6+ hour, 16+ 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…...

17+ hour, 2+ min ago  (433+ words) Semicha is the term we use for rabbinic ordination, but what does it actually mean? We learn the answer from the portion of Pinchas. Before Moshe died, he was adamant that his successor would be crowned in his lifetime. Therefore,…...

20+ hour, 11+ 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)...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (163+ words) " " " | July 2, 2026 A handwritten manuscript of the Rebbe Maharash was brought to the Rebbe's room and the Rebbe's Library, where it was presented to Chief Librarian Rabbi Shalom Dovber Levine. The manuscript was brought by Rabbi Moshe Orenshtein, Rosh Yeshiva of…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (579+ words) This week's Torah portion is Pinchas: Numbers 25: 10 " 30: 1 The Torah offers a remarkably relevant answer as Moses approaches the end of his life. God tells Moses to ascend a mountain and gaze upon the Promised Land that he will never enter....

1+ day, 9+ 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,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1123+ words) By Michael R. Mantell, Ph. D. , in El Cajon, California This week's parsha opens where last week's left off. In the midst of a devastating plague brought on by public immorality, Pinchas acted decisively to stop a blatant desecration of Hashem's name....

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (335+ words) The descendants of Korah did not die" Numbers 26: 11 Rabbi Dr Michael Marmur In Numbers 16: 32 we read that all of Korah's people were swallowed up by the earth, yet here we are informed that his descendants survived. There are further biblical…...

2+ day, 59+ min 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…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (39+ words) When thoughts of repentance arose in the hearts of the sons of Korach, they were moved to atone for their dishonor, by an offering of praise found in the Book of Psalms. What happened to the sons of Korach?...