I would like to share a thought about Yom Kippur. As Rav Dovid Kronglass used to say, this is the most important week of the year. We have a tremendous task in front of us and that is the...
This erev Shabbos is unique. Normally on Friday, especially in the afternoon, it is a time when we try to abstain from any serious eating for it is very preferred to sit down to the Shabbos meal with...
Reb Baruch Ber zt’l (Birchas Shmuel) excelled in the mitzvah of honoring his parents, and when his father was ill, he stayed with his father almost every night. One night, Reb Baruch Ber couldn’t be with his father, so he...
What foods should one eat at the seuda ha’mafsekes (last meal) on erev Yom Kippur? Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 608:4) writes that on erev Yom Kippur, one should eat light foods that are easily digestible,...
The Issur Chazal wanted to protect the Jews from assimilating with the non-Jews and therefore enacted a gezeira that the bread of a non-Jew is forbidden for a Jew to eat. This is known as pas akum. This issur applies...
Please tell everyone a little bit about Joey Saban. I was born and raised in South Brooklyn as a first generation American with proud Sephardic Jewish heritage. My passion for community service began when I was...
Have you ever felt like a fraud? Ever experience that sentiment that you’re a fake, that you are making this up as you go and, eventually will be found out and exposed? It could be in your professional life,...
As we bring the year to a close, it seems like not only the year is ending, but history and the world as well. Looking back, it is fascinating to see the enormous number of events that...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, In high school we were told that when we start dating, never to talk to friends about it for multiple reasons such as it can cause jealousy or...
The posuk in the Torah says that melacha is generally forbidden on Yom Tov, although melacha which is needed to prepare food to eat is permitted. Once these melachos (cooking, and baking) were permitted for the preparation of food they are also...