24 Sep DATING AND RELATIONSHIP ADVICE
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I have been dating a guy for 2 months now. We really get along well, but I am curious to meet his family. I feel like meeting his...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I have been dating a guy for 2 months now. We really get along well, but I am curious to meet his family. I feel like meeting his...
This week’s parsha contains the terrible Tochacha – the 98 curses delineated in graphic detail, through which the Almighty warns us of what we will be subject to if we do not keep His Torah. Before the Tochacha begins, the...
As we go about reflecting on our lives getting ready for Rosh Hashannah, the Day of Judgement, it is imperative to think about the following Gemara in the beginning of Masechtas Berachos. The Gemara mandates, “L’olam yirgaz adom yeitzer...
Shulchan Aruch teaches that ideally, a shofar should come from a ram, and it should be bent. The Mishnah Berurah explains that the shofar should be from a ram to arouse Heaven’s memory of akeidas Yitzchak, and it should be bent...
Parashat Ki-Tabo begins with the Misva of Bikkurim, which requires landowners to bring their first ripened fruits to the Bet Ha’mikdash, and present them to a Kohen. The Torah commands, “Ve’samta Ba’teneh” – that the fruits must...
Let’s travel back in time to the days the Beis HaMikdash stood in Yerushalayim. It’s harvest time, and the farmers are in the field. They’re busy collecting bikurim, the first fruits of the Shivas...
Elizabeth A couple is in the midst of a tremendous fight, as a gunman breaks into their home. Pointing his rifle at the woman of the home, he asks her for her name. The terrified woman mutters, “Elizabeth.” “This...
APPLE FRITTERS INGREDIENTS: 3 large apples peeled, cored and sliced into rounds 1 cup flour 1 beaten egg Pinch of salt 1 tablespoon oil 1 tablespoon brandy 3 tablespoons sugar 3/4 cup milk DIRECTIONS: I remember growing up and waiting for my Oma...
“0 – 2.” That was the defiant tweet former President Trump posted shortly after an assassination attempt on his life earlier this week, the second in less than three months. The first time, Trump came within inches of losing his...
Jewish billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis achieved a major milestone as the first non- professional astronauts to conduct a spacewalk on a commercial mission. On Thursday, the pair left the SpaceX Dragon capsule, orbiting 435 miles...