Rabbi Aaron I. Reichel, Esq., is a New York attorney who has written many articles on secular and Jewish topics, and has written, edited, and/or supplemented various biographies, most notably of Rabbi ...

Abulafia describes the initial encounter with prophetic awareness and how it impacts the recipient. The “use” that can be made of prophecy is highly contingent upon the preparation and training of the ...

A panic attack is the mind’s equivalent of a false alarm. Nothing is wrong—but your body is convinced everything is wrong. Once the system switches into emergency mode, logic becomes useless. You ...

We have another example of this phenomenon in recent times. We called the Gadol HaDor by the title Reb, namely, Reb Moshe Feinstein, zt”l, zy”a. The man who himself gave smicha (rabbinic ordination) ...

Chizuk can be translated as strength or encouragement. But it’s not about pushing harder or “being strong” in the way we usually think about it. Chizuk is the kind of strength that comes from being ...

The Jewish Press joins Klal Yisrael in mourning the death of Rabbi Julius Berman, for more than half a century a foremost leader in its emergence as a force on the American scene. A gifted lawyer and ...

Sandy Koufax turned 90 years old two days before 2025 ended. Sandy looked absolutely dandy on his birthday. On December 30, he wore a beautiful blue suit, matching blue tie with decorative circles and ...

Saul Jay Singer serves as senior legal ethics counsel with the District of Columbia Bar and is a collector of extraordinary original Judaica documents and letters. He welcomes comments at at sauljsing ...