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Contrasting the Educational Paths of Torah Study and Secular Learning
In a world often obsessed with outcomes and measurable results, the concept of learning for its own sake can seem almost foreign…
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Are Women Obligated in Birkat Hamazon?
A remarkable element of Jewish life is how in our everyday acts we are offered the opportunity to connect to Hashem and show gratitude for what He has blessed us with. An expression of this is in the commandment to thank Hashem both before and after we eat. The mitzvah of birkat hamazon (the after…
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Bal Tashchit & Going Green: A Torah Perspective
A story is told of the young Rav Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch, out walking one day alongside his father…
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Losing Myself in the Crowd: My Arduous Journey Towards Orthodox Judaism
Who am I? Why am I here? These were the questions I kept asking myself throughout my religious journey, and I am still attempting to answer them to this day. For a Baal Teshuva, the journey towards Judaism can be long and hazardous. I would like to share my journey of coming closer to Judaism,
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Do Women Need to Invest the Same Effort as Men into Finding Their Soulmates?
Family life lies at the heart of our Torah world…
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Untangling the Myths on Tumah and Tahara
When a woman becomes niddah through the natural processes of her body, she becomes tamei through no fault of her own…
