Since we Boruch Hashem made a wedding this week I wanted to discuss the inyan of Sheva Brachos. What is the halacha if someone who is given the kibbud of saying...
One of the great personalities of the Jewish people was Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, the Kedushas Levi, Zt”l, Zy”a. I would like to share with you, my dear readers,...
Around Chanukah time, we expect to see articles explaining why electric menorahs are invalid for the mitzvah of lighting Chanukah candles. However, a variation of that type of menorah raises...
I. Rashbash and Chumra Religious life tends toward conservatism, retaining the practices and rhythms of prior years. New stringencies are often derided as fanaticism, an offensive rejection of earlier generations’ religiosity....
In the modern day world there are all kinds of receptors. The AM/FM radio is a receptor that picks up a certain range of frequencies. A short-wave radio accepts...
We are Boruch Hashem zocheh to be marrying off our son next week so I felt it was apropos to discuss the inyan of the brocha of Eirusin. The Rosh in...
As we look back on Shavuos, including the fervent desire to come away from the Yom Tov with a renewed commitment to the “learning” of Torah, we need to understand...
Name:T.J. (Thomas Javier) Rivera Born: October 27, 1988 (age 28) in the Bronx, New York College:Troy University Graduated from Troy in 2011,but went unselected in the Major League Baseball draft. Salary:$507,500 Growing up in the Bronx,...
The Gemara in Shabbos, daf kuf yud zayin, amud bais discusses what to do in a case where a fire is devastating one’s home on Shabbos. It would be permissible...
Jewish law requires immersing in a mikveh utensils used with food. This only applies if the utensils are made of certain materials (generally metal and glass) and if they were...