Miracles

Are there other lessons from October 7? - opinion

The October 7 massacre fell on 22 Tishrei – Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, two days that signify the highest joy: one completing the festival of Sukkot, the other our rejoicing in the Torah itself

Rabbi Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi delivers a torah lesson at Ateret Yisrael Yeshiva in Jerusalem, November 19, 2019.
Exodus from Egypt (Edward Poynter)

When miracles demand courage: A moral reading of Exodus for our time - opinion

That spiritual right to freedom will not always live hand in hand with physical or political liberty.

The power of personal freedom: Finding meaning and joy in a Passover during war - opinion

An Israeli family enjoys a "Seder" Pesach on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Pesach. April 22, 2024.

Parashat Tzav: True freedom begins in the mind, not in physical circumstance


Brazilian teen gave birth to twins - but they don't have the same father

This rare phenomenon is called heteropaternal superfecundation. It's quite common in cats and dogs, but it's rare in humans. Only a small handful of cases have been recorded.

 Illustrative photo of two babies holding hands

Jerusalem Day: Strength of our belief as miraculous as Israel's victory

The strength of our belief in ourselves as a nation is no less miraculous than the outcome of the war. This is a lesson for today, as well.

 ‘WHO EVER taught you how to be a general?’ David Ben-Gurion’s likeness decorates Tel Aviv’s Neveh Tzedek neighborhood.

Naomi’s Zyklon B Holocaust Hanukkah miracle 

About 20 people were in line for the Nazi gas chambers before her when Naomi’s Hanukkah miracle happened.

 Naomi Yakobovich and her granddaughter Doron, an officer in the IDF.

‘Medical miracle’: Elderly COVID patient leaves hospital after 100 days

The majority of older intubated patients do not make it out alive, and certainly not those with underlying medical conditions.

Ludmilla Sorostan

Parashat Balak: A tale of three donkeys

To move through life with a devotion to reason alone is to be blind. Bilaam thought himself enlightened because of the great prophetic powers with which he was endowed.

A WORK from 1356 by Bartolo di Fredi depicts the Israelites safely on the shore of the Red Sea, whil

Noticing the miracles in our midst with positive mindset, lower stress

It is now up to each one of us, more than ever before, to make ours a better world.

A FRIEND drew my attention today to a beautiful butterfly.

Hanukkah miracles can still happen, no matter the place or year

A PERSONAL STORY: Irrespective of where they live, Jews can display Maccabean courage and an ironclad sense of peoplehood.

LESTER BORNSTEIN – fought off antisemites and Nazis.

A Hanukkah miracle: Woman wakes up after 30 days in a coma

"We thank Ichilov's angels for not giving up on our mother. In the end, they found the solution to her problem and brought her back to life."

Zehava at Ichilov Hospital with Doctors

Kabbalah of information

The Almighty can use chaotic systems to govern our reality while hiding from us the very fact that it is being governed.

Lightning strikes over the Mediterranean sea during a rain storm near the city of Ashkelon

Kabbalah, Miracles, and Maxwell’s demon

The interpretation of miracles and how they are performed is the basis of endless commentary and attempts at scientific explanation.

Chile lightning and volcano ash