This week, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took out a full page advertisement in The Wall Street Journal titled, “To Those I’ve Hurt.” In it, he addressed years of publicly documented antisemitic remarks and behavior, admitted that his untreated...
A GPS application that includes an option to alert users to the presence of police should not make use of that option. The poskim discuss whether it is permitted to report to the police a driver who is traveling...
Before Beneh Yisrael left Egypt, Hashem spoke to Moshe and gave him a series of instructions that Beneh Yisrael were to follow in preparation for the great moment of Yetziat Mitzrayim. They were all to prepare an animal...
In this week’s parsha, Moshe Rabbeinu is told by G-d, “Please speak into the ears of the people and a man shall ask from his neighbor and a women shall ask from her neighbor utensils of silver and...
As we learn the parsh- ios regarding the pun- ishment of the Egyp- tians, a central theme that runs through them is the attribute of treat- ing people middah k’neged middah, measure for measure. As the Gemara teaches...
When we receive good things from Hashem, we say the brachah Baruch Ata Hashem...
Throughout the year—and especially during yeshiva break—many people travel and stay in hotels or motels over Shabbos. Modern technology has introduced numerous halachic questions. Ari Hirsch of The Jewish Vues sat down with Rabbi Moshe...
Parashat Bo tells of the final three plagues that Hashem brought upon Egypt, culminating with the final plague, the plague of the firstborn, which led Pharaoh to permit Beneh Yisrael to leave Egypt. Already before the eighth plague,...
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, a former Chief Rabbi of Israel, is a most inspiring speak- er, with a special knack for telling great stories. I had the good fortune of hearing Rabbi Lau speak,...
Always Late Sarah was always late to work no matter how much she tried to be on time, or how many times her boss scolded her. She just could not wake up on time. Her boss said she...