24 Feb DATING AND RELATIONSHIP ADVICE
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I am a lady in my late 20s, and I would very much like to get married. Baruch Hashem, I come from a wonderful family, but for...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I am a lady in my late 20s, and I would very much like to get married. Baruch Hashem, I come from a wonderful family, but for...
Is It Permissible to Block Roads? Recently in Israel, blocking roads has become a common phenomenon, and therefore the halachic perspective on this matter must be clarified. From a number of places in Chazal and the poskim it clearly...
Over the past decade, something subtle but profoundly consequential has shifted in our collective mindset. There was a time when “free” felt like a gift: unexpected, generous, and almost miraculous. But slowly, and without notice, “free” stopped feeling like...
Parshas Terumah concerns itself with the Mishkan and the vessels used therein. The truth of the matter is that for the next five parshiyos — Terumah, Tezaveh, a good part of Ki Sisa, Vayakhel, and Pekudei — this...
With great excitement, Purim is rapidly approaching! So, as we take out our copies of Megilas Esther and the many amazing commentaries, I’d like to share with you a powerful observation I once noticed with the help of...
The Zohar (Chadash 7:) writes, “Klal Yisrael gives parnassah to their Father in heaven.” The Nefesh HaChaim (2:6) explains that just as food makes the connection between body and neshamah (and without food, the neshamah departs), similarly, the Zohar teaches, Hashem’s connection to the...
Is one permitted to bathe, take a haircut or listen to music on Taanis Esther? The Meiri (Sefer Magen Avos 23) writes that Taanis Esther is different than other communal fast days. Other communal fast days...
The Torah in Parashat Teruma presents the laws for the construction of the Mishkan, which is where sacrifices were offered until the building of the Bet Ha’mikdash in Jerusalem. Later, in Parashat Vayakhel, we read of the fulfillment...
I am writing these lines from Ir HaKodesh, the holy city of Yerushalayim. A city where spirituality is in the air. Where one can’t help but be uplifted. A Shabbos sheva brochos was taking...
The Smuggler Tony comes up to the Mexican border on his bicycle. He’s got two large bags over his shoulders. Joe, the border guard, stops him and says, “What’s in the bags?” “Sand,” answers Tony. Joe says, “We’ll just see...