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The Parsha and Current Events: Opportunity missed - Paradise lost
7+ hour, 14+ min ago (1083+ words) Last week's message dealt with the apparent phenomena that Hashem built into the basic rules of mankind, that a great man can effectuate a revolutionary change - but Hashem prevents him from creating a second revolutionary change, because more than one…...
The Blogs: Was the 4th Good for the Jews?
11+ hour, 38+ min ago (165+ words) July 3-4, 2026" 19 Tamuz 5786 Pinchas(Num 25-30) The 4th of July, 1776, as an act of rebellion, triggered a war. The Star Spangled Banner is a song about war (have you ever seen the full version?) Was it inevitable? Was it necessary? Was it as…...
Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US
12+ hour, 38+ min ago (96+ words) Light Candles: 8: 12 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 9: 12 p. m. Light Candles: 7: 58 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 8: 58 p. m. Light Candles: 7: 50 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 8: 52 p. m. Light Candles: 7: 08 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 8: 30 p. m. Light Candles: 7: 33 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 8: 33 p. m. Light Candles: 7: 22 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 8: 35 p. m. Light Candles: 7: 31 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 8: 31 p. m. Light Candles: 7: 26 p. m. Shabbat Ends: 8: 25 p. m....
Divrei Torah - Jewish Explanations for News The Jewish Link
21+ hour, 8+ min ago (30+ words) Divrei Torah The Jewish Link Perhaps the most fascinating halakha associated with the rabbinic commandment of daled kosot is mentioned in the first Mishna in Arvei Pesachim. The Mishnah (99b)...
The 17th of Tammuz: When Things Begin to Shift
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (116+ words) Rabbi Goldin earned his BA in Psychology, Semicha, and MA in Education from Yeshiva University. He also completed a Certificate in Mental Health Counseling from The Family Institute at Neve Yerushalayim. He has been involved in chinuch, both formal and…...
Torah, Not Bagels, Sustains the Jewish Future
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (647+ words) Categories: Front Page /" Features July 2, 2026, 7 AM ET Our daughter Alisa did. Nearly fifty years ago, Alisa announced that she was going to a Jewish school. Roz and I smiled. We were proud Jews. We belonged to a synagogue, celebrated the holidays,…...
The Kapaun Virtue
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (818+ words) Even in our screen-driven, fast-food comfortable lives, Kapauns can be formed. When Venerable Emil Kapaun's earthly remains were returned home to his native Kansas in 2021, Sgt. 1st Class Herbert Miller, at attention from his wheelchair, extolled him: "You don't have 'em…...
The Blogs: Why Do Jews Fast for Jerusalem?
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (1150+ words) A 17th of Tammuz reflection on why one small city still matters to the world. I write these words as the sun rises over Jerusalem. The first light breaks across the hills of this extraordinary city, just as it has for…...
Understanding the Three Weeks and the Fast of Tammuz
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (470+ words) From the Seventeenth of Tammuz until the Ninth of Av, the House of Israel observes customs of mourning over the calamities and destruction that befell Israel. The purpose of these fasts and mourning practices is "to awaken the hearts and…...
The Blogs: Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, Quebec, the oldest reform synagogue in Canada
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (346+ words) I would like to thank Executive Director Chad Lubelsky for his support of this article. Following a 1957 fire, Max W. Roth redesigned Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in 1959 as a modernist masterpiece, replacing a 1911 Byzantine Revival structure. The new, unified design features a…...