30 Sep KEEPING OUR COMMITMENTS
As we approach the joyous festival of sukkos, we reflect back at the long, hard period of Elul and the High Holy Days. We put in a lot of effort and time in trying to improve our...
As we approach the joyous festival of sukkos, we reflect back at the long, hard period of Elul and the High Holy Days. We put in a lot of effort and time in trying to improve our...
The Gemara tells us that after one’s demise, he will be asked, “Did you wait for the salvation (for Moshiach)?” The Imrei Emes of Gur zt’l said that the question also means, “Did you wait for Hoshnah Rabbah,...
Is a canvas sukkah kosher if the walls move in the wind? Sukkah walls that move in a regular wind are not valid walls. There are different opinions as to what type of movement invalidates a sukkah. To satisfy all opinions,...
The Gemara in Masechet Sukka (11b) brings two views as to whether the Misva of Sukka commemorates “Sukkot Mamash” – the actual huts in which our ancestors dwelled during the years of travel in the wilderness, or the...
It was Rosh HaShana night, and our family was enjoying sweet apples and honey. The conversation around the table turned to why apples from all the fruits. Though there are several explanations, my nine-year-old granddaughter,...
ONE POT LEMON CHICKEN WITH ORZO INGREDIENTS: 2 lbs pargiot diced salt, pepper, onion, garlic and paprika Olive Oil 1 cup orzo 2 cups chicken broth juice of one lemon 5 ounces spinach DIRECTIONS: 2 lbs pargiot diced (or white cutlets...
The Blind Golfer Charlie Boswell was a great athlete who became blind during World War II while rescuing his friend from a tank that was under fire. When he returned to this country after the War, he decided to...
Israeli war hero and statesman Moshe Dayan was once stopped for speeding by a military policeman. Dayan protested: “I only have one eye. What do you want me to watch—the speedometer or the road?” The Shulchan Aruch (634:1) teaches that...
A person is permitted to go on outings during Sukkot and to eat outside the sukkah when necessary for refreshment or for the sake of Shalom Bayit. The Gemara (Sukkah 26a) teaches that travelers (holkhei derakhim) are exempt...
Someone suggested to me that I should write to the two of you. Although, I’m not sure what my questions are. I started seeing a girl only two weeks ago...