Mitzvah

What honoring our parents teaches us about faith, logic, and Judaism

The mitzvah of honoring one's parents is not a narrow religious demand but a foundational moral duty.

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JOSEPH’S TOMB in Nablus.

Parashat Beshalach: The joy of ‘mitzvot’

FATHER OF Ahmed el Ahmed, who tackled one of the gunmen in a deadly mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, attends the 'Light Over Darkness' vigil honouring victims and survivors of the shooting incident in Sydney, Australia, December 21, 2025.

Sydney lights Hanukkah candles in honor of Bondi victims, introduces 'mitzvah' campaign

Rabbi Shmuel Raskin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Budapest becomes unexpected haven for Israelis as post–Oct. 7 migration surges


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.

Parashat Tetzaveh: The deeper meaning of mitzvah

We know the word. But just because we know what it is called doesn’t always mean we know, more deeply, what it is. There are worlds to unpack in that familiar term.

 Mizrahi Jewish boy celebrates bar mitzvah in Israel

We need to preserve the beauty of Shmita - opinion

The concept of shmita is introduced in the Torah, where we are told to let the land lie fallow every seventh year.

 ‘SHMITA’ INVITES us to pause, to take a deep breath, to rest, to reflect and to reconsider where we are going.

In Jewish law, are commandments about intent or performance?

What is the relationship between a result-oriented attitude to mitzvot and a process-focused outlook on religious observance?

 HAS THE Torah reader fulfilled the Shema requirement even without intent?

Infusing theological meaning into the gender gap

What is the reason for the gender gap in mitzvot for women? Is it women's innate spirituality, or the Jewish woman’s central role as wife and mother?

A FREQUENT explanation as to women’s exemption? The time restraints of childcare