During the rule of the Greeks, they decreed three f u n d a m e n t a l prohibitions upon Israel: the abolition of circumcision, Shabbat, and Rosh Chodesh. It is easy to understand their opposition to...
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Chanukah lights are kindled in most shuls. This has also expanded to public Chanukah lightings in many cities throughout the world. There is also a large Chanukah lighting in the White House, attended by many officials. In addition, people light candles...
We tend to imagine the great sages as flawless in both halachic mastery and personal awareness. Generally, this attitude has great merit because these sages rose to their timeless prominence due not only to their brilliance but also their...
The Shulchan Aruch (Orah Haim 670:2) writes: “The extra meals that people add [during Chanukkah] are optional meals, because they [the Rabbis] did not institute them [these days] as [a time of] feasting and rejoicing.” According to halacha,...
Many people ask the following question: Chanukah is an eight-day holiday. There are dozens and dozens of laws in Hilchos Chanukah in Shulchan Aruch. The holiday is packed with halachik detail. And yet in the entire Talmud there...
Everyone jokes about what they would do if they ever won the lottery. For most people, it’s just fantasy. But for Mark “Suchy” Klein, that dream became real, not once,...
FAST FACTS ABOUT DOVI WEISS AND YESHIVAT SHAVEI CHEVRON Name: Dovi Weiss Born in: Kibbutz Chofetz Chaim, Israel. Later moved to Yerushalayim and then Beit El. After finishing high school in Beit El, I...
The Torah in Parashat Vayishlah tells the famous story of the mysterious man who attacked Yaakob Abinu as he was making his way back to Eretz Yisrael from Haran. Yaakob and his assailant wrestled throughout the night, with...
Time to go home. Many years have passed since Yaakov left his parents’ home, in fear of his brother Eisav. He lived in exile with his uncle Lavan, working for him for twenty long,...