Mitzvah

Sydney lights Hanukkah candles in honor of Bondi victims, introduces 'mitzvah' campaign

At the Light Over Darkness: Night of Unity commemoration, each candle was lit by a representative of those who brought light into the world at a dark time.

FATHER OF Ahmed el Ahmed, who tackled one of the gunmen in a deadly mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, attends the 'Light Over Darkness' vigil honouring victims and survivors of the shooting incident in Sydney, Australia, December 21, 2025.
Rabbi Shmuel Raskin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Budapest becomes unexpected haven for Israelis as post–Oct. 7 migration surges

HOMES ARE severely damaged after the Hamas October 7 massacre in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. ‘Since October 7, many of my friends and colleagues here in Israel have wrestled deeply with their Jewish identity,’ says Orah.

When did Israel become so stringent with Jewish converts? - opinion

How to feel free in life: Inspiration from Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto


The halachic angle: Boycotting Angel Bakery


On the brink of a rift in the nation: Rabbi Pinto calls for the strengthening of Torah study


Alabama man secretly paid strangers' pharmacy bills, and took that secret to his grave

Through the years, his payments amounted to thousands of dollars. However, he had still confided in his favorite local pharmacist before passing.

A pharmacy worker shows pills of hydroxychloroquine used to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the CHR Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle Hospital in Liege, Belgium, April 22, 2020.

The soldier, the barber and the tefillin: a Facebook debate

A simple interaction between two individuals turned a Facebook post into a heated debate.

 A FATHER teaches his son how to wear tefillin.

Parashat Tetzaveh: The deeper meaning of mitzvah

We know the word. But just because we know what it is called doesn’t always mean we know, more deeply, what it is. There are worlds to unpack in that familiar term.

 Mizrahi Jewish boy celebrates bar mitzvah in Israel

We need to preserve the beauty of Shmita - opinion

The concept of shmita is introduced in the Torah, where we are told to let the land lie fallow every seventh year.

 ‘SHMITA’ INVITES us to pause, to take a deep breath, to rest, to reflect and to reconsider where we are going.

In Jewish law, are commandments about intent or performance?

What is the relationship between a result-oriented attitude to mitzvot and a process-focused outlook on religious observance?

 HAS THE Torah reader fulfilled the Shema requirement even without intent?

Infusing theological meaning into the gender gap

What is the reason for the gender gap in mitzvot for women? Is it women's innate spirituality, or the Jewish woman’s central role as wife and mother?

A FREQUENT explanation as to women’s exemption? The time restraints of childcare

What does archaeology tell us about the origins of Judaism?

JPost One-on-One weekly 'Zoomcast': Episode 21 with Rosella Tercatin and senior lecturer at Ariel University Dr. Yonatan Adler

WOMEN ARE exempt from the time-bound mitzvah of tefillin

How are time-bound mitzvot in Judaism defined?

One of the major distinctions between the genders is women’s exemption from positive time-bound mitzvot.

CONSTRUCTING THE sukkah: Are women exempt from sitting in it?