21 Jul Psak Halachah on the Nine Days During the Pandemic
Haircuts and Music During the 3 Weeks This Year The period of mourning beginning on Shiva Asar B’Tamuz (The Three Weeks), is patterned off of the classical laws of Avelius...
Haircuts and Music During the 3 Weeks This Year The period of mourning beginning on Shiva Asar B’Tamuz (The Three Weeks), is patterned off of the classical laws of Avelius...
The older I get the more I have come to believe that people can essentially be divided into two categories: connectors and dividers. Connectors look for commonalities, dividers focus on differences....
In Parashat Debarim Moshe recalls the battle Beneh Yisrael waged against the powerful kings Sihon and Og, which resulted in Beneh Yisrael’s conquest of these kingdoms’ territory. He then relates...
Had the people living in the era of the churban prayed and beseeched Hashem that the churban and the exile shouldn’t come to be, their prayers would have been answered...
It is that “time” again. The entire world is mired in an international health crisis which doesn’t distinguish between Jew and non-Jew- the virus impacts and infects everyone alike. Not...
I. Don’t Disagree The mourning practices of Tisha B’Av include a prohibition on learning Torah, an activity that naturally leads to joy. Some authorities forbid learning Torah on the afternoon before...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I love your column. Thanks for writing it! Up until now, I’ve been trying to meet someone the “old fashioned way.” I’d meet people at events,...
INGREDIENTS: 1 (10 ounce) package spinach, rinsed and chopped 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1/2 cup butter, melted 1 onion, chopped 1 (8 ounce) package shredded mozzarella cheese DIRECTIONS: Yum...
INGREDIENTS: 3 large zucchini 1 16 ounce container low-fat ricotta cheese 1 jar of marinara sauce 1 cup of shredded cheese 1 egg 3 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese Salt, pepper and dried parsley to taste DIRECTIONS: Zucchini Ravioli is a...
WHAT COCA COLA FREESTYLE MACHINE FLAVORS ARE KOSHER? Coca Cola Freestyle Machines enable the consumer to mix a variety of soft drink flavors to his/her own personal choice. All flavors...