On Sunday night in Pittsburgh, the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers’ seasons came down to one kick. Tyler Loop, the Ravens’ rookie kicker who had not missed a single field goal under 50 yards all year, lined up for...
Recent reports describing a dramatic U.S. operation against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro—planned over months, executed with precision strikes, intelligence superiority, and minimal open confrontation— highlight a familiar lesson: even when a target is viewed as wholly illegitimate, the decisive factor is...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, Hi. I’m a weekly reader of your column. I figured this was the right place to ask my question. On my friend’s very first date, she got in...
A visitor to a supermarket is struck by the vast array of chocolate items for sale, such as candies, chocolate cake, chocolate milk, chocolate cookies and the like. There is also a vast array of halachic issues which apply to chocolate. Is...
The recent worldwide growth of open antisemitism has prompted many Jews to hide their identity. Out of fear of harassment or violence, many Jews have started hiding their identity in public outside their own neighborhoods. Men in particular tuck in...
Hashem’s first prophecy to Moshe Rabbenu occurred at the “burning bush.” While tending to his father-in-law’s flocks, Moshe came across an unusual sight – a bush that was on fire but was not being consumed. He stepped...
The Mishna [Sotah 9b] discusses the concept of Divine reward and punishment that is “measure for measure”. One example cited is because Miriam waited to see what would happen to her brother’s basket floating in the Nile [Shemos 2:4],...
Let me ask you a question, my dear readers. What would you consider to be the core limb of the body? I was greatly surprised when I saw in the Sifra d’Tzniyusa of the Vilna Gaon, zt”l, zy”a,...
And the midwives feared Hashem, and they did not do as the king of Egypt told them, and they let the boys live. Shemos 1:17 And Moshe consented to stay with the man [Yisro], and he gave Tzipporah...
