At the end of his life, having given the Israelites at G-d’s behest 612 commands, Moses is instructed to give them one last command – number 613: Now, therefore, write down for yourselves this song, ...

Yesterday, Janice Steinberg wrote about Yiddish inflected English and the audiobook version of her novel, “The Tin Horse.” Her blog posts are featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book ...

The last of the 613 mitzvoth is to “write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel, and place it in their mouths, so that this song will be for Me a witness in Bnei Yisroel.” ...

When we were kids growing up in a suburb of Boston, my brother Richie and I looked forward to competing with each other on an unusual level. It was with the song our father sang at our yom tov meals, ...

Watch: Jewish a capella group praises God, Torah in new song The song, entitled ‘12 Pesukim’ or ‘12 bible verses’ in English, praises Torah, God and loving thy neighbor; a teaching commended by Rabbi ...

On Sunday, I spent the day at the baseball field, watching my sons enjoy their favorite sport. At my older son’s game, the opposing team used an application that called out each player’s name. And ...

Matisyahu dished a little Torah and song during a workshop at Jewlicious, but most of what he shared connected music with God. LONG BEACH, Calif. (JTA) – By the time Matisyahu loped onstage for what ...

In one of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook’s most famous poems, “The Four-Fold Song,” he speaks about four dimensions of our soul’s song — as an individual, as part of a nation, as part of humanity, and as ...

In Memory of our beloved David Schwartz, who fell in battle sanctifying God’s name, on 27 Tevet, 5784 (8 January 2024). “Le’David Barchi Nafshi” is a compilation of essays written on the weekly Torah ...

Let me the set the scene for you: It’s the final hours of Moses’ life and after five epical books, it’s time to wrap it up; make the quintessential points that will capture the essence and function of ...