One of the special features of the wonderful Yom Tov of Shavuos is the reading of Megilas Rus. While it is a fascinating and delightful story, its linkage to the celebration of matan Torah, the giving of the...
Is one allowed to eat meat after milk? What is the halacha if one makes Kiddush and eats dairy foods, planning to later eat a meat Seudas Yom Tov? What if one par- takes of a dairy Yom...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I don’t know what to do. My younger sister is engaged to one of the first guys she dated and honestly, I’m jealous. We are three years...
Reb Shmuel Salant zt’l would often repeat the following story: There were two brothers, one was a wealthy businessman, and the other was a scholarly but poor talmid chacham. The businessman would periodically give money to his brother so that he could...
In Order to Live We live in world today where it is very hard to real- ize what we are missing by not having the Bais Hamikdosh around. We get to comfortable with hour houses etc and are not really...
If you are boycotting a product, company or service because you are angry, frustrated, disappointed, or committed to your principles, you are far from alone. According to a recent survey, a quarter of Americans are boycotting a product or...
Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, seeking to halt five days of intense fighting. The text reads as follows: “In light of the agreement of the Palestinian and the Israeli...
After we pray for assistance to repent, we can now ask Hashem for forgiveness. It would be phony to petition for forgiveness before we show an attempt at repentance. Thus, we pray to Hashem, “Slach lonu Avinu, ki chatonu –...
On the second day of Pesach, the korban omer, made of barely, is sacrificed. Barley is animal food. We then count fifty days until Shavuos, when the shtei halechem are brought. The shtei halechem are made from wheat flour, which is...
Last week the Charedi community in Israel was outraged to hear that the chairman of Angel Bakery and former Public Security Minister, Omer Bar-Lev, protested outside the home of the elderly Gadol Hador, the Rosh Yeshiva of Ponevizh, Rabbi Gershon...