by Elisheva A Covenant, Klal Yisroel & The Mixed Multitude A piece of paper full of thoughts. A covenant, a land, and a people: a complicated story and a journey full of obstacles. HaShem took us out of Mitzrayim, led by Moshe in challenging times. The many times Pharaoh changed his mind and hardened his heart. It took ten plagues for Pharaoh to relent, to let the Jewish people finally go. After they collected the gold, packed up, the dough not even risen, with the bones of Y

by Ram ben Ze’ev Dilution Without Delivery: When Compensation Becomes a Shareholder Tax The reinstatement of Elon Musk’s 2018 compensation package by the Delaware Supreme Court has been widely framed as a victory for performance-based pay. That framing obscures the real issue. The question is not Musk’s personal wealth, nor the speculative figures attached to it, but the concrete cost imposed on Tesla and, by extension, on its existing shareholders. At its core, the 2018 pack

by Ram ben Ze’ev When Words Are Corrupted, Meaning Is Lost Language is not a cosmetic choice in Judaism. Language is the vessel of truth. The Torah does not merely describe reality; it creates it. G-D spoke, and the world came into being. When we alter the words, we alter the world they shape. Today, our message is in crisis, not because Jews have forgotten how to speak, but because we have grown careless about what  we speak. Even within Jewish publishing houses, educational

by Ram ben Ze’ev Hanukkhia I have written at length about assimilation within the Jewish Community, both within Israel and throughout the Diaspora. Language is never neutral. Accents, borrowed phrases, and careless substitutions are the first steps a person takes when trying to blend in, to avoid standing out, to be accepted. This subject has reared its head again because we are in the midst of Hanukkah. As we celebrate the festival and light a growing number of candles each

by Ram ben Ze’ev A Dangerous Retreat: Why Reclassifying Cannabis Is a Profound Mistake Yesterday, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order directing the United States Attorney General to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under federal law, placing it in the same regulatory category as drugs such as Tylenol with codeine. As a lifelong Republican, a committed GOP voter, and someone who proudly supported President Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024, I write this w

Taking an appropriate stand when things are wrong in our families, and ensuring our children attend school that educate Torah values (From the teachings of Maran Rabbeinu Ovadia Yosef ztvk”l)(written by his grandson HaRav Yaakov Sasson Shlit”a) (translated by our dear friend Rav Daniel Levy Shlit”a, Leeds United Kingdom) Parashat Miketz – Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah It the Haphtarah of Shabbat Chanukah we will read, “The He showed me Yehoshua, the Cohen Gadol, standing befo

by Elisheva Image: Chabad.org Chassidim is one of the great success stories in world history of religious movements. When the Baal Shem Tov died in 1760, there were no more than twenty to thirty followers linked to and who could claim his legacy. All of his followers were within the far south-eastern corner of Poland, near the borders of Russia. There is little knowledge of any influence of the Baal Shem Tov beyond his followers and his hometown, Miedzybozh. Half a century la

by Ram ben Ze’ev When Light Is Targeted We are confronted once again with a moment that defies words and yet demands them. The Jewish Community has gathered, as we are commanded, in public, with dignity and courage, to praise G-D and to bring light into a world that too often prefers darkness. At a Hanukkah gathering in Bondi Beach, Australia, where families and communal leaders assembled to light the first night’s candle, that light was targeted. Reports speak of murder and

by Ram ben Ze'ev Hanukkah: Lighting Truth in a World That Forgets Light As we prepare once again to enter the days of Hanukkah, beginning on כ״ה כסלו (25 Kislev) — this year commencing at sundown on Sunday, 14 December 2025 — we are not merely approaching a festival of memory, but a living commandment: to kindle light, night by night, for eight days, and to bring light into the world as our mandate by G-D. Hanukkah is the time when we, the Jewish people, actively fulfil our r