Reading the Megillah from the Perspective of the Rambam’s...
The Real Story of Purim
The Purim story is the last time when all the Jews lived under one empire. Normally when there is a war against one enemy we celebrate victory on one day, if...
Purim Katan: Emunah & Simcha
Two Purims? A Deeper Look at the Jewish Calendar
The Rambam defines the mitzvah of kiddush hachodesh as sanctifying the month and intercalating the months to ensure that Pesach will always fall in the Spring. Hashem wants us to be...
Tu B’Shevat, Tu B’Av, and Creation
Bnei Yissaschar: There is a machloket when the world was created in Nisan (beginning with 25th of Adar) or in Tishrei (beginning with 25th of Elul). Tu B’Shevat is 40 days...
The Mystical Meaning of Tu B’Shevat
Vessels for the Light
Why do we commemorate the re-inauguration of the Second Beit HaMikdash and the dedication of the Mishkan but not the original dedication of the Beit HaMikdash in the time of Shlomo?...
Light Up the Legs
Why does the Gemara use the term “עד שתכלה רגל מן השוק” – specifically the leg to describe the time for lighting the menorah? What is the connection to the Regalim?...
Reason, Faith and Creativity
Yavan is referred to as חושך darkness because of the decree of “כתבו לכם על קרן השור אין לכם חלק באלוקי ישראל”. Why is that specifically darkness? ופרצו חומות מגדלי: The...
Maalin B’Kodesh v’Ein Moridin
Insights into lighting the Chanukah menorah according to the practices of Beis Hillel and Beis Shammai. The relationship between Chanukah and Succos.
Discover More
- Asarah B'Tevet
- Birchat HaChama
- Chanukah
- Elul
- Fast of Esther
- Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz
- Fast of Tisha B'Av
- Four Shabbatot
- Hoshanah Rabbah
- Lag BaOmer
- Months
- Passover
- Pesach Sheini
- Purim
- Rosh Hashanah
- Sefirat HaOmer
- Shabbat
- Shavuot
- Shemini Atzeret
- Shushan Purim
- Simchat Torah
- Sukkot
- The Three Weeks
- Tu B'Av
- Tu B'Shevat
- Tzom Gedaliah
- Yom HaAtzmaut
- Yom HaShoah
- Yom Hazikaron
- Yom Kippur
- Yom Yerushalayim
Subscribe To The OU’s Shabbat Shalom Weekly Newsletter
Weekly email newsletter filled with articles, Divrei Torah, upcoming events and more! Sign up today.