Shabbat Shemot - Exodus 1-6 by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Throughout the Torah, God has been referred to anthropomorphically. God in human terms....

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Corruption is an evocative word. Its original usage in Latin was something spoiled or ruined, mainly comestibles...

Genesis 47:28 -50:26 - Favoritism by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen As we come to the end of the Book of Bereishit ( Genesis) we can look back and...

In the previous Halacha, we have explained that the Torah commands us that when one sees a fellow Jew in trouble, one must come to his...

Simchah Shel Mitzvah - Explaining why when Yaakov Avinu and Yoseph met only Yaakov Recited the Shema From HaGaon Rav Zevadia HaCohen...

by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen I only became aware of the controversy surrounding the New Year when I was in Israel as a young man and discovered...

Genesis 44:18-47:27 - Tues Jan 3rd Fast of Tevet Negotiations by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Is there a set formula for negotiations? We see two...

There is a disagreement among the Rishonim as to the order of lighting Shabbat and Chanukah candles on Erev Shabbat Chanukah. The Ba’al...

by Bill White Yesterday, the New York Times published a crossword puzzle, in which the black boxes produced the outline of a Swastika...