Dear Rabbi and Shira , I’m engaged to an awesome girl but I am not sure what to do about her work habits . She has a challenging job that keeps...
INGREDIENTS: For the Cookie Dough • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar •...
The New York Rangers veteran defenseman, Marc Staal has been sidelined for three weeks since undergoing surgery to cure an infection in his ankle, which festered from a cut he...
Why does Kashrus in America seem to be much easier than it is in Eretz Yisrael? There are two answers: the first answer is that there are many halachos that...
One could kler if someone does not own a house and is literally homeless, does he have a chiyuv to light the Menorah? Maybe the chiyuv only applies to a...
The Chashukei Chemed teaches us that if, G-d forbid, a Jew is homeless and sleeps on the park bench, he is exempt from the mitzvah of lighting the Chanukah menorah....
The drama of Chanukah and our ancient struggle with Greece is centered upon the Mikdash and Jerusalem. The Seleucid legions rampaged through the holiest site on earth during an extended...
The gemara (Shabbos 21b) tells us that the proper place to put the Chanukah lights is in front of one’s home, so that all the passers-by will notice the lights,...
Jean-Paul Sartre is sitting at a French cafe, revising his draft of Being and Nothingness. He says to the waitress, “I’d like a cup of coffee, please, with no cream.” The...
