Another approach to attain purity during Shovavim is to embrace the yoke of Heaven because that is the greatest siguf (affliction). People want to do, think, look, and say whatever they want and whenever they want. Accepting the yoke of Heaven means to...
The Torah in Parashat Beshalah tells the famous story of “Keri’at Yam Suf” – the splitting of the sea. Beneh Yisrael were trapped against the sea by the Egyptian army which pursued them, and Hashem miraculously split...
INGREDIENTS: 1/2 jar of lotus butter Chocolate chip cookie Dough 1 cup Chocolate Chips 1/4 cup Rich’s Whi DIRECTIONS: Directions: LOADED LOTUS TART 1/2 jar of lotus butter Chocolate chip cookie Dough 1 cup Chocolate Chips 1/4 cup Rich’s Whip This 4 ingredient dessert...
Every rule has an exception. Zrizus is essential. We have to grab as many mitzvos as we can. But we must be calm and collected, too. We can’t rush and lose our peace of mind. This brings us to our...
This week marks the much-anticipated and highly celebrated time on the Jewish calendar. Yeshiva Week has become such a fixture and institution that it now has a Wikipedia entry defining it as “the informal term for a vacation period...
Q: Can I eat from the sealed Kosher meals that were heated for me on Shabbos? A: It is prohibited to explicitly ask a non-Jew to heat food for you on shabbos. If a non-Jew on their own...
Some have the custom to eat esrog jam on Tu B’Shevat. If one has not eaten esrog the whole year, does one make a Shehechiyanu on esrog jam? The Mishna Berura (225:16) writes that one does not recite Shehechiyanu on...
The ninth plague which Hashem brought upon the Egyptians was חושך – the plague of darkness. The Egyp- tians were plunged into darkness for six days, while Beneh Yisrael had light. The Rabbis teach that for three days,...
I. Important Mitzvah In Jewish law and tradition, redeeming a captive (pidyon shevuyim) is the highest form of charity. The Talmud (Bava Basra 8a) refers to it with the unusual term of “great mitzvah” and Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh De’ah 252:1)...
Rabbi Shimon Schwab Said: I Have A Dream The Torah teaches that “G-d placed the favor of the people in the eyes of Egypt” [Shemos 11:3]. Prior to leaving Egypt, the Jews obtained gold and silver utensils and articles...