Death is a highly uncomfortable and awkward subject. As a result, most people do all they can to avoid the subject altogether. While we would prefer to see ourselves as living forever, the Torah instructs us that, in...
Summertime is the perfect season to beat the heat by taking a refreshing plunge in the pool. But when Shabbat rolls around, things get a bit more complicated. Can we still take a dip? Let’s explore the poolside...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, We truly enjoy reading your weekly column in The Jewish Vues and appreciate the balanced advice you consistently provide. I struggle with the expectation that the man should...
DIRECTIONS: This is a great way to use leftover rotisserie chicken. For the salad, you can really put anything you want in it. I use some Romaine lettuce, both green and red...
In recent weeks, we have become aware of various campaigns encouraging people to accept kabbalos to strengthen the sanctity of our shuls. Some campaigns focus on refraining from talking during davening, with incentives such as being entered into a raffle for...
Is it proper to enjoy good food or should we avoid worldly pleasures and focus on spiritual success? The Talmud contains a plethora of seemingly contradictory indications on whether it is morally proper for a Torah scholar, someone striving...
The first pasuk of Parashat Re’eh teaches us how to look at each day of our lives: Re’eh Anochi Noten Lifneichem Hayom Bracha U’klalah See that I am placing before you today a blessing and a curse. The Torah...
“For you shall surely open your hand to him.” (Devarim 15:8) First, the Torah tells us (15:7), “If there be a pauper among you, one of your brethren, in one of your gateways in your land that G-d...
In the second parsha of Krias Shema, we say at least twice daily, “V’haya im shamo’a tishma’u el mitzvosai – And it will be if you (plural) listen to My mitzvos.” This section continues in lashon rabim, in...
And you shall make a laver of copper and a copper stand for washing. Shemos 30:18 Introduction Throughout the generations, both men and women have had the practice of wearing rings on their fingers. Some rings signify that one...