06 May DATING AND RELATIONSHIP ADVICE
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I am dating a girl with a generalized Anxiety Disorder. She was very upfront and casually mentioned it after we dated for a month. I appreciated and respected...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I am dating a girl with a generalized Anxiety Disorder. She was very upfront and casually mentioned it after we dated for a month. I appreciated and respected...
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s visit to the United States this past week sent shockwaves through Jewish communities and political circles alike. From impassioned speeches and packed shuls to heated protests on Ivy League campuses...
A Blind Kohen Can’t Rule On Negaim Even Though A Kohen Shoteh Can The majority of this week’s parsha deals with the laws of Tzoraas (commonly translated as leprosy, which in truth it is not). In several places, the...
Imagine, if one was to gather the ultimate anthology, he would go to Rav Shvadron, Zt”l, and ask him to sift through all of his teachings and choose the most powerful one. Then, he would go to Rabbi...
At this time of the year, Klal Yisroel breaks out one of its national treasures: the Mishnayos of Pirkei Avos. This anthology of select ethical teachings, transmitted to us by our gigantic teachers, presents us with a truly great...
A person bought a lottery ticket, saying that he had bitachon he would win the grand prize of a hundred thousand rubles. Reb Yisrael Salanter zt’l asked him, “Would you please sell me your ticket for fifty thousand rubles,” and...
With the FDA potentially stepping back from its oversight of commercially produced milk, how might this change affect the kosher community’s long-standing reliance on government regulation to ensure milk meets...
Parashiyot Tazria and Mesora describe several different kinds of manifestations of Sara’at – discolorations on a person’s skin, garment or home, which, under certain conditions, brings a state of impurity. Our Sages have explained that Sara’at would strike a...
Two Birds This week’s parsha, Metzorah (Vayikra chapters 12-15), discusses the laws of tzaraas, usually translated as “leprosy.” Tzaraas was an illness whose identifying mark was a white patch (or patches) appearing on the skin of a person, the walls...