Rav Pam (Ateres Avraham, Chayei Sar- ah) quotes Rabbeinu Bachya, who instructs us that when looking for a spouse we should not place an overem- phasis on looks, money or yichus, but rath- er the bulk of the...
After the harsh day of Tisha B’Av, when we mourn the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash and express our yearning for its rebuilding and for the Shechinah to return and dwell among us, it is an appropriate...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I don’t know what to do! I’m 21, have returned from seminary and have completed 2 years of college.. My parents, friends and family are all pressuring...
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“May G-d, the Lord of your fathers, add a thousandfold more like you and bless you, as He spoke to you.” (Devarim 1:11) The Jewish people, Rashi informs us, were not very happy with the blessing Moshe gave them....
As we head to Tisha b’Av, we are acutely aware that all the tragedies connected to the saddest day of the year have their root in the lashon hara spoken by the meraglim, the spies, who maligned Eretz...
A group of people spoke with the Brisker Rav zt’l about the tzaros the Jewish nation was suffering, and someone said, “We need Moshiach to come quickly to save us.” One of the men present whispered, “Moshiach isn’t coming so...
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 Beis Hamikdash. What about a food that was...
On Tisha B’Ab, as we know, we observe a fast and mourn the destruction of the Bet Ha’mikdash. Although this calamity occurred many generations after the Torah was given, nevertheless, the day of Tisha B’Ab – like everything...
I recently received a clip featuring Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, who shared a story of the Baal Shem Tov’s childhood. The Baal Shem, whose given name was Yisroel, was tragically orphaned at the young age of...