| OU Center for Communal Research Releases COVID-19 Community Portrait Study | Center for Communal Research | Among the questions explored: How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect Orthodox Jews' religious behaviors, religious beliefs and identification with Orthodoxy? How did it affect their overall emotional, psychological and social wellbeing? How did the financial situation of Orthodox Jews change, if at all, during the coronavirus outbreak? | Read the Report | | PARSHAT RE'EH August 6-7, 2021 / 29 Av 5781 HAFTARAH Isaiah 54:11 – 55:5 THIS SHABBAT Mevarchim HaChodesh for the month of Elul. SPECIAL DAYS Rosh Chodesh Elul is celebrated on Sunday, August 8, through Monday, August 9. | | | | Halacha Yomis: The Jewish Calendar | OU Kosher | In the Jewish calendar, months are either 29 or 30 days in length. Why is it that for a 29-day month ("chaseir"), we observe only one day of Rosh Chodesh, while for a 30-day month ("malei") we observe two days of Rosh Chodesh? | Read More | | | | Mishkan vs. Mikdash | Rabbi Menachem Genack | What is the difference between the Mishkan and the Beit HaMikdash? And what was the status of the Mishkan Shiloh? | Read More | | | | The Lord's Children | Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm ztz"l | One is to encourage every manifestation of Jewishness, no matter how superficial and vacuous it may seem to us who are more committed; every self-identification as a Jew is a spiritually precious phenomenon. | Read More | | | | Acquiring Faith | Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb | As Elul approaches, an important lesson from Rabbi Israel Salanter ztz"l. | Read More | | | | More Amen Potpourri | Rabbi Jack Abramowitz | When the shaliach tzibbur stretches things out, brachos to which you should absolutely not respond amen, how the first word in the Torah teaches us to recite brachos out loud, and more! | Read More | | | | Defining Reality | Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks ztz"l | One of the gifts of great leaders is that they frame reality for the group. They help us see why we should choose this route, not that one. And no one did it better than Moses in the book of Deuteronomy. | Read More | | | | Featured Company: Greens Plus | OU Kosher | Greens Plus has all the health food you need from superfood powders to nutrition bars. Their products are made with only the finest natural, organic, non-GMO, premium-quality ingredients. | Learn More | | | Featured Products | | Chumash Mesoras HaRav – Set | OU Press | This groundbreaking Chumash set collects and adapts the Rav's writings and teachings into a published commentary that reflects his intellectual breadth and depth, his exegetical creativity and the timelessness of his insights. | Buy Now | | | |
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