The Mitzvah There is a great mitzvah for one to be involved with making shidduchim between a boy and girl. Hashem was the first shadchan in the world who made the shidduch between Adom and Chavah. The Chozeh from Lublin is...
I. AI Authorship Is it permissible to study Torah from a sefer, a text of Torah scholarship, written by artificial intelligence (AI)? There are different ways an AI could author a sefer. For our purposes, we can divide...
In Parashat Va’et’hanan, Moshe Rabbenu recalls the event of Ma’amad Har Sinai, when Hashem spoke to Beneh Yisrael at Mount Sinai, and pronounced the Aseret Ha’dibberot. The final of these ten commands is Lo Tachmod – “You shall not...
Honor your father and mother, as the L-rd your G-d has commanded you, so that you may live long. (Devarim 5:16) Why should we honor our fathers and mothers? The Torah gives us one reason in Parashas Shemos (20:12),...
INGREDIENTS: 8 chicken bottoms – I used only the thighs feel free to use whatever pieces you prefer. 1.5 pounds of baby potatoes, cut in half 1 lemon, juiced 1 orange, juiced 1 tablespoon mustard 1/4 cup...
With great relief, we’ve arrived at Shabbos Nachamu, 5785. The days of mourning are behind us and we experience a Shabbos Nachamu, a Shabbos of comfort, which falls this year on the very happy day of t’u b’Av, the...
The rule is that after a difficult period, better times follow. For example, the Ramchal teaches, “After a hunger year, Hashem brings a lot of rain to the world.” Also, there is a saying: “After a fire, Hashem sends wealth.”...
How might the upcoming regulatory changes and volatile trade policies impact the ingredients used in kosher-certified foods? Proposed bans on certain synthetic food additives and rising tariffs on plant-based ingredients may create challenges for...
P a r a s h a t Va’et’hanan begins with Moshe’s impassioned plea to G-d that he be allowed to enter the Land of Israel. Speaking to Beneh Yisrael before his passing, Moshe recalled how “I beseeched...
