Op-ed by Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui: There used to be an old saying among pious Jews: “if you ever want to know the way God wants us to behave, see what everyone is doing and do the opposite.” • Full Article

Op-ed by Levi Liberow • Yiddishkeit is not a religion of ideas alone. Rather to create of this world a dira b’tachtonim  This transition from ideas to events and people can be seen in what is the pinnacle of Yiddishkeit – Moshiach. The concept of Moshiach begins as a sublime idea, but the Jewish concept of Moshiach clearly focuses on an era of Moshiach that is ushered in and led by a Moshiach-person • Full Article

Op-Ed by Levi Liberow: We have high-end and specialty restaurants both milchig and Fleishig, fine smoked meats, 24-hour and specialty coffee shops, and liquor-infused ice cream. These “new-age” dining options sit side-by-side with thriving traditional restaurants, bakeries and world-famous cholent-and-kugel places • Full Article

Op-ed by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon: We are coming from Yud-Daled Kislev, the 95th wedding anniversary of our Rebbe and Rebbetzen, and it is a fitting time to have an open and honest discussion on the recent trends in Simchas in general and weddings in particular • Full Article

5 Comments on the current situation in Eretz Yisrael by Rabbi Sholom Dovber Wolpo, author of “Daas Torah On The Situation In The Holy Land” and many other books • Full Article

Op-ed by Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui • Kislev is a special month for redemption, miracles, happiness, and light. We are now in an exceptional, uplifted time on the Chassidic calendar. The 19th/20th of Kislev is the Rosh Hashanah (start of a brand new cycle) for Chassidus. What does this mean to us personally as we live and breathe through these days? How does one practically take hold of this concept? • Full Article

Op-ed by Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui: It’s not my thing to write about politics, but this current situation, we all acknowledge, goes beyond politics. I believe it is a moral obligation for anyone and everyone to speak with clarity when the world is so twisted with hatred, deception, and gross hypocrisy. There are so many voices out there trying to strengthen the voice of clarity; I will add my own • Full Article

We are living in very edgy and stressful times. Unfortunately, this isn’t our first rodeo in this kind of ring. Our Holy Torah gives us many tools to deal with these times, and the most powerful one is strengthening our faith and trust in G-d • Full Article

Op-Ed by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, Cincinnati, Ohio • I would like to start by being open and honest: When I wrote a few months ago that I would stop writing public opinion pieces, I meant it. There is a time and place for everything and I felt that Shnas Hakhel was the time for it. Yet, with the war raging in Eretz Yisroel – and it being obvious that even “shnas Hakhel” was not able to accomplish the necessary achdus between the Shluchim  – I decided to write the following thoughts on this very sensitive subject • Full Article