Rabbi Shimon Ben Lakish, known as Reish Lakish, was a 3rd-century Amora who lived in the town of Sepphoris. He is primarily remembered for two things: his rather insalubrious youth, during which he worked as a thief and a gladiator, and h...
Environmental issues are an ever urgent and global phenomenon. The world population has already reached 7.7 billion, and The United Nations estimates it will increase to 11.8 billion by the year 2100. All these people will need somewhere ...
To our Sages, the Amidah was prayer. When they referred to T’filah, they inevitably meant the Amidah. In fact no other part of our liturgy is prayer in the same way. The Shema and its blessings are recitations from the Torah, as are mos...
