24 Dec No Words

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Last week, our BRS staff luncheon began with an icebreaker to welcome some new members to our team. Each person was asked the following question: If you could meet and...

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24 Dec Kasruth Questions of the Week With Rabbi Moshe Elefant

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Why does Kashrus in America seem to be much easier than it is in Eretz Yisrael? There are two answers: the first answer is that there are many halachos that...

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24 Dec Homeless and Chanukah

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One could kler if someone does not own a house and is literally homeless, does he have a chiyuv to light the Menorah? Maybe the chiyuv only applies to a...

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24 Dec Transforming Our Homes Into a Holy Sanctuary

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The Chashukei Chemed teaches us that if, G-d forbid, a Jew is homeless and sleeps on the park bench, he is exempt from the mitzvah of lighting the Chanukah menorah....

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24 Dec Chanukah’s Gift to Jewish History

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The drama of Chanukah and our ancient struggle with Greece is centered upon the Mikdash and Jerusalem. The Seleucid legions rampaged through the holiest site on earth during an extended...

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24 Dec Where to Place the Menorah

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The gemara (Shabbos 21b) tells us that the proper place to put the Chanukah lights is in front of one’s home, so that all the passers-by will notice the lights,...

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24 Dec Exploring the Five Components of the Human Personality

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Jean-Paul Sartre is sitting at a French cafe, revising his draft of Being and Nothingness. He says to the waitress, “I’d like a cup of coffee, please, with no cream.” The...

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24 Dec Insight on the Holiday of Chanukah

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There is an interesting thought behind the lighting of the Menorah. We light as per Bet Hillel who said on the first night we should light one candle, and on...

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24 Dec Attending a Siyum Hashas

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I. Sources For A Siyum Is it a mitzvah to attend a Siyum HaShas, a celebration of completing the study of the entire Babylonian Talmud, if you have not done the...

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18 Dec A Titanic Victory and a Small Cruse of Oil: Eyes Fixed on Eternity

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David Brooks, in an engaging but superficial article on Hanukah in the New York Times (The Hanukah Story, NY Times, December 10, 2009), sheds light on the brighter side of...

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