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The Gemara in Masechet Kiddushin (32ha-b) brings Rav Yosef’s ruling that a Rabbi is allowed to forego on the honor owed to him by virtue of his Torah scholarship. Rav Yosef reached this conclusion on the...
The Gemara in Masechet Kiddushin (32ha-b) brings Rav Yosef’s ruling that a Rabbi is allowed to forego on the honor owed to him by virtue of his Torah scholarship. Rav Yosef reached this conclusion on the...
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 the time before...
The Arizal (Rav Yishak Luria of Safed, 1534-1572) taught that all the troubles we experience are due to the destruction of the Bet Ha’mikdash and our exile. That catastrophic event is the source of all our problems....
INGREDIENTS: 1 cup halved grape tomatoes (can substitute with a can of undrained diced tomatoes) 1 small zucchini (about 1 cup), diced 1/2 cup corn kernels (fresh, canned, or frozen is fine) 12 ounces (about 3 cups) uncooked...
Originally from New York, Rabbi Gavriel Friedman has spent the last two decades studying and teacing in various Yeshivos throughout Yerushalayim. Rabbi Friedman a.k.a Rav Gav grew up in Woodmere,...
This Friday, July 29th, Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av is the 22nd yahrtzeit of the Bobover Rebbe, Rav Shlomo Halberstam (1908-2000), son of Rav Benzion, grandson of Rav Shlomo, founder of the Bobov dynasty....
When one remembers that everything is from Hashem, he will be humble. People tell the following story: There was a poor person who lived in a run-down home at the edge of town. He had a friend in the...
We are starting the Nine Days, a time of mourning for Yerushalayim and the Bais Hamikdosh. A time of remembering what we once had. A time of davening that we...
Beginning Rosh Chodesh Av until after Tisha B’Av (the Nine Days) the custom of Ashkenazim is not to eat meat or drink wine, in remembrance of the destruction of the...
And they said, “We will build sheep pens for our livestock here and cities for our children.” (32:16) The Jewish people reached the plains of Moav, the jumping-off point for the invasion of Canaan, which was imminent. But the...