Following a Passion for Sports to IsraelIn Israel, a new five month scholarship program being offered to young aspiring athletes – one of them could be you.
Posted on: April 11th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaJust Like Carrying In A Karmelis ‘Tithing When Night Falls’ (Eruvin 36a)
Posted on: April 4th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaQuestion: Is it preferable to pray at great length or with much brevity?
Posted on: April 4th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaFootball’s 49ers rarely drop the ball. But how many of us make it through 49 nights from the second night of Pesach all the way to Shavuot without losing count? Sometimes we never even make it to the first yard line. We are so busy preparing for second night Seder that we miss evening prayers in shul and forget to count Day One.
Posted on: April 4th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaReady And Able ‘Unripe Dates Are Unsuitable For An Eruv’ (Eruvin 28)
Posted on: March 25th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaQuestion: When a person buys tefillin, the shel yad often comes with a cover within the cover, which many people leave on during davening. Is this proper?
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Posted on: March 25th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaCongregation Toras Yisrael decided to hold a learning program on Friday morning, Chol Hamoed Pesach. Two weeks before Pesach, the gabbai in charge of the program discussed possible guest speakers with the shul rabbi, Rabbi Brick.
Posted on: March 25th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaWhat is chametz? What are the various categories of chametz? Does the prohibition of chametz on Pesach apply also to non‑food products? Can medication containing chametz be taken on Pesach? Can vitamins produced with no Pesach supervision be used? What about liquid medicine such as cough mixture? Can non- supervised body soap or liquid detergent be used? What about toothpaste? May one use rubbing alcohol? May one eat egg matzah?
Posted on: March 21st, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaTaste is everything – ta’am ke’ikar. The taste of forbidden food is treated in halacha as the forbidden food itself and is equally forbidden. If the taste of forbidden food has been absorbed into a cooking vessel, such a vessel may not be used on Pesach unless it undergoes a process known as hechsher or hagalat keilim - popularly referred to as kashering.
Posted on: March 21st, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaA Gadol’s View Confirmed ‘Majority Rules’ (Eruvin 16a)
Posted on: March 21st, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaQuestion: May one use grape juice for the arba kosos?
Posted on: March 13th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaMr. Lazer ran a successful restaurant. He employed close to twenty people: a chef, cooks and a baker; waiters and waitresses; supply and maintenance personnel; and two cashiers. At the end-of-year accounting, something seemed amiss. There was a small but noticeable discrepancy in the cash receipts of his enterprise. In the following semi-annual account, a similar discrepancy was noted.
Posted on: March 13th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaThe Kotel And The Mall ‘Sratya u’Platya’ (Eruvin 7a)
When A Pause Makes All The Difference
Posted on: March 13th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaQuestion: Does it matter where one pauses when one recites the daily prayers?
Posted on: March 13th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & Hashkafa“You must sanctify yourselves and be holy,” the Torah tells us, “for I, the Lord your God, am holy.” The service of God in our lives should simulate the service of God in the Temple. Just as the kohen, the priest, was required to enter God’s Temple in a state of taharah, spiritual cleanliness, we are required to enter God’s world in a state of taharah.
Posted on: March 7th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaVisiting the sick, bikur cholim, is one of the mitzvot listed in the prayer “Eilu devarim she’ein lahem shiur” – “These are the things that have no measure.” According to our sages, the Torah itself stresses the importance of bikur cholim in several places.
Posted on: March 7th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaWaiting For Kiddush ‘Mazal Bears No Influence…’ (Shabbos 156a)
Posted on: March 6th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaQuestion: Must a Jew’s tzitzit strings hang on the outside of his pants?
Posted on: March 6th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & Hashkafa"Look at this sefer," Yoel said to his friend Menashe. "It's written by Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, zt"l." "I've seen that sefer," replied Menashe. "It's very good. I was thinking of buying it." "That's not all," added Yoel. "Look inside..." Menashe opened the sefer. Inside he saw a signed inscription by Rav Eliyahu. "Wow! How did you get an inscribed copy?" he asked.
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaIf you took a bus to synagogue on a rainy Shabbat or Yom Tov day, with umbrella in hand, would that be OK? There is no melachah involved because you are not driving. There is no amira le’nochri (asking a non‑Jew to perform a melachah on your behalf) involved because you are not asking the non‑Jew to drive for you. He is driving of his own accord for other non‑Jews. There is no violation of techum Shabbat (the prohibition not to travel on Shabbat or Yom Tov more than 2,000 amot beyond one's residence), because the bus travels only in the city.
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