The custom of including the Ten Commandments as part of the Shema was once widespread, but from a certain point in time it was systematically opposed by the Sages. Why did they object to it?

Dr. Tzvi Novick points out in an insightful article in the Times of Israel (May 25,2023) entitled “Standing Under Sinai: On the Origins of a Coerced Covenant” that a famous rabbinical Midrash ...

There is a middle ground: humanity has unique creative power, but it is rooted in the ability to compare one fact to another.

PRAYER: God, as men depend on their earthly defensive forces, I will depend on your WORD, through which the thoughts and intents of the heart of the forces against me will be revealed. LORD, FIGHT ...

The move echoes a decades-old fight over religion in government, reigniting memories of Moore’s defiant stand in the early ...

Were it not for [King] David, who was engaged in Torah learning, Yoav would not have been successful in battle, and were it not for Yoav’s skills as a warrior, [King] David would not have been able ...

Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster reflects on Tu B'Shvat, the New Year for Trees, and its special ...

We are at a watershed moment, and we need to respond from courage, artfulness, and faith, – not from despair. It’s time to ...

Georgia lawmakers are considering House Bill 313 (HB 313), which would require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in three prominent locations.

White’s influence goes beyond efforts related to faith. She used her first stint in the White House as a political arm of the ...

Israeli rabbis have declared Trump a "divine emissary," linking his presidency to biblical prophecies in the dramatic letter ...

The Red Sea split, paving an improbable path. Water became walls on either side, towering and still. As Pharaoh’s chariots ...