07 Jun PARSHAS NASSO: DECLUTTERING OUR LIVES
All of us, I imagine, find life stressful. But at least for most of us, it doesn’t have to be this way. The Torah in Parashat Naso discusses the laws of a nazir – the person...
All of us, I imagine, find life stressful. But at least for most of us, it doesn’t have to be this way. The Torah in Parashat Naso discusses the laws of a nazir – the person...
What bracha does one make on falafel? The halacha really is that whatever the bracha you make on the pita will cover the falafel. So if the pita is hamotzi, it...
In 2007, an employee of a New Jersey Dunkin Donuts named Dustin Hoffmann (not that one) made news when the store was nearly robbed by a serial robber who jumped...
The Torah in Parashat Naso discusses the procedure of the "Sota," which was required when a husband had reason to suspect his wife of infidelity. He would bring her to the Bet Ha’mikdash where the Kohen would conduct a special...
One of the mitzvos in Parshas Naso is the positive Biblical commandment for the Kohanim to bless the Jewish people on a daily basis. We in Chutz L’Aretz only practice this mitzvah on Yom Tov (the Shalosh Regalim, Rosh...
This Wednesday, June 1st is the shloshim of your brother in law, Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein z”tl. Is there something that you would like to say? What can I say that has...
Reb Meir Shapiro was asked to represent the J e w i s h community in the Polish parliament. Reb Meir Shapiro asked the Rebbe of Tchortkov zt’l whether he should accept this position. This is what the Rebbe wrote to...
One Shabbos morning the students came to the beis medrash for Shacharis and there was a strange looking fellow, obviously not a student, and obviously missing some of his marbles,...