I have been accused of using “big words” in my writing. My defence is: look to your phone, google it, learn the word. Second, ...
On St. Stephen’s Day, observed on the third day of Christmas, the Orthodox Church commemorates the first Christian martyr, ...
The Flip: Use Pikuach Nefesh (saving a life). Halakha is clear: the sanctity of life supersedes almost every other commandment, including the Sabbath. Carrying for protection isn’t an “indignity”—it’s ...
The Levites were the officers responsible for the fulfillment of the commandments of war. From here we learn that yeshiva ...
And this leads to a surprising truth: the relationship we rarely found in life is now emerging in a new form. My Kaddish ...
The real principles are often found in the stories, and they help us to understand how to read texts that are often ...
The message of Christmas is joy to the world. The first Christmas heralded the birth of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.
Your old columnist finds it hard to see the why of resistance to Jewish believers in our beloved USofA. Southwest Nebraska has only a small Jewish population, a reflection of settlement patterns ...
St. Nicodemus was a secret disciple of Jesus. As a member of the Sanhedrin, he would meet Jesus by night so that the others would not see him with Jesus. Eventually, it was Nicodemus who reminded the ...
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This is my message to President Yoweri Museveni, to Mrs. Janet Museveni, to their political, military and other armed subordinates. This is my message to the opposition politicians and to all people ...
In most churches, the decorations are red to symbolize the blood of martyrdom. Some churches remove all decorations on Good Friday, veiling anything that can’t be removed in black or purple. Holy ...
The Feast of Stephen occurs each year on December 26. The feast day may be familiar; it is mentioned in the carol “Good King ...