Sigi Cohen, mother of Eliya Cohen who was freed from Hamas captivity on Saturday, gave a statement to the media on Sunday evening, in which she spoke about her son’s observance of mitzvot during his ...

Eliya Cohen, who was kidnapped during the October 7 massacre and released from Hamas captivity in Gaza in February, after 505 days, shared his process of readjusting to everyday life. In an interview ...

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Yeah, fasting for 25 hours is hard, but the hardest mitzvah of the year doesn’t come until after Yom Kippur is over. Right after. For those of us who have made it through several hours of prayer ...

The Steipler Gaon says that the average person goes to the lavatory around every three hours. Even for a young person, that’s another four blessings, bringing us to 95. If we eat bread once, that’s ...

Recently, as my mother’s yahrzeit – anniversary of her death – came around I wondered: Was I going to New York to pray at her gravesite and recite the kaddish, or was I going to Florida to pray with ...