Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Ari Fuld Ari Fuld This is an abridged version of the last D’var Torah that Ari Fuld posted online. The full transcript and video can be found at AriFuld.org. Hey everyone, Ari Fuld here. We’re broadcasting out of the beautiful rolling hills of Judea, Israel, and we have a short, but very exciting […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Every year, on the Shabbat preceding Yom Kippur, we read the prophet Hoshea’s famous words: “Return O Israel until Hashem, your G-d” (Hosea 14:2). Rabbi Shlomo Pappenheim of Breslau (1740-1814) writes that the two-letter root shin-bet – which is the core of the words “shuv,” “shuvah,” and “teshuvah – denotes returning […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press I don’t look back happily at the day I began working with Ryan. Our working relationship was complicated from the start. Ryan promised things, but didn’t deliver. He rarely stuck to schedule, often arriving on the construction site only after numerous coaxing calls. Every step needed extra prodding, begging, and convincing. […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press There’s an old and totally apocryphal story about the nineteenth century French Jewish aristocrat Baron de Rothschild, whose wife was in her bedroom with a nurse, in the last stages of delivery while he was sitting downstairs playing a game of cards with his friends. Suddenly they heard her cry, “Mon […]

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 […]