Q: Some say that yeshiva students who do not enlist in the army are like the members of the tribe of Levi who studied in yeshivas and kollelim, and did not participate in the wars of Israel. According ...

A D’var Torah for Parashat Metzorah, Dedicated to the memory of Daniel Yaakov and Yael This week’s Torah portion describes a “backdoor” entry into understanding the priesthood and the Tribe of Levi.

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A team of geneticists studying the ancestry of Jewish communities has found an unusual genetic signature that occurs in more than half the Levites of European descent. The gene is thought to have ...

I heard this from Rabbi Hoffman of Denver many decades ago on Tisha b’Av in a cave near Tsfat after a group meditation. Some moments are unforgettable. To understand the relationship between the ...

Since his release from jail last month, 20-year-old rapper Kodak Black has gone through a dramatic spiritual transformation — proclaiming himself a descendant of the biblical Levites and diving deep ...

For a few years, I was not allowed to push elevator buttons. That was the sole and sacred province of my children. As “big kids,” it was their job. Happily, they grew out of that stage. Are the ...