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...
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...
Welcome to Moshe Aharon Jacobs, Content Manager for Torahmedia
Project Genesis is excited to announce the latest addition to our team, our new Content Manager for Torahmedia, Moshe Aharon Jacobs. Before joining Project Genesis, Moshe Aharon managed various projects in the Internet and Media departments of a world-renowned Torah...
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...
Torahmedia Featured Speaker: Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene
Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene, author of Set in Stone (2004: Targum) revealing the profound meaning of Mitzvah observance and People of the Book (2007: Targum) exploring the biblical personalities, is also a popular educator and writer in London whose website Mitzvah.org...
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...