King Saul lost the monarchy because he was “rosh katan”, David succeeded him as King by virtue of his rare quality of “rosh ...

A long-standing internal conflict over military exemption for the strictly Orthodox has reached breaking point ...

Whether or not it is proper to go by one’s English name is not a question that can be answered in a vacuum. Whatever the case, I would strongly recommend choosing names that express high and traditi ...

A New York man pleaded guilty to civil rights and firearm charges Tuesday for firing a shotgun outside a synagogue two months after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, federal prosecutors said.

It begins with a little-known fact. There was a time when there were not three paragraphs in the prayer we call the Shema, ...

The custom of including the Ten Commandments as part of the Shema was once widespread, but from a certain point in time it was systematically opposed by the Sages. Why did they object to it?

Both Rashi and Radak define the chasidim as “the righteous legions of Israel” going out to battle. They place their confidence not in weapons so much as in prayer and Torah study, defined ...

How a family survived tragedy and gifted a Torah scroll to a community in need following Hamas's October 7 attacks.

A Jewish Ukrainian serviceman takes part in the inauguration ceremony of a new Sefer Torah in memory of fallen Ukrainian soldiers at a synagogue in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 22, 2023. (Sergei ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Muslim devotees pray during the first phase of the three-day Biswa Ijtema, or the World Congregation of ...

Specifically, he appreciated word plays he noticed throughout the Torah and saw a particular one ... when locusts are also mentioned in Sefer Yoel. Possible answers include there being one kind ...