Kasher My Kitchen
Glass cannot be kashered or used at all on Pesach because it is made of sand and is halachically considered earthenware.
Payment From Tzedakah
Mr. Taub tried a few more times to contact Benjy, but was unsuccessful.
Time For Geulah
How can we say that we are waiting for Mashiach in any month other than Nissan?
Voices Large & Small
Vayikra, "He called," ends with a mini-Aleph, teaching us that Moses could hear the Call because he learned at Sinai to listen to the other side of silence, the world's smaller sounds and the people he led
Vayikra: Can Leaders Make Mistakes?
In this video, Rabbi Fohrman contrasts the Torah's perspective of power and justice to the philosophy of Richard Nixon's famous line - "When the president does it, it is not illegal."
Redeeming Relevance: Parshat Vayikra: Ownership, Chametz and the Sacrificial Conundrum
There is likely some connection between the prohibition of chametz on the altar and the chametz which is more likely on our minds as we rid our homes of this most challenging foodstuff.
A New Year – Parshat HaChodesh
On Shabbat we will read of two events that took place on the first of Nisan.
Shabbos Mevorchim Nissan
The comfort and chizuk these wives offered their husbands, uplifting their morale, did not escape our all-seeing Father in heaven.
Parshat Vayakhel-Pikudei
Anyone from any tribe can rise to greatness so long as he or she has the vision, drive, and talent.
The Perfect Formula
Other nations were created through conquest and an amalgamation of peoples. We, the Jewish people, were born in the cradle of family, Abraham and Sarah, created our very first home. Thia is why the epidemic of splintered families is an epic tragedy.
Jewish Practice In The U.S. Military (XI)
The ongoing legal saga of whether Dr. Simcha Goldman could wear his yarmulke while serving in the US Air Force
When Built
I can't accept that, said Mr. Mann. If you are not willing to honor the contract, we need to take up the issue in beis din.
Q & A: The Four Parshiyot (Conclusion)
Question: Why there are four special Torah readings between Purim and Pesach? Also, why do we call each of those four Shabbatot by a special name, e.g., Shabbat Shekalim, Shabbat Zachor etc.? Additionally how did the division of weekly parshiyot we read every Shabbat come about?
Celia Gluck
Daf Yomi
Hung Out To Dry
‘A Roof With A Parapet 10 Tefachim High Is Not Included’
(Bava Basra 63b-64a)
Where Are The Gedolim Today?
While this is a beautiful illustration of the giving nature of a tzaddik, there is as subtle message here: the man stole a spoon from the Chofetz Chaim. How was that possible?
What Requires A Pesach Certification – And What Does Not
If chametz became mixed with non-chametz on Pesach, the mixture is prohibited on Pesach even if the ratio of the permitted non‑chametz to the forbidden chametz is 1,000 to 1.
Photo ID
Our first six children had been born in the Holy Land, but ironically every one of them married and set up home in the United States.
Rashi’s Prediction
The UN condemns Israel on a constant basis for crimes it has not committed, and continually attempts to recognize the Palestinian claim to the land (with the exception to the Trump administration as we will shortly discuss).
Taking The Law Into Your Own Hands (Siman 75:8)
So too a person who admits he stole part of the money claimed, or who is confronted by only one witness who testifies to the theft, remains eligible to take an oath.
Connecting To Ourselves
"The Lord settles lonely individuals into the House (Psalms 68:7)." His House that "dwells in the heart of each individual" is meant to provide a place for the lonely; those disconnected from themselves
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