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Rabbi David Fohrman is the dean of Aleph Beta Academy. He has taught at Johns Hopkins University, and was a lead writer and editor for ArtScroll's Talmud translation project. Aleph Beta creates videos ...

There’s a story of two elderly men who had been childhood friends but had not seen each other in many years. One day, they ran into each other on the street, and were delighted to recognize one ...

We often imagine the moment of Matan Torah as a scene of triumph, with thunder, revelation, and a nation rising to meet its destiny. But the Torah gives us a different emotional landscape. The people ...

Our Gemara on amud beis uses a prooftext from the story of the destruction of Sodom for a halacha regarding the handful of the Mincha offering that is burned on the altar (Vayikra 2:2). The verse ...

I cannot believe that it has been ten years since my beloved father departed this world for his eternal reward on High. We still miss him and remember his gentle nature and impressive accomplishments, ...

As David Baruch was about to head home from yeshiva, he realized that he was missing his hat. He looked on the coatrack, and in the classroom, beis medrash, and dining room, but he could not find his ...

At first glance, Tu B’Shevat, the Rosh Hashanah for fruit trees, seems to be of mere technical significance – the calendar marker for the yearly mitzvot that pertain to fruits. Yet, surprisingly, we ...

We break no new ground in noting that antisemitism in New York City has moved beyond a troubling trend requiring urgent action. Jewish New Yorkers face a growing, wildly disproportionate share of all ...

At the age of ten, Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn was arrested for the first time. He had stepped in to defend a Jewish butcher who was being beaten by a police sergeant in the marketplace of Lubavitch.

In the Mishna, klal is frequently used to express a general principle that brings together several individual laws. Even in such a dry legal context, however, a klal brings about a certain power that ...