INGREDIENTS: 4 tablespoons unsalted margarine 1 heaping cup chopped shallots or sweet onion 6 cups chicken broth 6 ears fresh corn 1-1/4 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1-1/2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh basil,...
In the Kedushah of Mussaf, we say in unison, “Mimikomo Hu yifen b’rachamav l’amo – From His place He turns to His Nation, V’yachon am hami’yachadim Shemo – And shows favor to His Nation that declares His Name Unique,...
A counsel for joy is to learn to get along with others. This will save you from much pain and hardships. Reb Avraham G e n a c h o v s k y zt’l once said to someone...
Is one allowed to cook meat and fish together in the same oven at the same time? The issue of eating fish and meat together is described in Halacha as a matter of...
Minhagim like waiting 6 hours between eating meat & milk. Can they be changed? Minhagim should not be changed. Once you start changing family customs, you are on a slippery slope. What really protects...
The Torah in Parashat Ekeb (8:10) introduces the Misva of Birkat Ha’mazon – the obligation to recite a series of special Berachot after eating a certain quantity of bread. The Gemara in Masechet Berachot (48b) teaches us the origin...
“V’achalta v’savata, u’veirachta es HaShem...
“The world breaks everyone, and afterwards some are stronger in the broken places.” -- Ernest Hemingway Broken The simple reading of the story (recorded twice in Torah, in Shemot, and then again in Devarim, in this week’s parsha) goes...
The Mitzvah There is a great mitzvah for one to be involved with making shidduchim between a boy and girl. Hashem was the first shadchan in the world who made the shidduch between Adom and Chavah. The Chozeh from Lublin is...
I. AI Authorship Is it permissible to study Torah from a sefer, a text of Torah scholarship, written by artificial intelligence (AI)? There are different ways an AI could author a sefer. For our purposes, we can divide...