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Parshat Mattot begins with the verses (Bamidbar 30:2-3), “And Moshe spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Yisra᾽el, saying, “This is the matter which the Lord has commanded. If a man ...

If you are a Likud voter, do not miss the chance to vote in the primaries and don't wait till election day to have your voice heard. Here's why. Op-ed.

Each week The Arty Semite connects the Torah reading — however tenuously — with a classic work of rock and roll. This week’s parsha, Mattot, opens with laws on vows and how to annul them. The central ...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

Our Guest this week is Rabbi Elisha Friedman, leader of the Kesher Israel congregation in Harrisburg, PA. Rabbi Friedman, the son of a Rabbi, is a graduate of Yeshiva University’s (YU) Rabbi Isaac ...

Program Council is packing its schedule with concerts as the spring semester winds down, and this Saturday you can see Jay J Mattot and the Arctic at Club 156. The local indie/folk rock foursome plays ...

Mattot-Massei “You shall provide yourselves with places to serve you as cities of refuge to which a manslayer who has killed a person unintentionally may flee” Numbers 35:11 ...

Twenty years ago the physician and Zen Master, Jon Kabat-Zinn, wrote a book he called “Where Ever You Go There You Are.” The book’s title has stayed with me and it has helped me to focus not only on ...

“The children of Reuben and the children of Gad possessed much cattle, and they saw the land of Ya’zer and the land of Gilead, and behold, it was a land for pasture…. And they said [to Moshe]: ‘If we ...