Maccabee Mindset

A Biblical Commentary

Short Thought on Chanukah

In My Tank, Writing a Biblical Commentary

Young Students

A 14-year-old flew to Israel to film a documentary about Oct. 7. It premieres on Sunday

I’m an Ivy League undergrad — here’s why my campus sides with Luigi Mangione

Going to Sleep

Google Techie Finds Modern Meaning in Chassidus Study

The Baby in the Scene

As I See It

I’m an Orthodox Rabbi. Ask Me Anything

The Soldiers

The American Soldier Who Wouldn’t Compromise His Jewish Values

To Pray with your Soul

Rabbi Paysach Krohn - Agudah Convention 2024: Leadership for Generations

The Power of Joy

Prestigious private school diversity conference devolved into ‘festival of Jew hate’: outraged attendees

Damascus in the End

Facing the Future

HaRav Eytan Feiner שליט׳א - Agudah Israel Convention 5785 - Facing the Future in a World Gone Mad

In the Merit of His Father

Jewish man who waved Israeli flag in front of pro-Palestine protest speaks out

Beyond the Pale

“J Street” has moved outside the pale

הרב ברוך רוזנבלום | פרשת ויצא תשפ״ה

The Ladder

The SIngle Daughter

The Power of Speech

"Mi Ha'ish" - Your Words Are Your Life

Everything is Good

UAE Shluchim Movingly Speak About Slain Rabbi Kogan

Chodesh Kisleiv

How One Man and His Family Survived the October 7th Massacre

Blessings

CNN reporter Actually Thought he Could Lie About Israel, Has RUDE AWAKENING

שבע ברכות ב'עננים

Unconditional Love

Strengthening Gratitude

Four Ways to Strengthen Your Gratitude Muscle

The TORTURE of Eli Feldstein and Myself in Prison

5 Facts

5 Facts About the ICC’s Outrageous Arrest Warrants for Israel’s Leaders

Parshat Chayei-Sarah

The Messianic Era

Why Are There Two Sets Of Luchos?

Excess Goshmius

Rav Henoch Leibowitz on the Parsha – The Pursuit of Excess Goshmius

The Synagogue

Hezbollah calls a synagogue it bombed in Haifa a "military base"

Prayer

The Mitzvot

How Mitzvot Help Us

The Host

Limping Toward the Light: A Letter from Rachel Goldberg-Polin

The Ten Commandments' Display

Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments

A Repeat Offender

Repeat Offender Arrested in Crown Heights Attempted Kidnapping

Speaking Out

Jewish DePaul students speak out after antisemitic attack on campus: 'Traumatic experience'

Hundreds Turn to Chabad for Rescue in Amsterdam

The Founder

Why did God choose Abraham to be the founder of the Jewish People?

Parshat Lech Lecha - Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair

Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Lech Lecha: The Only Choice!

My Brother's Keeper

Parshas Lech Lecha: My Brother's Keeper

Lech Lecha

Ben Shapiro: Turning Point was Trump’s Visit to the Rebbe’s Ohel


"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWu9kO4K5qQ">חשיפה מטלטלת: "זכה לפגוש את בורא עולם

The Lawsuit

Harvard University must face narrowed lawsuit over antisemitism

The Ancient Tome

Ancient tome saves Azeri Jewish community in Persian invasion

The Flood

The Best Segulah

The Merit of the Sukkah

How One Man and His Family Survived the October 7th Massacre

7 Myths

7 Myths About UNRWA

What was Displayed on the Wall of Donald Trump's Office?

An article at INN is about a Holocaust survivor who denounced Vice President Harris for comparing Donald Trump to Hitler. When I read what he had to say, I remembered a video I had seen of David Letterman knocking unannounced at the doors of the former President's office. He graciously received the talk show host and his guests, and the camera focused on the walls of his office at the 38 second mark. Prominently displayed on the walls was a frame with a tree of life with the Hebrew words inscribed under the Ten Commandments. I doubt Hitler would have had such a wall hanging.

I Believe

Antisemitism in Schools

Antisemitism in NYC schools fueled by foreign actors, activist educators: report

?האם הנבואה מתגשמת

Parshas Bereishis

Governor of Samaria: 'They slandered fallen soldier terribly'

Reconnection

Editor's Notes: The surge of October 8 Jews and the new wave of Jewish reconnection - comment

Ben Shapiro Shares Shocking Story About Friends Getting Brutally Assaulted After He Met Them For Dinner

Harris talks to voter concerned about Gaza: Part 4 of Kamala Harris' Town Hall

How to Celebrate

R’ Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz at Mir Yerushalayim Simchas Bais Hashoeivah: “Shidduch Crisis is the Biggest Tzarah”

Sinwar envisioned a Palestine as Jew-free, from the river to the sea

Simchat Torah 5785 — How To Celebrate A Year After 5784

In the Shadow

Simchat Torah in the Shadow of October 7

The Caroline Glick Show

לעשות משפט עבדו ומשפט עמו ישראל | אל תהרסו לעצמכם את החיים

The 3 Hour War

IDF Reveals Hezbollah Leader’s Hidden Bunker Containing Millions

Best Replies

Best Replies to 6 Common Anti-Israel Slurs on Social Media

Starting Over

Harris didn’t quite ‘get it’ with announcement of Hamas leader’s death

האם כבר החל התהליך? הגאון ר"י זילברשטיין: "חיסול סינוואר - תחילת מחיית עמלק"

An Antidote

An Antidote to a World Gone Mad

Hostile Reporter Asks Bennet Outrageous Question and his Response Was BRILLIANT!

The Four Species

The NYPost has an article about a man who died because of complications from a mosquito bite. His daughter's words are impactful.

“I’m not joking when I say your life can change in the blink of an eye, because that was what happened to us,” his grieving daughter Amellia Pawulski, 18, told The Post.

“He always tried to look at on the positive. I remember people being like, ‘Oh, how’s your day?’ And he was like, ‘My day is great. I woke up. I can breathe on my own. I can talk on my own. I can go to the bathroom on my own. I have no reason to be upset.'”

The Rebbe's Words

Listening to the Rebbe: Netanyahu Hosts Chabad Delegation

Was the UN Just Caught Red-Handed in Lebanon?! | Israel Undiplomatic w/ Mark Regev & Ruthie Blum

The Necklace

Moving: The haredi rabbi who has slept on the floor and a board since Oct. 7

Outrage Over Amazon Executive Wearing Antisemitic Necklace

Israel Prepares To PUSH BACK On All Fronts

The Origins of Columbus

Columbus probably Spanish and Jewish, study says

Why Me?

Reflections

Hamas, Hezbollah increase attacks on Jewish holiday - despite seeking Ramadan respite - analysis

Yom Kippur and Shabbat

Israeli Politician says what NO ONE else will about Netanyahu and Israel’s WAR

Point of Return

Teshuva

A Renewed Purpose

During my childhood, my parents placed a high value on academic excellence and being God-fearing. They aspired for my siblings and me to be smart and to live a life rooted in faith. I vividly remember the day I felt I had reached the peak of my intellectual powers. Ironically, I was only 11 years old, and since then, my genius has seemed to follow a downward trajectory.

It was a blustery, ice-cold Saturday during Hanukkah, but despite the weather, I felt elated as I made my way to the weekly youth group at my synagogue, just a few blocks from home. As soon as I arrived, I noticed four brightly colored signs hanging from the rafters, each displaying one of the Hebrew letters from the dreidel: nun, gimel, hay, and shin. My friends and I were divided into four teams and instructed to stand beneath the sign of our assigned letter. I proudly walked over to nun, confident that my team would carry the day.

Our task was simple but challenging: find a song that prominently featured our letter. The team with the song that used their letter most frequently would win. My friends and I sat around the table, brainstorming, but no song seemed quite right. This was long before Nachman Meuman became popular, so that song wasn’t an option. Then, like a flash of lightning, it hit me—I shouted, “Ein Kelokeinu!”

The excitement surged around our table as my teammates realized the brilliance of my suggestion. We were a shoo-in for victory. Someone called me a genius, and I soaked up the praise. In that moment, I felt on top of the world, certain that I had reached the pinnacle of my abilities. We performed the song with extra emphasis on the stanza beginning with "Nodeh Lelokeinu, Nodeh Ladoneinu," and the triumph I felt was indescribable. It was my moment. Little did I know that this would be the peak of my achievements, never to be replicated in the same way again.

Fast forward to this past Saturday morning, decades later, and I found myself arriving late at the synagogue, struggling to catch up with the prayers. I made sure to respond with Amen during the Kaddish and was anticipating the upcoming kiddush when something in the cantor’s voice snapped me back to attention. His mellifluous baritone commanded focus, and the way he delivered Ein Kelokeinu in stentorian tones left no room for distraction. The familiar melody filled the room, but it was his powerful intonation that drew me in, making the words resonate more deeply than ever before.

As the words washed over me, I realized how differently I reflected on them now. Ein Kelokeinu—“There is none like our G-d.” Who is like our G-d? Who is like our Lord? Who is like our King? Who is like our Savior? We will give thanks unto our G-d. Shamefacedly, I understood that my focus on the prayer so many years ago should have been on the words themselves, rather than on how many times a nun appeared in the lyrics.

This realization hit me even harder in this sacred time, during the Ten Days of Repentance, just days away from Yom Kippur. As the Day of Atonement approaches, it’s a time of introspection and reflection, and I found myself thinking not of fleeting intellectual victories but of deeper, more meaningful success. G-d doesn’t request of me to be the smartest. He calls me to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with Him.

This understanding has given me a renewed sense of purpose as I approach Yom Kippur, with gratitude and humility guiding my spiritual journey. -

7 Segulos

A Near Miss

My Near Miss

The Open Gates

‘I am a Zionist because I am a Jew’, says Chief Rabbi

Heart Work

Small Acts

Club for Teens Without Smartphones or Social Media Expands

Tipping the Scale

This weekend, someone related the following devar Torah, which serves as an inspiration before the New Year.

https://issuu.com/anglomedia/docs/torah_tidbits_issue_1338

Your Mission

Master Your Mission

Bringing Mashiach

Are Our Children Set Up for Success this Yomim Noraim?

כבוד הרב כ''ק האדמו''ר מרימנוב שליט"א במסר לקריאת ראש השנה תשפ"ה

Parshas Nitzavim/Vayeilech

Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Nitzavim/Vayeilech - Live Up to Your Greatness!

Tikkun Olam

Standing before Hashem

What Does Tikkun Olam Really Mean?

Coming Closer

Guterres Backs UNGA Call for Jews to be Removed from Old City of Jerusalem

הרב רוזנבלום במסר חריג עם תחילת המלחמה

The KIng is in the Field

Call Of Moshiach 1 - Getting the Hints

The Date of Mashiach's Arrival

Shabbos Kestenbaum: 'Jewish students should not be at Ivy League Universities'

Four Illusions

Four Illusions Shattered by October 7th

המלחמה בצפון מוזכרת בזוהר הקדוש וכתוב מי ינצח

Law and Order

Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Ki Savo - Law and Order

Mazal Tov Alan! Keep Going!

Standing Tall

Senator John Fetterman Stands Tall

Jewish Holidays

We are bigger than this moment: Jewish holidays are Jewish defiance

Biased

War over Wikipedia’s Definition of Zionism Pits Provoked Users Against Biased Editors

BBC: British Bias Corporation

The Centennial

Holocaust Survivor Celebrates His Centennial Skydiving Over the Dead Sea

The Ripple Effect

A Ripple Effect of Goodness

Hearing the Song

Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Ki Seitzei - We Are All on the Path to Greatness

שיעור לפני שבת" - זה הסוד המיוחד בפרשה על כוח ועוצמת התשובה

Dr. Einat Wilf: I listen to the Palestinians, there is no hostage deal

The Parking Spot

Palestinian migrant accused of beating Jewish NY man, stealing flag crossed US border illegally

Does God Have Anything to Do with My Parking Spot?

The Pecans

Man held in Denmark on terrorism charges over arson at Jewish woman’s home

Ishay Ribo’s Personal Message to MSG Concert-Goers

The Controversial Message

‘Eradicate the US’: American student group publishes, then deletes controversial message

UK Investigation Reports 1,500 Incidents of BBC Pro-Hamas Bias

Questions

Rachel Goldberg-Polin Says Goodbye to Her Beloved Son Hersh

Looking Up

Weekly Moment With the Rebbe

Rabbi Ori Strum - Parshas Shoftim - The Highest Place on Earth

Dance

Has Hamas partially restored capabilities in northern Gaza?

The Story That Inspired Yaakov Shwekey’s New Song

The Mystery

Chris Cuomo GOES OFF on Antisemitism and the dehumanization of Israelis

אנחנו פועלים להבאת הגאולה": שידור חי מרחבת הכותל המערבי

The Price Tags

Why Say L’Dovid Hashem Ori (Psalm 27) During the Month of Elul?

Doing the Right Thing

times to be shoftim, times to be shotrim

Elul Empowerment

Bitachon under the microscope

How Elul Empowers Us With Strength in Threatening Times

It Changed my Life

The Hippie with the Julia Roberts Smile Called Me Hitler’s Accomplice

Son Of Hamas Reacts To Hostage Murders: "Stop Aid Until Hostages Returned!"

Surviving The Nova Festival Massacre Changed My Life

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Looking for the Good

Temimus – Completion

איך נדע לזהות את המשיח? המקובל הרב יוסף ביטון במסר עצום! | שידור חי

אנחנו בזמן חבלי משיח! הרב רונן שאולוב מנחם אבא שקבר בן - שיעור מטורף על אמונה ובטחון

Parshas Re'eh

Amsterdam universities taking measures to protect Jewish and Israeli students

Rabbi Shmuel Silber -Parsha Perspectives: Hope and Holiness (Reeh)

Davar Yafeh B'ito - Connecting Parshas Re'eh to the Zman Hashana

The Younger Generation

Rav Sternbuch: Bnei Yeshiva Need Not Be Afraid to Return

In Space

Stuck in Space

Why Did Rabbi Dov Kook Extend Seuda Shlishis Until 5 AM This Week?

Adir's Diamonds

New generation in his memory: Father of Nova massacre victim donates 100 engagement rings to troops

Charlie Kirk Doesn’t MINCE WORDS with Israeli Student who’s in Danger on Campus

Sweet as Honey

Be blessed with the sweet taste of honey!

The Reward

The Reward For Doing Mitzvos

The Heart of Klal Yisroel Shines in Arizona

Parshat Eikev

Counting the Blessings

Count your blessings

Avichail Reuven’s Inspiring Act of Bravery Will Floor You

Kissing the Mezuzah

Why Kiss the Mezuzah?

Abomination! [short vort]

Leaving University

The President of Columbia Isn’t the Only One Leaving the University

Things I Learned From My Father, Rabbi Leibl Turk

When Mashiach Comes

His Shidduch

His Shidduch Wasn't Born yet!

Moshe's 515 Tefillos

Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Vaeschanan: It's Time to Wake Up!

Parshas Va'eschanan: The Pnei Yehoshua Discovers the Power of Tu B'Av and Moshe's 515 Tefillos

Every Prayer

Vaetchanan: God hears every prayer

Our Best

Is our best really our best?

In Central Tel Aviv

Cantor Dudu Fisher vs. TA City decision: I will hold New Year prayers in central Tel Aviv

איך יוצרים ניסים מעל הטבע

Kosher Lessons

Video shows Tim Walz praising 'Hitler-promoting' Islamic cleric

'Is there a law prohibiting Jews from praying on the Temple Mount?'

Kids: Enjoy Sample Classes at KosherLessons.com

הרב רונן שאולוב - אקמצא ובר קמצא | לא תעמוד על דם רעך

The Destruction of the Temple

Birth of the Mashiach

Why Jews Still Cry Over the Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem

Was Scheduled to Marry

Yehonatan Deutsch, from Beit She'an, murdered in Jordan Valley shooting attack

Harassed

2 Jewish Girls Harassed by 6 MTA Agents on NYC Bus

TISHA B'AV | Chizuk | Rabbi Lapin

Lesson Learned

Parshas Devarim - Lesson Learned

רגע לפני שבת״ על פרשת דברים תשפ״ד - הרב רוזנבלום

Fire Set

Establishing a court system

Fire set outside of Jewish Museum of Maryland

מלחמת 7 החזיתות🚨האויב האמיתי מתגלה!! איך להינצל מחבלו של משיח?! הרב אברהם סבט בשיעור מוסר

Values

Nike’s Distorted Values

ערב תשעה באב תשפ״ד ! 🔥 הרב ברוך רוזנבלום פרשת דברים

Disconnection

NYC: Antisemitism three times higher than last year

For All This We Cry: The Pain of Disconnection

From the Depths

6-Yr-Old Recovers Phone From Kinneret Lake With Priceless Clips Of Fallen Soldier

UNRWA Spent Months Denying It Works With Hamas. Then It Fired Nine Staffers for Participating in the Oct. 7 Massacre

Vice President Harris says ‘everybody needs to be woke’ in 2017 clip

A New Life

Preparations

Preparing for War in Israel

צו השעה: המקובל הרב יוסף ביטון בהודעה דרמטית

A Simple Greeting

What We Can Learn From Not Greeting Others On Tisha B’Av

"הקב"ה תמיד מצילנו מידם": הרב זמיר כהן במסר מרגיע לקראת השבת הקרובה

Israeli Hostage's Story

Judging Favorably

The Sun and the Moon

British Jews to file complaint against Sky News journalist who criticized Israel

Facts Don't Matter

Waiver vs. Waver

IsraellyCool posted the above image taken from Bella Hadid's Instagram account. Spelling stickler that I am, I was perturbed by her use of the word 'waiver."

“While everyone’s intentions were to make something positive and bring people together through art, the collective lack of understanding from all parties undermined the process. I do not believe in hate in any form, including antisemitism. That will never waiver, and I stand by that statement to the fullest extent.”

Waiver vs. Waver

One Bite

WaPo dragged for ‘disgraceful’ front page showing mourners at 11-year-old’s funeral paired with Israeli airstrike headline

How We Met

Free Will, Fate and Destiny

How we met: The AMAZING story of Ben & Sarah Taplin

Why Did He Want to Murder President Trump?

Campaigning for the Hostages

Our Woman at the Hostage Headquarters

Focus on Tefillah - V’shinantam L’vanecha

מסר קצר לימי בין המצרים

Ex-Knick Eddy Curry fights to free 1-year-old Israeli boy Kfir Bibas from Hamas captivity

For the Good

Against Your Grain

Campus Reform: Thousands of Rabbis Call On Columbia Pres To Resign Following School’s Antisemitic Texting Scandal

Bring Your Shabbos Table Alive with Your Own Copy of ‘TableTalk’: Bamidbar 5784/2024

Summer Vacation

My Rabbi’s Summer Vacation

Harvard Corporation Reverses Course, Awards Degree to Rhodes Scholar and 10 Other Leaders of Anti-Israel Encampment

Breaking the Fast

News anchor breaks her fast on live television

Finding G-d in 2024: Miraculous Stories of The Jewish People

The Three Weeks

Moving: Kaddish during the Prime Minister's flight

What Are Tisha B'Av & the Three Weeks?

למה הכדור של טראמפ קשור בצורה מפורשת לביאת המשיח

The New Torah Scroll

Family of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin dedicates new Torah scroll to his return

Sharing Answers

The Widow-Maker Heart Attack and Chelm

Shiva Aser B'Tamuz and Lessons from the Attempted Assassination

Stranded

Chabad Hosts Jewish Republicans Stranded By Flight Cancellations

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW: FREE Tefillah @Ohr Hachaom Hakadosh on his Yahrtzeit (Today) through Yad L’Achim

The Message

Rabbi Shmuel Silber - Parsha Perspectives: Hearing the Message (Balak)

Chicago Imam Indoctrinates Young Kids to ‘Die as Muslim and go to Paradise’

Hateful down to her shoes, Bella Hadid pushes Adidas sneaks from bloody ‘72 Olympics

The Parents Speak

Dvar Torah on Parashas Balak by Rabbi Menachem Feifer, Rav of Agudas Yisrael of Bayswater

Parents of hostage at RNC: October 7th was and remains an attack on Americans

A Step Back

The Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump

Searching for Mashiach

Halacha Study

RABBI HEBER: How I Learned to Make Each Kid Feel Special

Baby Born After Parents’ Halacha Study

Jewish politician leads prayer for Israeli hostages to end Republican convention’s first day

What Happened?

Even Before Setting Up WiFi in Their Home

What happened?: Making sense of the attempted assassination on Donald Trump

A Week of Goodness

For Hostages in Gaza, A Week of Goodness

Resilience

Hasidic Jew’s Composed Response to Antisemitic Harassment in NYC

חשיפה מרעישה: חלם על המלחמה לפרטי פרטים טרם ה-7 באוקטובר | המקובל הרב יוסף ביטון

The Opening Prayer

Rabbi Zvi Teichman on Parshas Chukas: Love and War

23 years later: Family of late rabbi returns 2 shekel to taxi driver

Arizona Shliach Delivers Opening Prayer in U.S. Congress

The Retina Specialist Who Couldn’t Believe What He Was Seeing

The Power of Tefilla

Listen: Stories4Life Shiur On Matzav.com: How Powerful Is My Tefila?

An Emotional Exchange

POWERFUL VIDEO: Rabbi Osher Weiss’s Emotional Exchange With Triple-Amputee Soldier

A Long Life

A Long Life or A Good Life: End-of-Life Care in Jewish Law

Self-Transcendence

Netanyahu’s red lines for ‘the deal’

Self-Actualization Versus Self-Transcendence: Lessons From a Fallen Friend

Professors of Life

Professors of Penn Station

PTSD

Waging War Against Antisemitism-Part I

PTSD, Stigma and the Israeli Army

Gaining Ground

Spirituality, faith gain ground in Israel 9 months after Hamas attack

Achdus

Rabbi Shmuel Silber - A Short Vort on Parshas Korach - Absolute Achdus

Disturbing footage

Parsha Perspectives

Rabbi Shmuel Silber - Parsha Perspectives: Earned Holiness (Korach)

Jewish Grandma's 13 Wise Lessons on Money and Life

Parshat Korach

Government has lost control of extremist and antisemitic elements

Korach and his company

Community Concerns

Columbia administrators mocked Jewish community concerns in private texts

Nearly 200 gravestones vandalized in two Jewish cemeteries in Ohio

Blowing the Whistle

Jewish prosecutors in blue city blow whistle on alleged antisemitism in DA's office

The Oldest Soldier

Ezra Yachin: Israel’s Oldest Reserve Soldier

Raising Awareness

Why This Chicago Man Is Raising Awareness about Gaza Hostages

A Myopic Outlook

A Chasam Sofer to treasure

Korach’s myopic outlook

Yes, We Can

Oklahoma Orders Every Teacher to Keep a Bible in Class and Teach from It

Internalizing the Message

Why wouldn’t Chezky go on any dates, and what does it have to do with the spies?

IsraellyCool reports about an FIU professor and the bias he exhibiited during a quiz.

The Debate

Debate Like a Mensch

What I Saw at a Terrorist Rally Outside a Synagogue

"30 Seconds with Reb Eli" Bava Basra Begins Thursday! JoinDafYomi.com

JONATHAN POLLARD ANNOUNCES: Disassociation from Itmar Ben Gvir over Torture of Amiram Ben Uliel

Being Proactive

Don’t Be Reactive – Be Proactive

Heightened Vulnerability

A Pro-Palestine Mob Attacks My Los Angeles Neighborhood

The Daily “Bitachon 4 Life” Burst of Inspiration on Matzav.com: Why Didn’t I Have a Yeshua Yet?

Holy Words

USC drops investigation against Jewish professor who told students 'Hamas are murderers' who 'should be killed'

Hostage Family to Trump: Biden is Preventing Israeli Victory | The Caroline Glick Show

This Short Prayer

The City of LA Needs to Show Up for Its Jews

Why Saying This Short Prayer Before Bed Lightens Your Psychic Load