This month many of the bakeries sell raisin challah. Many local bagel stores recently stopped selling cinnamon raisin bagels. Are raisins kosher to eat? The OU’s position is that raisins are...
During the Aseres Yemei Teshuva we add special requests in the first and last brachos of Shmoneh Esrei (zochreinu, mi chamocha etc.) We add more tefillos on Rosh Hashana and...
The posuk says, “Aryeh shoag, mi lo yirah – The lion roared, who is not afraid?” The verse is interpreted homiletically to reflect on the feelings of fear and trepidation...
“Coronation Night” – that is how one of the great spiritual masters would define the night of Rosh Hashanah. In a 1974 sermon, Rabbi Yosef Dov Soleveitchik (1903-1993), one of the...
Few experiences hurt more than a child’s death. Parents naturally blame themselves at some point in the mourning process but they are not to blame. G-d’s decision to take away...
In the opening verse of Parashat Nitzavim, Moshe declares to Benei Yisrael, “Atem Nitzavim Hayom Kulechem” – “You stand before God today, all of you!” This is generally understood as...
When we blow the shofar during chazaras hashatz on Rosh Hashanah, the teki’os do not constitute a hefsek in the middle of the Amidah. Rather, these two entities blend together...
FAST FACTS: Years Tantzers are around: 8 Number of Tantzer volunteers: Approximately 200 Men & 100 Women Founder of the Tantzers: Zelig Friedman Coordinator of the Mens Tantzers: Sholi Rosenblum...
In Devarim, (28:10) the Torah tells Bnei Yisroel that the nations of the world will see Hashem upon you and will fear you. The gemara in Brachos (6a) says that...
What is preferable, to wake up early and recite Selichos before dawn, or to stay up late and recite Selichos after Chatzos (midnight)? Rav Yitzchak Zylberstein (Chashukei Chemed, Yoma 22a) writes...