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A person carrying a Torah scroll in memory of a loved one on his yahrzeit tripped and dropped the Torah scroll during the procession around the Hebrew Educational Alliance sanctuary […] ...

If you’ve ever looked for a “soul mate,” or you’ve been lucky enough to find one, you may not know it but you’re harking back to a very old idea. “Jewish tradition teaches that when God creates a ...

The American Jewish community is undergoing significant transitions, according to Rabbi Merrill Shapiro, who will help to guide upcoming Jewish New Year services for Congregation Shomrei Torah in ...

The Torah tells us (Deuteronomy 15:8) to help the poor person with “whatever he is lacking.” The Sages go even further — if he once had servants or a horse to ride, and they were essential to ...

What I was not considering when I resisted the Kranjec Test was what it might feel like to regularly learn from and teach Torah to people who reminded me of myself in a deep way. (JTA) — Many of my ...

Rabbi Elchanan Shoff, the leader of Beis Knesses Los Angeles in Pico-Robertson and a local educator, is known for thinking outside the box when it comes to Torah learning. Whether he is giving a ...

In the United States, 40 million people struggle with substance abuse disorder. The Jewish community isn’t immune to these issues; here in Los Angeles, there are rehabs like Beit T’Shuvah and Chabad ...

(New York Jewish Week) — If you take the Torah’s word for it — not to mention generations of rabbinical literature — astrology, witchcraft, ghost-busting and the like are expressly forbidden in ...

In a world that glorifies hustle and treats exhaustion like a badge of honor, we are collectively running on empty—and it shows. Chronic fatigue, insomnia, burnout, and sleep medication dependency ...