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When his sister asked, "How did you become such a great scholar?", Rabbi Raphael Moshe Luria shared a childhood night of hunger—and the one question that fed his family and set the course of his life.

Yuval Elbashan, a Reshet Bet current-affairs host, author, and community lawyer, reflects on meeting Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky: "Two things impressed me most."

Divorced at 23 and feeling isolated, Tzvia Handelsman rebuilt her life from the ground up. Today she’s happily married, a mom of four—and she’s coaching women to stop “shopping a checklist” and start building a real marriage.

Sarah Perlman endured hyperemesis gravidarum, battling dozens of vomiting episodes a day—and the disbelief around her. She shares research pointing to a genetic driver and has made it her mission to walk other women through the ordeal.

A true story about Rabbi Moshe Aharon Stern and the surprising windfall that followed his uncompromising commitment to praying at the proper time.

A clerk at a major Bnei Brak bank said everyone in her department was suddenly hit with severe leg pain—healthy people who’d never had issues. When they brought the question to Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, he asked just one thing: do you work on Chol Hamoed?

A young woman, heartbroken after years of rejected matches, turned to the Chazon Ish. His simple parable revealed a powerful lesson about faith and soulmates.

What happens to a lifetime of memories if no one writes them down? A moving initiative is preserving Jewish life stories before they are lost forever.

What if the greatest spiritual strength is the ability to let go? One child’s choice to avoid conflict changed his family’s fate.

Blending creativity, Torah depth, and a passion for unity, two women from different Jewish paths are transforming the stage into a space of connection and understanding.

She has opened her Jerusalem home to strangers for two decades. After one mysterious guest, a near tragedy ended in a miracle.

More than 150 years ago, the Haimov family began making wine in Bukhara. They never imagined that wine—and a bold bid for Iranian citizenship—would help them survive World War II and eventually bring their descendants to Israel. Winemaker Eliran Aharonoff, a fifth-generation heir to the craft, shares the journey.

I was attending an early morning service, before any sirens had sounded, but we heard planes flying overhead and we knew that the moment for which we’d been waiting for two months had finally arrived.

Powerful voices demanded that Jewish books be destroyed, and the Talmud stood in danger of the flames. One courageous Christian scholar risked his reputation to defend them.

The doctors said nothing more could be done. Then thousands of Jews accepted one commitment in the synagogue and the results were extraordinary.

Decades after a slight in shul, a grieving wife wakes to a plea from beyond—and sets out to secure forgiveness so her husband can finally rest.

In 1972, Alvin Radkowsky—one of the brightest minds in the U.S. Navy’s nuclear program—left a stellar career to settle in Israel’s Negev. With a secret thorium breakthrough, a professorship in Be’er Sheva, and a conviction that the Talmud is the best training for scientists, his story bridges cutting-edge tech and timeless learning.

In a Vienna clinic, a revered Hasidic leader heard four words—"Smoking harms your health"—set down a prized cigar, and never lit up again.

Reb Moshe Stern refused to take payment for a refrigerator repair just before Shabbat. Soon afterward, an unexpected chain of events transformed his small business.

As Khmelnytsky’s mobs closed in on Alik, Jews prayed through the night. Then a verse from Isaiah—and an old cannon—changed everything.

A treasure of Torah preserved underground: The Nazis burned books, but one set of the Shas was saved—thanks to one man’s resolve and unshakable faith.

A blessing for healing and the Lubavitcher Rebbe's profound insight into emotional attentiveness, marriage, and wellbeing

"Did you cancel something this week that benefits the public?" Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky’s pointed question—and a worn-out rabbi’s choice to keep teaching—were followed by a child’s full recovery two days later.

A Torah class on the hidden hand of God in today’s world headlines

At an engagement party in the U.S., an old drama resurfaced: a prankster was expelled from class—and then pled his case with a single line that echoed for generations.

A wealthy Jewish philanthropist founded a free school to uplift poor children, but modern influences slowly pushed Torah aside.

His move to Italy launched a remarkable career: in Padua’s Christian halls he earned a rare high post—yet through it all, he stayed visibly, confidently Jewish.

From Kaifeng to the halls of power: how Zhao Yingcheng rose through China’s civil service—and used his clout to shield his fellow Jews, rebuild their synagogue, and rescue their Torah scrolls.

A brilliant Princeton physicist devoted his life to Gemara and showed how modern science can deepen faith and reveal the unity of Hashem’s world.

What happened at the bank will amaze you: a shocking discovery, an unbelievable sum, and a mysterious check from someone no longer among the living.