A DISTURBING MITZVAH Some of the commandments in the Torah dance off the pages in theirsheer moral beauty. Some of them ma kes us uneasy. Our parsha, Emor, includes one of...
Is it proper to enjoy good food or should we avoid worldly pleasures and focus on spiritual success? The Talmud contains a plethora of seemingly contradictory indications on whether it...
Rashi cites a teaching of our Sages concerning an apparent redundancy in the opening pasuk [verse] of Parshas Emor. The parsha begins “Hashem said to Moshe: SAY to the Kohanim,...
Should a hashgacha put on the product they certify the beracha one should make on that product? We at the OU are constantly getting calls about what’s the right bracha. I’d...
Ever think it’s too late…. I can’t start over again… new beginnings are not for me? Rabbi Akiva teaches us otherwise. Rabbi Akiva was an uneducated shepherd, who at age forty turned...
The Kotzker Rebbe zt’l said, “The yetzer hara is like a paper lion. Try ripping it up, and you will see.” The yetzer hara seems powerful, like a tall mountain,...
FAST FACTS: Name: Adam Fox Born: February 17, 1998 (age 24) in Jericho, New York Height: 5 ft 11 in Weight: 181 lb Position: Defense Shoots: Right NHL Draft: 66th overall, 2016 Calgary Flames College: Harvard...
INGREDIENTS: FISH: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 tablespoon lime juice 2 teaspoons ground cumin 2 teaspoons paprika 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 pound white fish (such as cod, snapper, tilapia) LIME CREMA: 1/4...
THE INTERVIEW BELOW IS AN INTERVIEW THAT ARI HIRSCH FROM THE JEWISH VUES DID WITH RABBI ZECHARIAH WALLERSTEIN Z”TL DURING THE SUMMER OF 2010. BY READING THIS ARTICLE, IT BECOMES...
The Gemorah (Moed Koton 14B) understands from the pesukim in parshas Shmini that the kohein gadol does not observe aveilus over the death of a relative. (See Sefer Ginat Egoz,...