A visitor to a supermarket is struck by the vast array of chocolate items for sale, such as candies, chocolate cake, chocolate milk, chocolate cookies and the like. There is also a vast array of halachic issues which apply to chocolate....
INGREDIENTS: 1 medium red onion, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch slices 1 large sweet red pepper, halved, stemmed and seeded 1 small zucchini, cut lengthwise into 1/2-inch slices 1 yellow summer squash, cut lengthwise into 1/2-inch slices 2...
OpenAI recently released ChatGPT-5, which faced a number of public challenges. One of its features is that users can now choose from five preset Artificial Intelligence (AI) “personalities.” The list of personalities includes cheerful and adaptive; thoughtful and supportive; exploratory...
Parashat Re’eh begins with Moshe Rabbenu making the following pronouncement to Beneh Yisrael: “Re’eh Anochi Notein Lifneichem Hayom Bracha U’klala.” See that I am placing before you today a blessing and a curse. The commentaries explain that every day, Hashem gives...
The pasuk in Parshas Re’eh says, “You are Children to Hashem your G-d, you shall not cut yourselves and you shall not make a bald spot between your eyes for a dead person.” (Devorim 14:1) In the past,...
At the recent Question & Answer session for the Irgun Shiurei Torah, (which you can see on TorahAnytime. com), I fielded the following question: Why would Hashem allow such a blatantly antisemitic mayoral candidate, like Zohran Mamdani, to succeed and...
Reb Eliezer Eichler zt’l, Rav of the Boyan yeshiva in the United States, tells the following story. Before that, he was the Rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Tosh, in the Tosh neighborhood of Montreal. There was a bachur in the Tosher yeshiva that wasn’t acting...
Is there an issue with having alcoholic seltzer? Does an alcoholic seltzer need a hechsher? We’ve already certified a very large company that makes alcoholic seltzer; it’s very popular. It is something that needs supervision...
FAST FACTS Name: Simon (Sholom) Hyman Born in: Rochester, New York Father: Rabbi Chaim Hyman, Chief Rabbi of Rochester Yeshiva Growing Up: Chofetz Chaim in Rochester Camp Growing Up: I went to Camp Magen Avraham...
As many take advantage of the weeks after Tisha B’Av and before the start of the school year to travel, a frequent challenge presents itself — how to daven properly while on vacation. Outside the structured environment...