By a Higher Standard

In between instructing us regarding Kosher food and forbidden relationships, Hashem, in our reading this week, gives us a more general instruction: "According to the behavior of the land of Egypt, in which you dwelled, you shall not do, and like the behavior of the...

Mourning the Destruction of the Temples and Exile

During this month, on the seventeenth day of Tammuz, we begin the period of mourning for the destruction of the Temples and the Jewish exile. In the Ashkenazic world, there are no weddings until after Tisha B’Av and enjoyable occasions and trips are minimized. The...

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Torahmedia Featured Speaker: Rabbi Paysach Krohn

As a writer and speaker, Rabbi Paysach Krohn specializes in finding unusual treasures. In his travels around the globe, he visits Jewish communities, meeting Jews of every walk of life, and gathers their personal stories of unusual occurrences, "coincidences," and...

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New Teachers on Torah.org

We will soon be launching a new advanced class called "Shabbos: Taam HaChaim." It's always exciting to have a new teacher aboard -- Rabbi Binyomin Adler has extensive teaching experience from his tenure in various Jerusalem schools, and we look forward to benefiting...

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The True Nature of Humility & Mazel Tov Wishes

"And the man, Moshe, was extremely humble, more than any man on the face of the earth." [12:3] Some people think that to be humble means to think nothing of yourself. But obviously, Moshe could not be quite so self-effacing. He was able to face the entire Nation of...

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