INGREDIENTS: 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves 4 stalks celery, chopped 1 large red bell pepper, diced 1/2 red onion, diced 1 (8.75 ounce) can sweet corn, drained 1/4 cup barbeque sauce 2 tablespoons fat-free mayonnaise This is a great way...
Last week, spoke about the ill effects of anger. Rav Irving Bunim, Zt”l, Zy”a, had a beautiful way of expounding on this concept. He says, when a person is angry,...
Open-Mindedness Much has been written about the apparent absence in our society of passion directed toward any ideal beyond our personal needs and pleasures. Nothing in the contemporary secular conversation calls on us to give up or sacrifice anything truly valuable...
Every Shabbos we read a haftorah dealing with inyono d'yoma. Once in a while the inyono d'yoma happens to be that there is a chosson in shul or that today is erev Rosh Chodesh. But usually we consider the...
In the May 31, 2022 issue, Mishpacha Magazine posed the following question and invited me and others to respond: Question: My oldest son is a smart and energetic eight-year-old. He does well...
P a r a s h a t Beh a a l o t e c h a begins with the Misva of the Menorah, which was kindled by the Kohen each afternoon in the Bet Hamikdash....
There are many halachos which apply to leaving food in the hands of a non-Jew. Is there a difference between sending food in the hands of a non-Jew and basar shenisalem min ha’ayin? Which foods does this halacha apply...
In Parashat Behaalotecha, we read about the seventy prophets who were appointed to help Moshe Rabbenu. Two of those prophets, named Eldad Medad, gave a certain prophecy, and when Yehoshua – Moshe Rabbenu’s assistant – heard about it,...
I. The Contested Chief Rabbi of France The source of the obligation to observe the Torah’s commandments connects to an obscure medieval debate over the chief rabbinate of France. In 1385,...
New York Yankees, DJ LeMahieu collected his 1,500th career hit and 100th home run last week. DJ entered last week with an OPS of .756, better than the .711 mark...