The Haftorah of Jonah on Yom Kippur: Adapted from a Kinus Teshuva Shiur Delivered by Harav Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Why did our Sages select the Book of Jonah as the Haftorah, the prophetic portion, for the Yom Kippur Minchah service?
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, zt”l, on the Tishah B’Av Kinot
On Tishah B’Av, the Rav would spend the most of the day teaching the kinot, transforming an often-inaccessible text into a profound encounter with Jewish suffering and faith.
Jewish Action Through the Years
A timeline tracing Jewish Action through the last four decades
A Nazi’s Word of Honor: A True Story Told by R. Chaim ben Meir, zt”l, to his son
In a Ukrainian ghetto, a Jewish glassmaker completes an impossible task and learns the worth of a Nazi’s word of honor.