Is Donald Trump a "Second Cyrus"?

Rabbeinu Tam and Count Henry I of Champagne (and Countess Marie)

Haftarah Bereishis: Israel will survive (Al Aqsa) Floods and even the fires of internal strife

Parshas Bereishis: The world was created for a UNITED Klal Yisroel

The Strage history of Hoshanah Rabbah in the Temple: The Willow vs. the Palm Frond ( הַלּוּלָב שֶׁנִּפְרְדוּ עָלָיו)

The Chasam Sofer, the Yad haMelech and the "Overused" Esrog - Haredi vs. Maskilic notions of aesthetics

נִעֲנוּעִים: The ritual of lulav-waving and its contemporary relevance in the year 5786 (2025)

Sukkos 2025: What's with the strange ritual of פָּרֵי הַחַג?

Today is the (English) anniversary of the Yom Kippur War of 1973, another conflict in which Israel was surprise-attacked

The Four Minim and the Wars of Sichon and Og: A Different take on the אַרְבָּעָה מִינִים

A Different Understanding of the Holiday of Sukkos

Sukkos: The Symbolism of the sukkah under a tree

The Lishkas HaParvah in the Avodah of Yom Kippur- Who was הַפַּרְוָה? Why does the High Priest purify himself there?

The Pros and Cons of Publicly Confessing Your Sins to the Rest of the Congregation

Yonah: Compare and contrast with Akeidas Yitzchok

Late Antiquity in Eretz Yisroel (300-600 C.E.): The Early History of the Yom Kippur Liturgy

Haftarah Ha'azinu: Victory Middle Eastern Style

Parshas Ha'azinu:זְכֹר יְמוֹת עוֹלָם, אֲבָל בִּינוּ שְׁנוֹת דּוֹר וָדוֹר

Rabbi Katz's Shabbos Shuvah Drashah: Primordial or Mosaic?

Haftarah Shabbos Shuvah: ?" "שׁוּבָה עַד?" אוֹ "שׁוּבָה אֶל