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Parshas Mishpatim reveals a fundamental principle in avodas Hashem that often goes unnoticed. After the fire, thunder, and revelation of Matan Torah, the Torah moves immediately into detailed halachos: laws of damages, loans, and responsibilities between one person and another. At first glance, this feels like a descent from the lofty to the mundane.

The Super Bowl is back, which means another year of Chazaq’s Halftime for Torah programming. When halftime rolls around, the Jewish world is encouraged to join an inspirational roster of speakers during the Chazaq Halftime for Torah program! This Sunday, February 8, immerse yourself in an inspiring intermission of dynamic speakers. Tune in to hear the awe-inspiring words of Rabbi Yoel Gold, Rabbi Gavriel Friedman, Rabbi Paysach Krohn, and Mr. Harry Rothenberg, Esq.

On February 2, 2026, the newly formed Kew Forest Republican Club held its Kickoff event at the Aged Steakhouse in Forest Hills, New York. The event, hosted by Paul Singh, the owner of the restaurant, was an overwhelming success with more than 100 attendees coming from as far as Brooklyn and Long Island.

On Tu BiShvat, February 1, 2026, the ballroom of Young Israel of Forest Hills hosted a siyum celebrating the completion of 1,000 chapters of Mishneh Torah by the Tiffereth Shalom Minyan (TSM). The minyan, named in memory of guest speaker Rabbi Yaniv Meirov’s grandfather, has become a center of daily Rambam study in the Forest Hills neighborhood.

In 2006, TorahAnytime launched into a world that barely understood what online video even meant. YouTube was in its infancy, smartphones were not yet part of daily life, and the idea that people would one day listen to Torah classes on demand from anywhere in the world felt almost unrealistic. Back then, if you missed a shiur, you missed it. If you wanted to review something or share it with your family at the Shabbos table, you relied on memory or handwritten notes. TorahAnytime was created to solve that problem by giving people direct access to Torah whenever and wherever they needed it.

The Knesset is Israel’s unicameral parliament and legislature, located in the capital, Yerushalayim.