elections are over: The hard part comes when the ballots are counted the cameras are gone

‘BRINGING BACK the optimism: Women are going out to vote, Oct. 27!’ reads a sign at a Tel Aviv park.

Parashat Vayera: What a vote cannot decide


On Shabbat Nachamu, Isaiah reminds us that human power is just an illusion

Isaiah declares, “Behold, the nations are as a drop from a bucket, and are regarded as the dust on the scales... All the nations are as nothing before Him” (Isaiah 40:15,17).

Every generation has its super powers.

Your Investments: Financial independence starts with work, not wishful thinking

Follow the process of living within your means, saving and investing, and being good stewards with whatever money you have merited, and you can achieve financial independence.

AN OLD olive tree in the town of Bar, southern Montenegro, earlier this month.

Parashat Va'ethanan: The positive within the negative

The Ten Commandments are not an independent list of fundamental principles, but rather the nucleus from which the entire Torah unfolds - its genetic code.

Moses on Sinai (Le tables de Loi judaique), 1773. Artist Simon Julien.

Parashat Va'ethanan: Behind the curtain

At Sinai, the people were instructed to remain outside the boundary. In the Sanctuary, the holiest place stood behind a curtain.

Modern culture has gradually eroded many boundaries.

Senior rabbi claims comments attacking religious Zionists' IDF service were misinterpreted

"We may encounter people who differ from our way of life, and it is imperative to be careful of any arguments with them regarding our differing views," he stated at a conference for community rabbis.

Rabbi Dov Lando, head of the Slabodka yeshiva in Bnei Brak arrives to deliver a lesson at the Mir Yeshiva, in the ultra orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, September 19, 2023.

Israel just gave Torah study a constitution. It should have given its soldiers one - opinion

Without Torah, there would be no Jewish people. Without the Jewish people, there is no State of Israel. That is precisely why what the Knesset has done is so offensive.

 NETZAH YEHUDA soldiers at the dedication of a Torah scroll at the Erez Crossing.

Israel is winning the World Cup of public diplomacy by aiding earthquake-hit Venezuela - opinion

How Israel’s delegation in Venezuela shined a positive light at a tough time for Israel’s image.

EARTHQUAKE AID: Hector Gonzalez is helped out of a tunnel in La Guaira, Venezuela, July 10; Illustrative.

Haredi leaders, Yahya Sinwar: Different ideologies, the same refusal to face reality - opinion

In Keinon’s reading, Gaza’s devastation was not an unforeseen consequence. It was a price Sinwar was prepared to pay in the hope of igniting a regional war that would ultimately destroy Israel.

United Torah Judaism MKs Moshe Gafni and Yitzhak Goldknopf attend a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of haredi draft evaders, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026

Israel's government knew the risks of haredi draft evasion – and ignored them - opinion

Leadership is supposed to be about making difficult decisions for the good of the country, even when they carry political costs. What we saw this week is the opposite.

A plenum session and a vote on a bill to freeze arrests of haredi draft evaders at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026.

Parashat Devarim: Always relevant

The Torah remains unchanged, yet its message can be expressed anew in the language, challenges, and circumstances of every generation.

SEVENTY LANGUAGES?