'Are you Jewish?" If you've lived in a large American city in the past 30 years and look the part, chances are that a young Hasidic man has approached you with this question. Men who answer "yes" are ...

With the recent passing of David Weiss-Halivni, we’ve lost a world-renowned Talmud scholar. I had a relationship with him of over thirty years and was a doctoral candidate of his. (Honesty requires me ...

In Hebrew we refer to a great spiritual giant as a gadol. Too often, especially in the modern era of hagiography, the word is too broadly applied and thereby diluted. However, to those who have ...

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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

Late last night, the Rebbe appeared in one of my dreams. Yes, the Moshiach. Yes, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Yes, the rabbi that escaped from Hitler’s hands to end up living in New York. Yes, ...

When I went to bed on April 6, my mind was on the next day’s planned kashering of a kitchen sink and then that evening’s ritual search for chametz. When I awoke early the next morning, all of that was ...

There are those who teach with words and there are those who teach with actions. The best teacher, however, is one who teaches with words followed by actions! This is the reason why I loved Rabbi Meir ...

I had nothing to my name, after losing my parents, and a broken engagement. I worked hard at my job to raise money to get by, but could still barely come up with enough to support myself and my ...