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This week’s Haftorah is read from Yishayohu and is the fourth of the שבע דנחמתא. The Haftorah starts with Hashem telling us that He is our Comforter. Hashem then continues by urging us over and over ...

Rosh Chodesh Elul has arrived, and our minds are already focused on how to achieve a victorious judgment on Rosh Hashanah. A Midrash from the Book of Devarim and parshas Shoftim gives insight on how ...

One of the many fascinating Mitzvos in this week’s Sedra centers on fruit trees and the requirements of war. We are told that when Klal-Yisroel, over the course of laying siege to an enemy city, will ...

The flydubai attack was a failure before it was a plot ...

7:26 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Sabbath Ends: 8:26 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Sabbath Ends, Rabbenu Tam: 8:55 p.m. E.D.T. Earliest time for Tallis and Tefillin: 5:19 a.m. NYC E.D.T ...