by Ram ben Ze'ev The Tanya: The Soul Must Ascend or It Descends In Pirkei Avot  (1:13), we find a striking statement: "כל המרפה עצמו...

by Ram ben Ze'ev In מסכת שבת (Masekhet Shabbat) 89a, the sages record a striking scene between the heavenly angels and משה רבינו (Moshe...

The recent violence and inflammatory rhetoric targeting members of the Druze community in Syria is reprehensible and unacceptable.  The...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Happy Chag Ha’Atsmaut even if for some it is already over. There was much to celebrate. And now...

Lashon Hara! [The Power of the Tongue and Speech] From the Team at Halacha Yomit(translated by our dear friend Rav Daniel Levy Shlit”a,...

by Ram ben Ze'ev We Are Not a Religion — We Are a Nation The time has come to speak plainly. The Jewish people are not adherents of a...

by Ram ben Ze'ev The Marketplace of Evil: How Social Media Fuels the Yetzer Hara There was once a time—not long ago—when people thought...

The True Hero is One Who Vanquishes His Desires Our Sages teach us in Pirkei Avot (Chapter 4, Mishnah 1): “Who is a [true] hero? One who...

The United States of America, represented by the Office of the Legal Adviser of the Department of State, appeared this morning, April...