Parashat Noah tells the well-known story of the flood which G-d brought upon the world to destroy all of mankind, sparing only Noah and his family. The previous Parasha, Parashat Bereshit, concludes by telling us that as the...
Henry Kissinger’s Suit There is an old Jewish anecdote about former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger who decides to make for himself a custom-made beautiful three-piece suit of the finest material. During his next trip to Italy, he has himself...
Simchas Torah, October 7, will forever be etched in our hearts and minds as the day of the greatest massacre of our people since the Holocaust. The brutal, cold-blooded murder of innocent men, women and children, young and...
We understand the importance of casting a ballot on Election Day, but not everyone is familiar with the Torah’s perspective. Should people voice their opinion on who should be their leader? If Hashem governs everything in the world and...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, Hi. I read your column all the time. I hope you can help me. I’m not sure what to do. I’ve gone out with this guy several times....
Recently certain kashrus agencies have begun to offer courses for women to make them mashgichot. These roles can be either to visit certain plants or to maintain the kosher program in a full time capacity in a restaurant. Many times women...
Chaim Yehuda Meyer: I read your book, Be Huge, over the Yomim Noraim and found it to be very transformative. My davening, learning, and ahavas Yisroel were all the more...
When did you start blogging? I started blogging 20 years ago, in 2004, when blogs were still a new thing. I saw some blogs saying things about halachah that I thought was wrong and...
Tzaddikim said that if people knew the value of the esrog, they would spend all the money in the world to acquire it. The Gemara (Succah 41) tells us that Raban Gamliel once paid one...
