Parashat Shelah is famous for the story of the meragelim, the spies. Moshe Rabbenu sent twelve men, one from each tribe, to scout the Land of Israel and report their findings. When they returned, ten spies frightened...
When you ask a rabbi a question, you are committing yourself to following his answer. But what if you didn’t ask? Do you still have to follow his ruling? Put...
Rav Motel Katz, zt”l, who was the Head of the Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland for many years, had a very difficult life. He lost most of his family in Europe. He came to America and had to rebuild...
Can one use a BBQ grill for both milchig and fleishig by changing the grate? Changing the grate would be inadequate. The bottom of the grill also becomes fleishig and so...
In this week’s parshah, we are introduced to the Meraglim, the scouts chosen to explore Eretz Yisroel prior to the Jewish nation settling there. In response to the people’s request to...
The Torah lists the names of the twelve meraglim. The Ramban (13:4) seeks to understand the order that they are listed. He writes, "They are not listed according to their flags… and not in the order they were born....
Thousands of people across the world are diagnosed each day with the most dreaded disease: cancer. And despite the illness still killing massive numbers of people each year, many are...
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...