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Rabbi Moshe Elefant Spotlights OU Torah on JM in...
OU Kosher CEO Rabbi Moshe Elefant joined JM in the AM host Nachum Segal to discuss the wealth of information available on OU Torah and how now is the perfect time,...
Oct 7, 2014
By OU Staff
Counterproductive Poultry
Counterproductive Poultry
There is a custom, before Yom Kippur, to swing a live chicken over one’s head while reciting a brief text. The chicken is slaughtered and given to the needy. This is...
Oct 1, 2014
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
Edible Parsha: Rosh Hashanah Projects
Shabbat fun for children is given a fresh and tasty twist with Edible Parsha projects. These easy to create, hands-on treats are based within context of weekly Torah portion for children...
Sep 23, 2014
By OU Staff
On Rosh Hashanah, A Breath of Life
On Rosh Hashanah, A Breath of Life
In the year that we are now parting with, 5774, it became dangerous once again to be a Jew. Israel, subject to sustained missile attack, discovered how hard it is to...
Sep 23, 2014
By Britain's Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
An Eruv Tavshilin Primer
This year’s holiday season is fast approaching and we will be given the opportunity to perform the rabbinic edict of Eruv Tavshilin three separate times; before the start of Rosh Hashanah,...
Sep 22, 2014
By Rabbi Moshe Zywica
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau in Conversation with Rabbi Menachem...
One of the world’s most revered and charismatic Jewish leaders, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, recounts his story of survival in one of the Nazis’ deadliest concentration camps, his life after the...
Sep 22, 2014
By Rabbi Menachem Genack
It’s Not About Tzniyus
Some people have lately expressed the idea that the religious authorities should keep their noses out of matters of tzniyus (modesty). These people feel that when “the rabbis” (as if there’s...
Sep 17, 2014
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
Edible Parsha Project: Nitzavim-Vayelech
Nitzavim Shabbat fun for children is given a fresh and tasty twist with Edible Parsha projects. These easy to create, hands-on treats are based within context of weekly Torah portion for...
Sep 16, 2014
By OU Staff
Edible Parsha Project: Parshat Ki Teitzei
Shabbat fun for children is given a fresh and tasty twist with Edible Parsha projects. These easy to create, hands-on treats are based within context of weekly Torah portion for children...
Sep 4, 2014
By OU Staff
Leaning to Eliyahu: Pinchas/Eliyahu and the Way Forward...
We live in a world of kaanaus. Zealotry and extremism fuels politics, relationships, worship. Kanaaim fail to understand how demeaning their perspective and behavior is to their fellow Jews; how degrading....
Jul 15, 2014
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran

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