In Israel today, the Haredi question is no longer a marginal sociological issue. It sits at the center of our politics, our economy, and our social fabric: mass draft exemptions, low male workforce ...

When the Torah scroll is being carried, and also when it is lifted up, everyone who sees it must stand until the scroll is placed in its place in the ark, or on the bimah.

Rav Shteinman gave a surprising answer. Every morning, we say birchas haTorah, the blessing regarding Torah study. This bracha is one of the few Biblical berachos. (The only other ones are the ...

Never did I imagine, as a preppy high school student at a Protestant boarding school, that my spiritual journey would lead me to serious Torah study. At my bat mitzvah, despite several years of Hebrew ...

Rabbi Dov Lando, a leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi, spoke Tuesday night at the Or Elchanan Yeshiva in Jerusalem, addressing the cancellation of the official draft-exampt "yeshiva student" status and ...

Shavuot is the festival that celebrates the giving and the receiving of Torah. The theological pillar of the festival is revelation. Revelation of the words of Torah and a revelation that continues to ...

I never planned on becoming a Torah study regular, and the last thing I expected was that attending Torah study would lead me to adopt an “unaccompanied minor” from Guatemala. Yet that’s what happened ...

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Torah study and prayer are decidedly low-tech ventures, but the rise in popularity of handheld multimedia devices like the iPod, PalmPilot and Treo Smartphone has brought a 21st century edge to ...