In all likelihood, you have fulfilled your obligation in some mitzvah (probably many mitzvos) by responding “amen” to someone else’s recitation. This is based on the halachic principle of “shomeiah […]

Yesterday, Peter Lanza, father of Sandy Hook Elementary shooter Adam Lanza, said that he wished his son had never been born. This is an understandable sentiment, and one I’m sure […]

Did you know that OU Torah has a sister site named OU Holidays? Look up: there it is in the bar at the top of the page, the tab just […]

When we say “the Talmud,” we usually mean the Talmud Bavli, AKA the Babylonian Talmud. This we cover quite thoroughly through our Daf Yomi and related series. But did you […]

Rabbi Rosner, who received semicha from RIETS, taught in YU’s Stone Beis Medrash Program. He also served as mara d’asra of Congregation Bais Ephraim Yitzchok in Woodmere, NY prior to […]

Most mitzvos can only be performed at certain times. You can stuff your face with matzah all year long but it’s only a mitzvah at the seder. Blowing a shofar […]

Have you been enjoying Rabbi Ari Kahn on Parsha? Well, did you know that Rabbi Kahn also has not one, not two, but THREE series of shiurim on OU Torah, […]

We see that man is allowed to use the works of creation but not to abuse them. So, while we may eat meat and use leather or fur, we may not cause needless pain or harm to animals.

When you daven (pray), do you know the meaning of the words? Not just the translation – which can be better or worse, depending on the siddur – but the […]

Daf yomi has changed the way the Jewish people study Torah. It truly has created a renaissance in learning as Jews from all walks of life join together each day […]