Months 355 articles

Besides the siege of Yerushalayim, two other events occurred in Tevet – the translation of the Torah into Greek and the death of Ezra HaSofer. Why do we fast for Ezra...

  Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event

Never underestimate an ordinary day (or month) or an ordinary act. Sivan Rahav-Meir discusses her journey to Torah Judaism, the lessons she learned along the way, and how that applies to the...

What does the name MarCheshvan mean? What can we learn from a month with no red-letter days, especially in contrast to the previous month, Tishrei? Taking the growth of Tishrei and...

Julie Levi tells her personal story about living with clinical depression and how to find the sweetness in the bitter and in ordinary everyday life. Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh...

All disagreements in life result from poorly-defined expectations. The Chofetz Chaim discusses faith within halacha in the context of partnerships with non-Jews and Shabbos.  His discussion of the importance of Torah...

How do we prepare for Selichot? Do we lose any sleep over our sins as we approach Rosh Hashana, the Day of Judgement? Selichot are meant to wake us up. to...

According to the Levush Selichot are modeled after davening, we begin with Pesukei D’Zimra, then kaddish, then the thirteen middot and selichot (which parallel the amida), followed by Tachanun and full...

Many of the Maharal’s writings focus on the distinction between the world as it should be and the world as it is. The difference between חומר and צורה parallels the difference between...

As cognitively active beings, Man must make sense of his environment and if concepts cannot be grasped or things don’t add up, tension and frustration ensues.  For some, the challenge of...