Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Hana Levi Julian / JewishPress.com Extra benefits to landscaping in Arad for those “in the know.” People living in the northern Negev city of Arad don’t have to look at a calendar to know when the Hebrew month of Tishrei has arrived: a quick glance at the sidewalks will do just as well. […]

Photo Credit: Kirshenbaum Esrog Company What does harvesting esrogim entail? How many months of work is required? What percentage come out kosher? These questions and more were answered in a recent Jewish Press interview with esrog grower Haggai Kirshenbaum, owner of the Kirshenbaum Esrog Company, and Tzvi Kirshenbaum (no relation), the company’s packing manager. The […]

Photo Credit: Yael Trusch On Today’s Leap of Faith, Penina Speaks with writer, international speaker and creator of the Jewish Latin Princess blog and podcast, Yael Trush. Yael shares her inspirational Journey to Torah as well as some words of wisdom for those facing challenges in their own journey to Torah. Another fascinating episode of […]

Photo Credit: Flash 90 Rav Avraham Shapira Rav Avraham Elkana Kahana Shapira – former chief rabbi of Israel and rosh yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem – passed away on the first day of Sukkot 12 years ago at the age of 93. A seventh-generation Jerusalemite, Rabbi Shapira was born in the Old […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press We have already discussed developing the skill to discern a story that others are unaware of by seeing and hearing. That brings us to – you guessed it! – speech. The way we speak, and the measure of discipline that we employ, remind us of the legendary sage that revolutionized the […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Dear Dating Coach, I have been divorced for two years now, and I finally feel ready to date again and hopefully get remarried. I’m just feeling a bit overwhelmed and lost about the whole “shidduch process” at this stage of my life. The first time around I was 20 years old […]

Photo Credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL British cemetery in Haifa Israeli officials expressed dismay and shock over the vandalism of the British War Cemetery in Haifa over the weekend. Vandals smashed and drew swastikas on gravestones of Commonwealth soldiers killed during the two World Wars. The Haifa War Cemetery contains 305 Commonwealth burials of the First […]

Photo Credit: Photo by Margo Sugarman The Israel national U18 team celebrates following their surprise win at the European Championship qualifiers in Stockholm, July 2019. {Written by Howard Blas and originally posted to the JNS website} For most parents, having a son play on a Major League Baseball team would be a dream come true. […]

Photo Credit: Gershon Elinson/Flash90 Maseches Sukkah holds a special place in my heart as it is the first tractate I completed. It is clear from this masechta (e.g. Sukkah 20b and 26a) that men are commanded to sleep in a sukkah during the yom tov of Sukkos. And yet, so many frum Jews today do […]