There is mention of the custom of kapparot already in the 7th century, but even then, the source we have states the reason for this custom is unknown.

To resolve the conflicting sources regarding the legitimacy of using a lottery as a legal mechanism, we need to investigate what legal effect a lottery would supposedly produce.

According to the Hebrew calendar, the yahrtzeit for the Hamas massacre will be commemorated on October 24 of this year. That day is Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, a joyous day of dancing, celebrating ...

For a lot of young Israelis, Hollywood is a dream. Many travel there seeking success in the movie business. I did the opposite. I left Hollywood to seek a connection to Hashem in the Holy Land and I ...

In the ancient Kharbat Umm A-Ros there are remains of a Jewish settlement that lasted from the time of the Second Temple to the time of the Bar-Kochba revolt.

Esmail Qaani, leader of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force, is alive and well under interrogations on suspicion of being a Zionist agent, the Middle East Eye reported, citing multiple ...

On Yom Kippur we are on our best behavior, like angels. In fact, our resemblance to angels is one of the methods utilized on our behalf to beseech Hashem to forgive the Jewish people. It is recorded ...

The Wall Street Journal on Thursday posted an amazingly joyous picture – if you are part of Western civilization, obviously – of the late mega-terrorist Hassan Nasrallah’s portraits in a dumpste ...

Cynicism is corrosive. It affects your faith in leaders, in friends, in family and even in G-d. A more sober look at the so-called halachic loopholes shows that rabbis are deeply concerned with follow ...

Israel scores a military victory by dismantling Hezbollah – and U.S. credit agencies respond by plunging its credit rating!

The Vilna Gaon speaks at length of the kedusha of the malachim in his commentary on the siddur. He explains that the malachim don’t wait for Israel to finish our kedusha below out of respect for us ...

On this great day of Yom Kippur, the Heavenly prosecutors stand before Hashem as well, holding the black list of the Jewish people’s transgressions which they intend to reveal before Hashem. But the ...