Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: YouTube screenshot Youths from the village of Kober destroyed IDF surveillance camera Youths from the village of Kober, northwest of Ramallah, posted a video and photos showing a camouflaged video camera that was hidden inside a concrete block by Israeli security forces in the village cemetery, Ma’an reported Friday. [embedded content] Advertisement ‘); […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Question: Why do we recite a fifth prayer – Ne’ilah – on Yom Kippur but on no other day of the year? G. Goodman Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Answer: Yom Kippur possesses extra sanctity. The Sefer HaChinuch (mitzvah 185) […]

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Photo Credit: Jewish Press Ask any young person – even a young child – “What do you want to be?” and just about everyone will answer, “A doctor,” “An engineer,” “A teacher,” “A firefighter,” “An airplane pilot,” or a member of some other profession. This is completely understandable. But I have a suggestion that will […]

[embedded content] John Earnest, 20, a nursing student who on April 27, 2019 fired shots inside the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California, killing a woman and wounding three congregants, pleaded Not Guilty on Thursday to charges of murder, attempted murder and hate crimes. On the last day of the Jewish Passover, which fell […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press The Aseres Yemei Teshuvah are auspicious days for wholehearted repentance, which can completely expunge one’s wrongdoings. A crucial component of teshuvah is viduy. Rabbi Nissim Yagen explains that when a person confesses from the depths of his heart, he develops insight into the severity of his sin, which helps him resolve […]

Photo Credit: Flash 90 The Israeli flag at the Kotel. Imagine a nation. A magnificent nation, with a breathtaking land and military might. But this is not what made it magnificent. This nation shone G-d’s light to the world. It had a divine mission. It was holy! This nation, though, slowly lost sight of its […]

Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset, December 21, 2016. The Yamina party is refusing to sign a commitment not to support any MK other than PM Benjamin Netanyahu to form the next coalition government once the Knesset signature collection phase kicks in, after both Netanyahu and […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press What we need to think about now – in Tishrei 5780 – is Tishrei 5781. That’s what Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, zt”l – a chassidic Rebbe who was murdered in the Holocaust and left wonderful writings behind – writes. In his personal diary, he penned the following: “If you would like […]