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...
Ari Hirsch of The Vues had a chance to interview Lucas Duda this off season in Florida during one of his workouts with Mike Barwis. Duda was limited to only...
In our Shavuos liturgy, we refer to Shavuos as, “Zman matan Toroseinu – The season of the giving of the Torah.” We also express the wish to people, “You should...
I. Learning & Sleeping On Shavuos, many stay up all night learning Torah and go to sleep after early morning services. This year, when the holiday followed Shabbos, most people had...