While everyone makes mistakes, a leader whose decisions stem from rashness and haste can spell disaster for his people – and ...

Indeed, the Torah requires redeeming the firstborn son (bechor), and also entitles him to a double portion in his father’s estate, but not in his mother’s, replied Rabbi Dayan (Y.D. 305:1; C.M. 27 ...

"All Jews are responsible for one another," said Baruch, adding that since October 7 it was important to remember that "We ...

including the death of first-born children. Finally it recounts the 'Exodus' - how Moses led the Jewish people out of Egypt, their pursuit by Pharaoh's army across the desert, and the parting of ...

In gratitude, the sages decreed that the Jewish firstborn at that time be named Alexander, which remains a Jewish name to this day. Catherine II of Russia created the Pale of Settlement ...