I often feel like the “A-team” of rabbis: “If you have a problem and you can find me, maybe I can help.” I don’t operate out of a synagogue; I’m a spiritual freelancer in Israel — officiating weddings ...

The mitzvah of brit milah, ritual circumcision, is among the oldest continually practiced rituals in the world. For almost four thousand years, beginning with our Patriarch Abraham, almost every ...

David Abramson is only a few days old, but already he has made a huge impact on Prague’s Jewish community. Last week he became the first child in at least 30 years to be circumcised at the 98-year-old ...

Before we get to Lech Lecha, let’s take a look at the timespan of the whole Torah as compared to Parshat Bereishit and Parshat Noach. We will not count the first two pesukim – “Bereishit bara…” and “V ...

Members of the small but revitalized Jewish community of Warsaw recently had an opportunity to attend the first brit milah to be performed in Poland in over 30 years. And it wasn’t just one brit. It ...

When it comes to Haaretz’s recent article titled, “Love it or hate it: Circumcision and its ‘reversal’ in the Ancient World,” there were exceptional parts. It’s a detailed analysis of the practice ...