19 May Dating and Relationship Advice
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I am really close to getting engaged to a wonderful guy. We have hit a point of contention. We don’t know where to live. I come...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I am really close to getting engaged to a wonderful guy. We have hit a point of contention. We don’t know where to live. I come...
Why do we eat dairy on Shavuos? The Rama on Orach Chaim 494:3 quotes a widespread minhag to eat dairy foods on Shavuos. The Mishnah Berurah (ibid. s.k.12) proffers the famous...
In the 1970s, ceremonies to renew wedding vows became popular in the US. Typically, these ceremonies are officiated by clergy and consist of a formal or informal ceremony. Some Christian...
The actual state of Israel was established 72 years ago in 1948. However, the modern state of Israel as we know it, was launched in 1967. The six-day war was...
In Bamidbar 4:20 the Torah tells us that the Leviim should not come to see the Kodesh and die. Rashi in Sanhedrin 81b s.v. Kevala says that this is a...
THE DESERT This week’s Torah portion, named “Bamidbar,” which means “in the desert,” is always read preceding the holiday of Shavuos, when we celebrate the giving of the Torah at Sinai,...
INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup cocoa powder 1 tsp vanilla 2 eggs 3/4 cup flour 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips DIRECTIONS: This delicious recipe for Shavuos will satisfy your chocolate and cheesecake...
In last week’s parsha, we learned all about shmittah. For the diaspora Jew, shmittah has been only a lesson in Torah academics. But, for the religious farmer in Eretz Yisroel...
The Rambam (Hilchos M e l a c h i m 1:10) rules that only a king of malchus Beis Dovid has the right to use Yerushalayim as his capital...
When You & Your Children Look Back, How Will You Remember Them? Last week, we finished streaming an episode of Behind the Bima and I was immediately gratified to receive wonderfully...