I. Accepting Danger Are you permitted or forbidden to enter a dangerous situation? The Gemara (Shabbos 32a) states that you are forbidden to enter a dangerous situation and rely on a...
Dear Rabbi and Shira I’m engaged to a great young woman. We connect well, have similar life goals, and are excited to get married and spend the rest of our lives...
INGREDIENTS: 1 cup ketchup 1/3 cup soy sauce 4 teaspoons honey 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 3 pounds chicken drumettes Optional: Sliced green onions DIRECTIONS: In a small bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients. Pour 1...
Pete Alonso’s ninth-inning 40th home run blast in the Mets’ 11-5 win over the Royals last Sunday, moved him past the Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger for the NL rookie record. With...
We learn about the requirement to bentch Birkas Hamazon after eating and being satiated from the posuk in Devarim, Perek Ches, posuk yud. The gemara in Brachos, daf chof alef,...
We interrupt our series on tefilah for this timely interview with the Yeitzer HaRa. A few days ago, as I was strolling down Thirteenth Avenue, I saw a harried Yeitzer HaRa...
Four times a year we read in the Torah about ma’amad har Sinai: on Shabbos when we lein the parshas of Yisro, V’eschanan, and Eikev, and on Shavuos. According to...
The Torah tells us in Parashat Ekeb, “Ki Lo Al Ha’lehem Lebado Yihyeh Ha’adam” – “Man does not live on bread alone.” On the simplest level of interpretation, Moshe here...
How much should Judaism change to accommodate those who cannot abide its rules? When someone claims that the Torah’s laws may drive them to suicide, does this threat to life...
