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What Does OTD (“Off The Derech”) Mean?
Chabad, And New Beginnings
Shavuos
Tzedakah: Justice, Not Performance
by Ram ben Ze’ev Tzedakah: Justice, Not Performance There is a profound difference between what the world calls “charity” and what the Torah calls צדקה (tzedakah – righteousness, justice). The difference is not semantic; it is foundational. One is rooted in ego. The other in truth. The nations speak of charity as an act of kindness. It is optional, generous, even admirable. A person gives because he chooses to give, because he feels compassion, or, increasingly in our age, because he wishes...
Bitachon
The Problem with the Term “Orthodox” in Judaism
by Ram ben Ze'ev The Problem with the Term “Orthodox” in Judaism The term “Orthodox,” so commonly used today to describe traditional Jews, is not a Hebrew word and does not originate from Jewish sources. Rather, it comes from the Ancient Greek word orthodoxos , meaning “correct belief” or “right opinion.” The word itself is formed from two Greek roots: orthos , meaning “straight,” “right,” or “true,” and doxa , meaning “opinion,” “belief,” or “praise.” From a Jewish standpoint, this already...
When Do We Begin Counting The Omer This Year?
G-D Is Not a “Jewish Word” — And That Is Precisely the Point
Eshes Chayil
Shabbat BaMidbar
Bamidbar Chapter 1- 4:20 - What is a Tachash? by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Rabbi Jeremy Rosen The Bible is the most amazing of documents on so...
A Holiday Greeting Is Not Always a Blessing
Sons of Noa(c)h
by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Anyone studying the Talmud in depth knows that one enters a very special but complicated world...
Chabad After the Rebbe: Growth at the Cost of Vision?
Parashat Balak
Understanding the power of the Mouth and Hashem’s Protection of His People, as well as exploring Bilam and other like-minded haters of...
Neturei Karta
by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen At demonstrations against Israel in New York, marching with our enemies (as they do at Israel parades) was a small...
Parashat Vayishlach
Talking Spiritual but Hugging Money A ma’amar from HaRav Yaakov Sasson Shlit”a, Maran’s zt”l grandson (translated by our dear friend Rav...
Rain in the Sukkah
There are certain places, such as New York, where it commonly rains during the holiday of Sukkot. Even in Israel, it has happened in the...
Combating Jew Hatred Through Non-Attention
Synagogue or Temple
by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen This month of August is the season of traveling, going on vacation. The very idea resonates with our wandering in...
Hear O Israel, the L-RD is Our G-D, the L-RD is One
Ambassador Hussain’s Travel to Israel and Judea and Samaria
U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain traveled to Israel and Judea and Samaria, Israel on April...
Passover or Passout?
by Rabbi Jeremy Rosen Moses had trouble understanding Rebbi Akivah who lived about a thousand years later (according to the Talmud). How...
The Story of Yehudit
Let us now briefly recount the story of Yehudit (which is mentioned in the poems of the Rishonim for Shabbat Chanukah): Several years...
Just an Ordinary Day in Jerusalem
by Daniel Pinner The car needs its M.O.T., and the most convenient place to get it done is in Jerusalem. 45 minutes there, 45 minutes,...
Louis Jacobs
The Rebbe and Sociology
False Messiahs
“Unscrupulous Pattern of Dishonesty” at 8 Charities Used to Launder Proceeds of Crime
Individuals disqualified following regulator’s inquiry into Chabad UK and 7 linked charities Chabad UK is a separate charity to Chabad...