The Bar MitzvahThe Bar Mitzvah Halachos, minhagim, sources, and explanations With all the excitement and fanfare that surrounds a boy's bar mitzvah, it's easy to lose focus of what exactly we are celebrating. The general concept of a bar mitzvah is well known: when a Jewish boy halachically becomes a man, thereby becoming obligated in the mitzvos. But what actually occurs on the day one becomes a bar mitzvah, and on a practical level, what is a boy supposed to do at

The commentary is suffused with explanations and anecdotes that reveal the lessons we are to take away from the Seder night

It's slow work bringing the Lodzers back together

little Miri and her brother Moshe use their toys and their imagination to "make believe" they are doing the same mitzvos that grownups do

and a lesson in

Unbreakable

she depicts the horrendous aftereffects suffered by victims of terror

to-understand English adaptation of Sefer Sfas Tamim that sticks as closely as

who was born and lived in Yerushalayim

HA’AR HAGILGULIM IS the eighth gate

סיפוריו ומליצותיו של גאון ישראל רבי יוסף משאש זצוק"ל על חודש ניסן והגדה של פסח

So close…and yet so far

wealthy Dietrich Eberhart who will put the plan in motion