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VaEtchanan begins with the plea of Moshe Rabbeinu to enter the Holy Land of Israel. Chazal tell us that the numerical value of VaEtchanan is 515 and suggest that this is...

The Mishna tells us “Eighteen years of age for the CHUPA” (Avot 5:21). But this is not like “Thirteen years of age for mitzvot”, whereby a Bar Mitzva is automatically celebrated...

He said he would call. Yet, two days have passed since you clicked with this exciting stranger and gave him your number at your friend’s birthday party. Hadn’t you hit it...

Last week we discussed the first chapter in Even Haezer, the section of the Tur and Shulchan Arukh dealing with the laws of marriage. That chapter dealt with the obligation to...

In our parsha, Pinchas receives a special eternal blessing for his zeal in preventing intermarriage between the Jewish men and the Midianite women. Intermarriage is considered one of the most severe...

Missing half of your soul may be a compelling reason to tie the knot

Last summer, the Orthodox Union presented a Marriage Enrichment Retreat at the Woodcliff Lake Hilton in New Jersey. The event followed the release of the findings of the OU’s landmark online...

This article has been reprinted with permission of The Jewish Press and first appeared there September, 2010 “You’re going where?! That sounds interesting. What is it?” This response we received from...

Marriage is defined in the English dictionary as: “a legally recognized relationship, established by a civil or religious ceremony, between two people who intend to live together as physically intimate and...

Love is an ancient and tricky phenomenon that elicits a wide variety of analyses: It’s powerful! It’s an illusion! It’s just lust! There’s no such thing as real love! Love is...