Long before cantors were household names in America, they were hidden treasures in the Hasidic heartlands of Europe. From its ...

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef seems to connect lapses in Torah learning to the death of five Israeli soldiers in Gaza. But how could anyone know such a thing?The post An untenable ...

Rabbi Raphael Isaiah Azulai, a name less known than that of his illustrious father, nonetheless carved out a life of Torah and leadership. Born in Jerusalem around the year 1743, he was the Chida’s ...

After Mr. Ploni finished telling his story, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef said, Now I know why I smell Gan Eden on you. The neshamos you buried are clinging to you.

Yitzhak Yosef condoled the families of the five soldiers killed in Gaza's Beit Hanun in an open letter, calling for increased Torah study, implicitly denouncing haredi draft attempts.

“This accusation is entirely false, baseless and defamatory,” Ohr Torah Stone says in defending Rabbi Shlomo Riskin against the American podcaster.The post Jewish group denies Candance Owens ...

Israeli Sephardic leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in his weekly Saturday night sermon said that non-Jews exist to serve Jews.

One timeless insight comes from Rabbi Ovadia Sforno. In the rebellion of Korach, Datan, and Aviram (Numbers Chapter 16), Moses warns the bystanders to step away from the rebels.

Rabbi Yosef Braun, member of the Crown Heights Beis Din, praised the new arrangements made at the Rebbe's Ohel for this Gimmel Tammuz to help kohanim.

With fears of retaliation following the U.S. strikes, Rabbi Baron emphasized the importance of inspiring faith over fear. "Fear is normal for human beings; it's okay to be afraid.