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What Makes Birds Kosher?
While the Torah gives us signs to recognize Kosher animals and fish, the Torah doesn't list any signs of Kosher birds. What signs then make a bird Ko…
1 year, 2 months ago
Standing up to the Soviets - Reb Levik Schneerson
The Soviet Union moved quickly to almost entirely stamp out Judaism across the massive country within a decade of coming to power. By the 1930's virt…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Burning of the Talmud
In 1240, the Talmud was put on trial in Paris for blasphemy where it was convicted of being burned. On June 17, 1242, 24 wagon loads with more than 1…
1 year, 2 months ago
Why are there so many different versions of the prayers?
When praying in different synagogues, one would notice that there are considerable variations between the prayers and prayer books (siddurim) in diff…
1 year, 2 months ago
Rising From the Ashes: The Struggle to Build the Second Temple
Just a few decades after the destruction of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, Emperor Cyrus of Persia gave the Jews permission to return to Jerusalem an…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Cantonists - The Czar's Jewish Soldiers
One of the most horrific episodes of jewish history began in 1827, when Czar Nicholas of Russia decreed that Jewish communities supply boys for his a…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Jewish Underground in the Soviet Union
For more than 70 years, the Soviet Union outlawed most Jewish practice in the Soviet Union. Yet throughout that time, a vibrant Jewish Underground ex…
1 year, 3 months ago
Visiting the Ohel
The Ohel, the burial place of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson in Queens NY is the most widely visited Jewish shrine in the United States.…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Prophet Samuel
One of the most consequential early leaders of Israel was the prophet Samuel. He succeeded in uniting Israel under his leadership and ending the fede…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Non-Jew in the Kosher Kitchen
Jewish law has a number of rules limiting the involvement of non-Jews in the kosher kitchen, including limits on cooking, baking, milking and making …
1 year, 4 months ago