Tisa, which this year was also Purim Meshulash, the grand Melave Malka benefitting Keren Chaya Mushka was held for the twenty ...

The only time God ever spoke in public – and it was to a crowd of approximately two million of us – it turned out to be too much for us to handle such a cosmic force. After hearing the first ...

EL CAJON, California — This week’s Torah portion, Ki Tisa, provides us a powerful reflection on human nature, faith, and the psychological challenges we all face in our lives. The events ...

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Among non-Orthodox Jews, a bar mitzvah often marks the last day a boy takes his Judaism seriously. It serves as a graduation rather than an initiation day. The parents of the boy evidently regard ...

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6:43 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Sabbath Ends: 7:44 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Sabbath Ends: Rabbenu Tam 8:15 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Rambam Yomi: Hilchos Ovdei Kochavim v’Chukoseihem chap. 4-6 ...

An anonymous queen saves the day in the nick of time by asking her people to fast on Passover! How bizarre can you get? Well there’s more; this week we have a Shushan Purim Shabbat with a sprinkle of ...

PIKESVILLE, Maryland — The ninth weekly biblical reading in Exodus, Ki Tissa (30:11-34:35), tells us significant details about God, the Torah, and the Shabbat, revealing deep meaning and ...