“Judaism and Vegetarianism” (Kindle Edition) by Richard H. Schwartz From G-d’s first injunction, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, to you it shall be for food.” (Gen. 1: 29) Torah offers [… Read More »

Leket Israel released its new iPhone and Android applications, which are available in both Hebrew and English. The new apps help the user find the closest food agency to donate any excess food from an event at a catering hall, an office party or a celebration at home. Leket Israel is the first nonprofit in [… Read More »

They can gather intelligence, detect their enemies’ weak spots and even launch ‘missile’ toward a given target. Cyber space is a powerful weapon of the modern era, one for which the IAF is eager to locate the elite players who control the field. Enter Mexico Daniel (alias) refuses to be referred to as ‘the hacker’. [… Read More »

New dating sites or apps seem to pops up nearly every week and that many of them are oversubscribed. The latest one is called 4Singles and is an iPhone app (created by the Israeli startup Appliz – founded by Liran Moreno and Ziv Chen) that allows you to locate singles in your radius with things in common and an interest [… Read More »

The Ten Commadments At first glance, the Ten Commandments consist of highly contrasting types of mitzvos. The first command­ments, “I am God, your God,” and the prohibition against idol worship address the most spiritual matters related to God’s unity. Read More »

וַיִּחַדְּ יִתְרוֹ עַל כָּל הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה ה’ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הִצִּילוֹ מִיַּד מִצְרָיִם Jethro was happy about all the good that G-d had done for Israel, that He had rescued them from the hands of the Egyptians — Ex 18: 9 After many years of doubt and disillusion with his heritage, Abe decides to leave the [… Read More »

Kids love jigsaw and wood puzzles. Kids 1st Shape Puzzle will provide your kids hours of entertainment and fun learning Hebrew and English first words. Place the pieces correctly on the puzzle to hear the word and sound – animal’s sounds, transportation sounds, letters, numbers, and more. Read More »

Davka in cooperation with Moshe Berman (developer) has released its a new iPhone | iPad app called Torah Notebook. Torah Notebook is the ideal tool for creating and managing Torah content on on the go. Torah Notebook includes: – 1200 Divrei Torah, drawn from both classical and modern sources. Selections can can be tagged, edited, printed [… Read More »

Sync all your notes, in all your devices. Works on PCs and Mac as well. It does not matter if you are a businessman, a mother worried about her family or a student. It can be used to write notes (ideas or any other important information) and to create alarms, all stored in a cloud [… Read More »

The OU Kosher product search is much more than a guide to products that are certified by the OU. OU Kosher includes, Kosher for Passover products, product alerts, newly certified products and the OU Kosher question and general information hotline. Just tap on the hotline button and ask your question. Enjoy easy and direct access [… Read More »

The OU Kosher Passover Products Search is much more than a guide to OU Kosher for Pesach products. It includes OU’s kosher product alerts, newly certified products and the OU Kosher question and general information hotline. Just tap on the hotline button and ask your question. You can also submit a question to oukosher.org just as [… Read More »

Now also OU (Orthodox Union) Kosher, the world’s largest and most widely recognized kosher certification agency, offers free iPhone and Android app. With this app you got easy and direct access on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch to all of the Orthodox Union product’s information and other resources that will help you all year round. [… Read More »

Moshe Berman (developer) and KOF-K Kosher Supervision just released a new app. KOF-K Kosher Supervision is one of the premier kosher certifying agencies in the world, certifying thousands of products each year in the areas of food production; Read More »

Finally, Bringing Heaven Down To Earth in eBook format. Rebbe means teacher. Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson is seventh in a prestigious line of chassidic rebbes. Even after his passing, he is known worldwide as simply “The Rebbe”- a Rebbe for any person in the world. This book offers every person a taste of the Rebbe’s [… Read More »

וַתַּעַל שִׁכְבַת הַטָּל וְהִנֵּה עַל פְּנֵי הַמִּדְבָּר דַּק מְחֻסְפָּס דַּק כַּכְּפֹר עַל הָאָרֶץ The layer of dew lifted, and behold, on the surface of the desert, a fine, substance as fine as frost on the ground — Exodus 16: 14 If you had to pick one item to symbolize Shabbat, the day of rest, which item would you [… Read More »

If you do a search on the Apple iTunes App Store for “Bible“, you will see the (literally) hundreds of Bible applications that are available. If you narrow your search to “Hebrew Bible” or “Jewish Bible“, you will still get dozens of results. However, if last week you had searched for “Yiddish Bible“, you would not have seen a [… Read More »

The First Mitzvah — Fixing the New month The Torah was given to bring sanctity to the world. Each time a mitzvah is observed this goal is brought one stage closer, as another place and another moment becomes holy. The mitzvah causes holiness to be felt in two dimensions: space and time, but most mitzvos are limited to a specific place [… Read More »

אַךְ בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן תַּשְׁבִּיתוּ שְּׂאֹר מִבָּתֵּיכֶם … but on the preceding day you shall clear away all leaven from your houses — Ex. 12: 15 וְהָיָה לְאוֹת עַל יָדְכָה וּלְטוֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ כִּי בְּחֹזֶק יָד הוֹצִיאָנוּ ה’ מִמִּצְרָיִם And it shall be for a sign upon your hand and for ornaments between your eyes, for with a [… Read More »

“Science and the Jewish Tradition: The Biology Section” book presents in a clear and engaging fashion the correspondence between numerous modern scientific discoveries and the Jewish tradition. The book negates the classic, erroneous assumption that there is a contradiction between Judaism and modern science. Read More »

This new exciting application is part of Ulpan-Or iHebrew series of Hebrew learning books and applications. It presents to the reader fascinating insights, parables and commentaries associated with all twelve weekly Torah portions included in the book of Genesis – Be’Reshit. Read More »