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Twin Cities ‘A City Is Given A Karpif’ (Eruvin 57a)

Is It Proper…? Is it okay for a young man to leave his parents’...

Is it okay for a young man to leave his parents’ mesorah and join another (e.g., for a chassid to become yeshivish, for a dati le’umi/Modern Orthodox Jew to become black-hat, etc.)?

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A Bride And Groom On Their Wedding Day ‘Except For The Day After Yom Kippur’ (Kerisos 25a)

Closing One’s Eyes For Candle Lighting

Question: Why do women cover their eyes when they light Shabbat candles?

Short Changed

"What difference does that make?" replied Shraga. "What counts is the agreement that we made. I said two hundred fifty and you accepted."

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Exchanging Land? ‘Nor Shall You Show Them Favor’ (Avodah Zarah 20a)

Outstanding Loan

"What is the problem, then?" asked Mrs. Rhein. "We can pay $5,000; the payment from the summer and what we owe for now."

Seudah Shlishit Before Yom Tov

Question: Whenever a yom tov starts on Sunday (like this year), synagogues generally forego their Seudah Shlishit, eaten after Minchah on Shabbat. But why? If one is supposed to eat a third meal every Shabbos, why skip it if a yom tov starts that night?

What Is Required To Fulfill ‘You Shall Teach Your Son Torah?’

Tur, however, cites from Ramah that the minimal obligation of Tanach is for someone who is unable to educate more, but one who can, is obligated (chayav) to teach his son Mishnah, Gemara, halachos and aggados.

Build Back Better – The Jewish Version

Regardless of the rationale for how the covenant would be originally binding, the Gemara relates that the Jews fully accepted the Torah after the miracle of Purim.

A Drill For A Saw

Betzalel was a "fix-it" man who enjoyed carpentry as a hobby. He did many home improvements himself, which he found both economical and enjoyable. He was now building a swing set for his children, happily sawing, drilling, hammering, and bolting the pieces.

Public Passage

Pleasantville was a quiet suburban town with large properties and curving roads that wound around them. Mr. Feder lived just behind the local shul. Since the road wound around his property, people coming to shul on Shabbos would often take a shortcut through his property to walk to shul. The treaded area of earth marked the place where people made their way weekly. The through traffic did not bother Mr. Feder, as his house was on the other end of the property. He never made a fuss about it, but had never officially sanctioned this public shortcut.

Neshama – You Have Work To Do

Throughout history there have been great leaders and great rabbis who passed on to us the beautiful ways of life. Through these leaders we've been able to seek higher levels in worshiping Hashem and simply higher spiritual levels.

Resolving Halachic Dilemmas

Question: Who should resolve halachic dilemmas?

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Of Kings And Scholars ‘He Forgave The Honor Due Him’ (Yoma 22b)

The Kittel: When And Why?

Some authorities teach that one should not clean one's kittel after Pesach. This is because the wine and matza stains on one's kittel from the Pesach Seder – proof of one’s devotion to mitzvot – will serve well on one's behalf on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

Lost Tzedakah

When he reached the bank, he put his hand in his pocket and realized the money was gone.

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Satisfaction Guaranteed ‘The Divine Presence Rests Only On One Who Is Wise, Strong…’ (Shabbos 92a)

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Moshe’s Request ‘I Love My Master, My Wife, My Children …' (Kiddushin 22a)

Is it Time to Abandon Kitniyot?

Rabbi David Bar-Hayim argues it is time for Ashkenazim to abandon the prohibition against Kitnyot. What do you think?

A Lame Horse

"How much is the whole horse worth?" Feivel asked. "Go sell it and I'll pay you the difference to buy a new horse."

Benefiting From A Non-Jew’s Work On Shabbat

If you yourself may not perform a melachah, you may not ask a non-Jew to perform it for you. This is true both for biblically prohibited acts, melachot de’oreita, and rabinically prohibited acts, melachot de’rabbanan. This applies even if the non-Jew was instructed before Shabbat to perform the melachah on Shabbat.

Is It Proper?… Assuming the content is kosher, is it proper for one to...

Perhaps one should better go to sleep than engage in these pursuits, if he can't properly engage his focus on the sadness of the day.

Don’t Give Up! A Sefirah Message

One day Zayda heard the tragic news. Everyone had been killed in the gas chambers. There was no one left. Zayda was the only one who had survived. My mother watched as her father, in one of his most terrible moments of his entire life, gave out an anguished cry to the heavens above.

The Origin And Halachos Of Mincha

Several authorities rule that one who finishes the Shemoneh Esrei of Mincha after sunset should not recite Tachanun, as Tachanun should not be recited at night.

My Son’s Wedding

I now opened my eyes that were wet with tears of the past, the present, and the future and saw how beautiful Hashem's world is and how perfect the cycles of life are. How little of the circle we see at a time.

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Guarding the Temple Even Today! ‘Kohanim Were Stationed in Three Places’ (Tamid 25b)

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The Wedding Day Fast ‘He Accepts A Ring On Her Behalf’ (Kesubos 47a)

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Global Shabbos – Everywhere Simultaneously Departing After Shabbos, Arriving On Shabbos (Sanhedrin 58b)

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Her Children, Her Whim “Kesubas Bnin Dichrin” (Kesubos 52b)

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