Considering Torah learning’s status as a central mitzvah, we can easily understand that it earns us life in the next world.
Our Sages explain that Shavuot is considered a “Rosh Hashanah” for the Torah. It is an appropriate time to dedicate ourselves ...
For 49 days we faithfully counted the Omer, building up to the holiday of Shavuot. Shavuot, the holiday celebrating the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, is widely observed around the world by ...
Thousands of hours of Torah learning are being pledged by Jews worldwide ahead of Gimmel Tammuz in honor of fallen kedoshim and for the safety of Am Yisrael.
The Talmud and our sages teach that Hashem intentionally chose Har Sinai because its name hints at a deep truth: from the ...
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Being near Torah is not the same as standing at Sinai

Thanks to AI, we can access sacred texts with one click, but joining the covenant of the Jewish people demands more of us ...
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 ...
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 ...
Rabbi Elazar said: Be diligent in the study of the Torah; and know how to answer an apikores, and know before whom you toil, and that your employer is faithful, for He will pay you the reward of your ...
NEW YORK (JTA) — One of these days, maybe ahead of Simchat Torah, you are going to attend a Jewish studies class. Or not. But let’s say you do. You’ll sit in a classroom, or a lounge, or in the front ...
Along with their work in the Temple, the Torah designated the tribe of Levi, including the Kohanim (priests), to engage in Torah study, education, practical halakhic teaching, and individual guidance.
The Torah reading of the Vizhnitz Rebbe, Rabbi Mendel Hager, at the Great Study Hall in Bnei Brak was sold during the Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) holiday for the enormous sum of $4 million. The ...