by Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis In our rapidly changing society, events occur with such speed that before we absorb one, another is already u...

This is one of the first things I ever blogged..... a timely message for the world. by Rabbi Daniel Travis Two by two the animals came i...

Art: Charnine " The dove came to him toward evening, and behold it had plucked an olive leaf with its beak" [Noach 8:11] Rashi...

A true story - from a friend:   Just now. Driving through the rain. Spotted an obviously Jewish man in his late 60s. Offered him a lift. ...

HaRav Moshe Halberstam, the Kiviashder Rebbe zt"l HT: Yaak Brooklyn, NY - Klal Yisroel suffered an irreplaceable loss as the Wi...

And it shall come to pass, when I cause clouds to come upon the earth, that the rainbow will appear in the cloud . [Noach 9:14] When does ...

by Rabbi DovBer Pinson This week’s Torah reading begins with the words “These are the generations of Noach/Noah… the earth was full...

The New York Times reports: Ariel Sharon, who suffered a debilitating stroke nearly six years ago while serving as prime minister of Israel...

What would the Lubavitcher Rebbe have said about Gilad Shalit and the reference in the parsha to his release? Rabbi Shmuel Butman presents...

Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Deberamdiger of Berdichev [1740 - 25 Tishrei 1810] is one of the most popular Rebbes in chassidic history. He was a clos...

Two new videos:

Waiting for Redemption 1941 days Gilad Shalit: It's All In His Name

Did you feel it? Yesterday was a kind of turning point. Erev Hoshana Rabba, the ushpizin of Yosef, and the miraculous release of Gilad Sha...

All I can say is, thank God he's home. Read more: Malnourished Israeli soldier freed by Hamas after five years faints on his journey h...

Obama would have to be the most fascinating person I've ever kept an eye on.  Mainly because he makes no sense.  This article sheds some...

Art: Mike Worrall The world thinks the release of 1027 terrorists in exchange for one Israeli soldier is fair. [See UNwelcome ] The wor...

Written by Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski Rabbi Baruch of Mezhibozh was reciting the prayer before Kiddush Friday night, and as he read "...

The Hebrew term for festivals רגלים , is a derivative of the word  רגל meaning "foot".  This alludes to a level of profound comm...

In psychology, Stockholm Syndrome is a term used to describe a real paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express empathy ...

Painting of the Vilna Gaon from Yesodei Hatorah School corridor wall Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna - The Vilna Gaon - Leader of Lithuanian Jewr...

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov's histalkus [ascent from the body] took place in Uman, a Ukrainian town in Kiev oblast, on the 18th of Tishrei...

....but rain predicted for the rest of the week.... as soon as Sukkot begins, the rains come too. The view from Vaucluse, Sydney " ...

  Adapted from the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s teachings by Rabbi Y. Y. Jacobson The Sukkah hut is frail and vulnerable, but its walls have basic ...

Talmud Sanhedrin 98a " Mashiach ben Dovid will not arrive until someone seeks a fish for a sick person and cannot find one." ...

A new video from Rabbi Yossi Mizrachi - all about Sukkot - watch it here: Divine Information

VP Biden with Rabbi Levi & Nechama Shemtov Vice President Joe Biden held a Rosh Hashanah reception Wednesday, October 5, for a group ...

  "The Torah that Moshe commanded us" [Vezot HaBerachah 33:4] The Chofetz Chaim entered the beis midrash and saw a group of stu...

Art: Scarabuss The Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, and Succos Connection The Baalei Mussar say that the three Yomim Tovim in Tishrei, Rosh H...

A new lecture from Rabbi Yossi Mizrachi, Divine Information

On the morning of the day before Yom Kippur each person asks another for a piece of lekach [Yiddish for "cake" - traditionally h...

Just in time for Sukkot.... Sydney's storm season is about to strike, with a ferocious four months of intense lightning activity pred...