09 Apr Kashruth Question of the Week: Granite Vs. Quartz Countertop on Pesach

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  When we speak about granite versus quartz, the issue is as follows: Stone can be kashered for Pesach. However, it has to be pure stone. Granite is indeed a pure...

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09 Apr Are We Playing G-D? Leadership, Vaccination, and a Communal Policy

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The ultimate measure of a leader is not where he or she stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he or she stands in times of challenge and...

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09 Apr Dating and Relationship Advice

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Dear Rabbi and Shira, I was dating a guy for 3 months, and I fell hard for him. We had common goals, and enjoyed speaking about all things pre-law. We spoke...

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09 Apr Healing a Divided People: The Secret of the Afikoman

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For children, it is the highlight of the seder. Over the years they discovered that because the seder could not be concluded until this final piece of matzah is eaten,...

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09 Apr It’s All One Matza

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  On the seder night we do yahcatz before we begin magid, i.e. we break the middle matza in half, and put away the larger half for the afikoman, before we...

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09 Apr What is Freedom?

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I. Freedom of the Will Pesach is the holiday of freedom, when G-d redeemed us from slavery. But has that freedom continued with us, even after we subsequently were oppressed and...

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09 Apr Parashat Tahor- Correcting The Sin of Lashon Ha’ra

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Parashiyot Tazria and Mesora speak at length about the subject of Sara’at, the skin infection that would be suffered by those guilty of the sin of Lashon Ha’ra – negative...

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09 Apr An Interesting Look At Mah Nishtana

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When Rav Dovid Jungreis was young, he spent time in the home of the venerable Rav of Yerushalayim, Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, zt”l, zy”a. One day, Rav Leib Auerbach, Rosh...

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09 Apr Teshuva on Lashon Hora

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In Vayikra, Perek Yud daled, posuk alef the Torah tells us the proceedings that happen when one becomes healed from his tzoraas. We learn that a person was stricken with...

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09 Apr Shabbat Hagadol: Bridging Between Creation and Redemption

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Shabbat Hagadol plays a colorful role in the rich heritage of the Pesach holiday. At the heart of the Shabbat Hagadol lore lies a distinctive shiur or sermon geared toward...

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