Despite sincere efforts to improve their circumstances, factors beyond their control have caused the family's financial ...

The 13th of Cheshvan is the yahrzeit of Chacham Chaim Noach Effendi (1873-1960), the last Chacham Bashi of the Ottoman Empire and Chief Rabbi of Egypt. Born in Turkey, descended from Spanish exiles, ...

The sixteenth of Shevat is the yahrzeit of Rav Sholom Mordechai HaKohen Schwadron (1835-1911), also known as the Maharsham or the Brezhaner Rov (not to be confused with his grandson of the same name, ...

Rabbi Chaim Iram, the rabbi of the town of Elazar, has published an article for local residents responding to the recently ...

(JTA) — A pair of pants coming up for auction are being described as “holy” — and not just because they’re a little torn. Rather, the pants once belonged to the late Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, an Israeli ...

The Boy Who Loved Torah is the story of the legendary Gadol HaDor Rav Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l, from his childhood in Pinsk, Poland to his modest kingdom in Bnei Brak where he reigned ...

Watch: Israeli educator Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Lison recounts his journey battling a terrible illness while remaining dedicated ...

A beautiful letter I recently sold sheds light on the extensive shadar (emissary) network that supported the institutions in the holy land in the Ottoman Era. Written in 1895 by the Chief Rabbi of ...

When people talk about life-changing moments, they usually mean something dramatic: a wedding, a birth, a diagnosis, etc. The kind of moment that shakes your life awake. I am the Lord your God. Don’t ...

It’s not just a day on the calendar, it’s the day that both the First and Second Holy Temples in Jerusalem were destroyed — a day that came to represent all the heartbreak and displacement our people ...