Ramban

Rabbi Benjamin Segal on the 'Book of Lamentations'

There are always those who believe that they can explain tragedy and encompass it in some positive overview.

 LISTENING TO a reading of‘ Lamentations’ in Jerusalem’s Old City, Tisha B’Av eve.
 Ultra Orthodox Jews walking next to a Pashkevil on the IDF draft law in the ultra orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, in Jerusalem, March 15, 2024.

What Rambam can teach us about the draft law crisis - opinion

 TORAH DEALS only with the ‘why’: US Army chaplain examines one of hundreds of Torah scrolls stolen from all over Europe by Nazi forces, in Frankfurt, Germany, 1945.

Parashat Bo: Living a ‘miracle’

 Marilyn Ofer, Eyal Ofer and Olivia Ofer outside the Eyal Ofer Heart Hospital

The Rambam Summit 2022


Teen swallows needle, life saved after simple procedure

After accidentally swallowing a needle, the 14-year-old underwent a life-saving procedure.

 A needle got stuck inside a 14-year-old teen and was safely extracted.

Recently discovered 13th-century prayer by Ramban goes online

A recently uncovered prayer by the 13th-century Spanish rabbi, kabbalist and renowned author of commentaries on the Bible and the Talmud has been translated into english and published online.

Jeremiah Dead Sea Scroll

Why Friday the 13th is a lucky day for Jews

There's a list of reasons but don’t forget the 13 attributes of God laid out in Exodus to explain why God forgave us for that whole golden calf episode.

Citadel of David, Full Moon 311

Maimonides and his perplexing Guide of the Perplexed

His magnum opus, the Guide of the Perplexed, remains the most influential attempt to reconcile Judaism’s sacred texts with scientific truths.

The Rambam

Parashat bo: Living miraculously

We can now grasp why the laws of nature can be defined as miraculous.

THE EIGHTH Plague of Locusts is depicted in this illustration from the 1890 Holman Bible