Mordechai Rubin

They will empower your relationship with your spouse — and with G-d.

Walking on Shabbat? There's a law for that. Discover how far you're allowed to go.

With the future of Jewish life at stake, a fierce battle erupted between the rabbis and the government and their agents.

Why does practice today not mirror the plain reading of the law?

Analysis of the argument that kriat shema may be recited the entire day.

Discover the many advantages of delving into Mishneh Torah.

The Jewish year starts on Nisan 1, Elul 1, Tishrei 1 and Shevat 15, with each date bringing its own meaning.

Since Hakhel—the septennial event requiring the entire Jewish nation to attend— has not occurred since Temple times, the exact particulars have become murky. In this article we will reconstruct the fine details as depicted in the vast canon of rabbinic li...

1. He Was Born Into a Prestigious Spanish Family Maimonides was born circa 1135, in Cordoba, in the Andalusia region of Spain. His family traced their ancestry to the compiler of the Mishnah, Rabbi Yehudah HaNassi, and through him, to King David. As recor...

The Master Teacher Who Turned Chassidism into a Movement