At the recent Question & Answer session for the Irgun Shiurei Torah, (which you can see on TorahAnytime. com), I fielded the following question: Why would Hashem allow such a blatantly antisemitic mayoral candidate, like Zohran Mamdani, to succeed and...
Reb Eliezer Eichler zt’l, Rav of the Boyan yeshiva in the United States, tells the following story. Before that, he was the Rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Tosh, in the Tosh neighborhood of Montreal. There was a bachur in the Tosher yeshiva that wasn’t acting...
Is there an issue with having alcoholic seltzer? Does an alcoholic seltzer need a hechsher? We’ve already certified a very large company that makes alcoholic seltzer; it’s very popular. It is something that needs supervision...
FAST FACTS Name: Simon (Sholom) Hyman Born in: Rochester, New York Father: Rabbi Chaim Hyman, Chief Rabbi of Rochester Yeshiva Growing Up: Chofetz Chaim in Rochester Camp Growing Up: I went to Camp Magen Avraham...
As many take advantage of the weeks after Tisha B’Av and before the start of the school year to travel, a frequent challenge presents itself — how to daven properly while on vacation. Outside the structured environment...
Yellowstone National Park, which is larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware combined, contains its own Grand Canyon, considered by many to be the most breathtaking sight inside the park. The canyon is 20 miles long,...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, Hi, I have a question. I am a newly ,married man, and my wife said that her Kallah teacher taught in class that she should have one friend...
The beracha of shehechiyanu applies to many different areas such as Yom Tov, purchasing new items, performing mitzvahs and eating new fruits. This issue will focus on the beracha of shehechiyanu as it applies to new fruits and other daily applications. The...
I. AI and Transformation Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world and already beginning to transform the workplace, a process that is widely expected to be dramatic. Will Torah study face the same fate? Some anticipate that AI, once it...
In Parashat Ekev, Moshe Rabbenu commands the people that after they cross into the Land of Israel, they must remember what their lives were like in the desert. They must remember the miraculous existence that they lived...