Ruth Yael
Posted by Rabbi Brant Rosen From that week’s Torah portion, Ki Tavo: “Cursed is he that removes his neighbor’s landmark.” (Deuteronomy 27:17) This curse forms the basis of the commandment known as Hasagat G’vul, (literally,...
“It’s an afront and a wrong thing to do to do everyone,” Rabbi Rubin. “It’s not just one religion, and we hope that folks will take that to heart and be more sensitive and know that you throw a match, you never know what...
At what age does God consider a child to be responsible for his/her own soul and not the parents? That is an critical question. A young boy begins his accountability at thirteen, while a young girl begins at twelve. However, according to most authorities,...
The Israeli website Ynet reports that a protest by Fatah supporters against Hamas rule turned violent Friday when Hamas men began forcefully dispersing the crowd, firing in the air, and beating demonstrators and reporters. Three citizens were wounded,...
The American Jewish Congress called on President Bush to nominate a nonpartisan attorney general. “To restore faith in our system of laws, we therefore call on President Bush to appoint a person of the highest caliber to this important post,...
A former senior U.S. official says Israel warned the Bush administration in the lead-up to the Iraq war that Iran posed a greater threat. “The Israelis were telling us Iraq is not the enemy — Iran is the enemy,” Lawrence Wilkerson,...
Charles Vanik, a former U.S. congressman who co-authored a historic law designed to pressure the former Soviet Union into allowing freer emigration of Jews and other dissidents, died Thursday. He was 94 and living in Jupiter, Fla. Vanik, an Ohio Democrat,...
WTKM 104.9 out of Hartford, Wisconsin, is my kind of station. Polka first. Polka second. And soon after everything else. And that everything happens to include Jewish Waves, a weekly radio show hosted by Marge Eiseman and Andy Muchin. Jewish Waves provides...
What is the proper sequence and why for Friday night Shabbat? Candle lighting, Wine blessing, challah blessing, father’s blessing of his children… additionally, is there a blessing by the husband for his wife? whether yes, what is it? I will...
