Learning the secrets of the Torah while hiding in a cave, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his son drew down the light of Hashem ...

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By AARON REICH, SHIR PERETS AUGUST 29, 2025 13:05 Updated: AUGUST 29, 2025 16:18 The IDF and Shin Bet have recovered and identified the body of hostage Ilan Weiss, and what appears to be the remains ...

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After an exhaustive search that included input from the entire congregation, Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Synagogue in Wheeling has selected Rabbi Schachar Orenstein as its new rabbi. Orenstein, who ...

He was everyone’s Hersh. Hersh’s charismatic smile let you know he was, as his mother Rachel described, a “happy-go-lucky, laid back, good humored, respectful and curious person.” He was, as the death ...

The first person who thought to write down what exactly might be happening in a woman's body when experiencing orgasm, at least in the Western world, was a composer in 12th-century Germany. "When a ...

There is a timeless treasure in the realm of spirituality and poetry: the Song of Songs, Shir HaShirim, attributed to King Solomon. As an Ashkenazi Jew, this Shabbat, we delve into the depths of this ...