Sacrificing for Torah

This week's reading contains one of the more famous cases of a Medrashic teaching that clearly departs from the plain meaning of the words. Discussing the laws of purity and impurity, the Torah says, "This is the teaching: when a man dies in a tent, all who come into...

Two New Classes

Edutainment Weekly In Edutainment Weekly, Jon Erlbaum takes a lesson from the weekly Torah portion, puts a modern spin on it, and delivers a product that's practical, powerful and entertaining! You can subscribe to this class by visiting our Subscription Center or by...

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Back From the Holidays

Hello everyone! The holidays are over -- in fact, today and Shabbos are Rosh Chodesh Mar Cheshvan, the beginning of the month of Cheshvan (which is called Mar, bitter, because it has no holidays). So we are getting back to work, and have many new and developing...

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A Preview of a New Class, Coming Soon to Torah.org!

Live and Let Live By Jon Erlbaum In the first verse of his classic James Bond theme song – just before the song shifts into its ominous frenzy – Sir Paul McCartney uses his sweet, melodic vocals to extol the virtues of a youthful “Live and Let Live” ideology....

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A New Class, in the Nesivos Shalom

We are honored to announce that Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein, the Director of Interfaith Affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, faculty member at Yeshiva of Los Angeles and its high schools, and chair holder at the Sydney M. Irmas Chair in Jewish Law and Ethics at...

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Pledge to Improve, and Then Do Your Best

We now find ourselves in the last week of the Jewish Year. We will shortly have an unparalleled opportunity to start afresh, and do things better in 5768 than we did in 5767. I know I've already planned some positive changes and found them difficult to implement in...

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Elul, Rabbi Winston, and More TorahMedia Speakers

This week marked the beginning of the Jewish month of Elul. Elul precedes the month of Tishrei, during which we will celebrate Rosh Hashanah, The Fast of Gedaliah, Yom Kippur, Succos, and Simchas Torah. Elul itself is relatively quiet... so why does Jewish tradition...

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