28 Dec ABBA – RECOLLECTIONS OF MY FATHER HARAV YEHUDA KELEMER ZECHER L’BROCHA
Wanted to share some stories about my father- actually these aren’t really stories in the sense of some of the out of this world stories that have been shared over...
Wanted to share some stories about my father- actually these aren’t really stories in the sense of some of the out of this world stories that have been shared over...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I am at my wits end! It use to be when people wanted to learn about my family to see if I was right for their son...
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One of the most common areas of halacha which people have different customs is in regard to drinking cholov stam. What is cholov stam? How is cholov Yisroel made? Do...
Moshe and Aaron Remained Moshe and Aaron From Beginning To End There is a strange set of verses near the beginning of our parsha. After G-d charged Moshe and Aaron with...
Rav Tzvi Hirsch Kalischer (19th cen., Poland) famously proposed bringing sacrifices today (i.e., the 1860’s) even though there is no Temple standing. He brilliantly argues in his 1862 book, Derishas...
A famous Midrash tells that when G-d brought upon the Egyptians the second plague, the plague of frogs, he started by bringing just one single frog. The Egyptians tried to...