Q and A

The cemetery is the resting place of the righteous, and prayers offered there are more readily accepted.

This year's most popular Jewish names for first graders in Israel are in! Just in time for the 2026-2027 school year, Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority has published a list of the most common names among the country’s first-grade students. So,...

The Talmud discusses this question quite extensively.

Although the Torah's laws of damages existed long before computers, they provide categories and insight through which the laws and ethics of new technologies can be analyzed.

Our role is not to become our children's flame. It is to help ignite theirs by providing a positive example for them to emulate.

Can produce grown without direct connection to the earth still be called pri ha’adamah—“fruit of the ground”?

Tzedakah is not merely an act of kindness; it is a Divine commandment and a cornerstone of Jewish life. Why, then, did the Sages not institute a blessing before its performance?

Dear Rabbi, I feel like a hypocrite living a double life. On weekends, I’m in shul, I do Shabbos, I’m connected to the Torah-observant community, trying to do the right thing. But during the week, my friends and family aren’t involved at all, and I fit ri...

Tracing the origins of a subtle liturgical divide.

Jewish law is not just technical. It is sensitive to the human reality.