by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie One of the strongest powers of influence is our surrounding. Our friends, family, acquaintances and work colle...

[Kol HaTor] There are seven ways for the beginning of the Redemption to occur in practice, with the help of God. [a] pangs and pleasure...

"But against all the children of Israel, no dog shall whet its tongue" [Bo 11:17] R' David Bodnick, one of the outstanding d...

....every two weeks is a Yomtov [holiday] Rosh Chodesh Shvat 15 Shvat: Tu B'Shvat Rosh Chodesh Adar 14 Adar: Purim Rosh Chodesh Ni...

Australia: Dozens of people have been evacuated from their homes, hundreds of streets closed and Australia Day celebrations cancelled as dre...

An enormous crowd filled the streets of Jerusalem's Bucharim neighborhood to take part in the levaya of the elderly mekabol, HaRav Yitzc...

[Video summary from You Tube] Anybody knows this sound? We were doing a video of our dog, as suddenly our Cockatoo freaks out und we`ve h...

If the world did not need you and you did not need this world, you would never have come here. G-d does not cast His precious child into ...

"And there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt... No man could see his brother nor could any man rise from his place &qu...

Some winners in the Australia Day Council's photography competition. [Australia Day is celebrated on January 26] Kookaburra Family by...

At the dividing point of the night, I will go out into the midst of Egypt.. .   [Bo 11:4] Rashi comments: At the literal level [p'sha...

From a reader in Bet Shemesh

Art: Miki Karni Va'eira: An Island in Time [extracts from "The Curtain Parted" by Robert L. Kremnizer] In the midrash of...

Well, if he doesn't get to serve a second term as President, he's got a great career as a soul singer.... Obama breaks into song as...

Question: Can the Moshiach come in our time, even though there are people who have not yet repented and don't keep the Torah? Answer: ...

HT: Moriah Carly Fleischmann has severe autism and is unable to speak a word. But thanks to years of expensive and intensive therapy, this...

The 2012 Olympic Games - July 27 to Aug 12 - are shaping up to be a monumental event.   Iran threatened to boycott the Games due to the off...

In my blog post about the sunken Costa Concordia , I speculated that.... if we count 266 days - [38 weeks] - which equals the nine months o...

"Let My People Go!" But Can They Let Themselves Go? By: Rabbi YY Jacobson Three Boys Three boys are in the schoolyard bragging ...