22 Jul DATING AND RELATIONSHIP ADVICE
Dear Rabbi and Shira , My husband and I have very different roles. He’s out early and comes home late from work to provide financially for our family. He’s home for dinner,...
Dear Rabbi and Shira , My husband and I have very different roles. He’s out early and comes home late from work to provide financially for our family. He’s home for dinner,...
HOMEMADE RAVIOLI INGREDIENTS: 1 pound fettuccine (reserve 1 cup of pasta water) 6 tablespoons butter 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 cup pumpkin puree (not pie filling) 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 2/3 cup half & half 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese 1 tablespoon fresh...
In this issue we will discuss the halachos that apply to the nine days. During the nine days we are not allowed to do many more actions than those that are customarily not done from Shivah Asar B’Tammuz through during...
Seeing is believing, until that too is taken away from us. The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has produced powerful new tools, among them the ability to create “deepfakes,” which are highly convincing but entirely fake images, audio recordings...
The first section of Parashat Maseh lists all the different places where Beneh Yisrael encamped during the forty years they spent in the desert, from the time they left Egypt through their last station before crossing into...
“The children of Reuven and Gad had abundant livestock – very great. They saw the land of Yaazer and the land of Gilad, and behold! – the place was a place for livestock.” (32:1) The people of Reuven,...
In Masechtas Nedarim [81a], the Gemara cites a verse in Yirmiyah [9:11], “Mi ha-ish hechacham v’yavein es zos...
There is a parable about a bridge that lacked a railing. Many people fell off, resulting in broken arms and legs. A solution was desperately needed. One ‘wise’ person suggested, “Let’s build a hospital under the...
The Verse that Says It All A fascinating Midrash credits an isolated verse in this week’s Torah p o r t i o n , Pinchas, encapsulating the quintessence of Judaism. The Midrash quotes four opinions as to which...