Mitzvah

Parashat Chayei Sarah: The healing power of speech

Every person can act like the sun, spreading warmth and light and bringing healing to those around them. A welcoming countenance, a small smile, and genuine empathy can have amazing healing power.

Every person can act like the sun.
Rabbi Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi delivers a torah lesson at Ateret Yisrael Yeshiva in Jerusalem, November 19, 2019.

Are there other lessons from October 7? - opinion

FIREFIGHTERS AND Palestinians extinguish a fire in agricultural fields near the town of Huwara in the West Bank, after an alleged attack by Israeli settlers.

Jews must stop letting this one mitzvah fuel fanaticism - opinion

Rabbi Simcha Hakohen Kook seen during a visit at King David's tomb, on Mt Zion in Jerusalem. The site is viewed as the burial place of David, King of Israel, according to a tradition beginning in the 12th century. May 01, 2014.

Beyond the Headlines: And you lifted us up - opinion


When in Rome, do as a Jew would do - opinion

Resolve to do just one good deed – one action to bring light into the world.

 A depiction of the Roman triumph celebrating the conquest of Jerusalem on the Arch of Titus in Rome, featuring the menorah and other items taken from the Second Temple.

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The necessity of owning our observance and putting passion into it - opinion

It is our responsibility to take ownership of our mitzvot and religious experience. We must find meaning and relevance within the mitzvot we perform,

 AN IDF soldier prays near Kibbutz Be’eri, close to the Gaza border, earlier in the war.

Sukkah etiquette: Respecting the Mitzvah space


Traveling abroad to visit graves of Jews who died overseas

What makes a trip even more exhilarating is the opportunity not only to see a new part of the world but also to perform a mitzvah (commandment or good deed) at the same time.

 THE GROUP after a Jewish Star replaced a cross at the grave.

Your greatest opportunity is precisely during a crisis


The halachic angle: Boycotting Angel Bakery


On the brink of a rift in the nation: Rabbi Pinto calls for the strengthening of Torah study


Alabama man secretly paid strangers' pharmacy bills, and took that secret to his grave

Through the years, his payments amounted to thousands of dollars. However, he had still confided in his favorite local pharmacist before passing.

A pharmacy worker shows pills of hydroxychloroquine used to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the CHR Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle Hospital in Liege, Belgium, April 22, 2020.

The soldier, the barber and the tefillin: a Facebook debate

A simple interaction between two individuals turned a Facebook post into a heated debate.

 A FATHER teaches his son how to wear tefillin.