Our guest this week is Rabbi Dovid Gutnick of the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation in Melbourne, Australia. Rabbi Gutnick studied at Yeshivah College in Melbourne before attending the Rabbinical ...

With approximately half of American marriages ending in divorce, the social crisis unfolding within the institution of the American family concerned me deeply as a congregational rabbi during the ...

Our society functions by a system of rules. Laws allow for order, structure; this is the way things are done. With good intention, rules are meant to serve a purpose. Similarly, our religious society ...

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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

Parshat Ki Tetze contains the perplexing law of the “ben sorer umoreh,” the rebellious son who is put to death for having started down a path of gluttony and defiance [Deuteronomy 21:18-21]. The law, ...

7:22. NYC E.D.T. Sabbath Ends: 8:22 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Sabbath Ends: Rabbenu Tam 8:51 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Earliest time for Tallis and Tefillin: 5:22 a.m. NYC E.D.T. Sunrise ...