The ritual may seem irrational, but it's actually an example of Judaism at its best because it invites us to reenact the past ...

Mel Indyk, left, and Rabbi Chaim Block read through one of two Torah scrolls at Chabad Lubavitch of San Antonio on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Chabad Lubavitch is to receive a third Torah scroll.

Take, for example, the “Sotah ritual,” a test the Torah outlines for women accused of adultery. They are supposed to drink an inky liquid, and if their stomach distends, they are found guilty ...

In his Mishneh Torah (Laws of Repentance 10:2) he states: ... And how should we explain the specific reward for the mitzvah of tzedakah that the Torah outlines, ...

It is in Genesis 27 that Isaac is preparing to pass the torch of Jewish leadership to his son, Esau — who, as the Torah makes clear, is entirely unfit for the role. His twin brother, Jacob ...

A new enlistment outline agreed to Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Yuli Edelstein will reportedly delay several key sanctions on draft dodgers to which the ultra-Orthodox ...

In the second half of Parshat Emor, the Torah outlines the Holidays that mark the Jewish calendar. In the midst of this outline, the Torah describes the period in which we currently find ourselves ...

The Torah was given in the wilderness, in a swirl of smoke and fire. According to a midrash , God chose to give the Torah in the middle of nowhere precisely so that no landowner or sovereign could ...

A Long Island firefighter ran into a burning Chabad to save a sacred Sefer Torah from the flames on Wednesday -- as members of the local Jewish community raced to the scene in prayer.

The Talmud (Pesachim 109a) teaches that there is no true celebration without meat and wine (apologies to my vegetarian friends). In Leviticus Chapter 23, the Torah outlines the various Festivals ...