Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
The Fighting Light of Chanukah
Posted on: December 22nd, 2011
Judaism → HolidaysAs Israel experiences a national rebirth on our native soil, the forces of evil are gathering all of their strength to wage a final war to stamp out our light.
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Posted on: December 21st, 2011
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaWhat Is A Sheep? ‘If It…Does Not Possess Three Vertebrae’ (Bechoros 40b)
Reb Elimelech M’Lizhensk (Part III)
Posted on: December 21st, 2011
Judaism → Columns → Chodesh Tov/Rabbi Hanoch TellerWherever the two holy brothers went on their self-imposed exile they generated a spirit of repentance. Their standard routine was to admonish themselves out loud for their supposed crimes, when in fact their “sins” were precisely the ones that the villager within earshot needed to rectify.
Beis HaMikdash – Spiritual Power Source
Posted on: December 21st, 2011
Judaism → ParshaThe Bach, commenting on Tur Shulchan Aruch, explains that the decrees of the Yivanim against the Jewish people occurred because the Jewish people became “lax in their service.”
Posted on: December 21st, 2011
Judaism → Ask the RabbiQuestion: I know there is a dispute in the Gemara regarding ayin hara, the evil eye. Can you discuss the origin of it? Ben Glassman (Via E-Mail)
Posted on: December 21st, 2011
Judaism → ParshaThere has long been a massive debate in Anglo Jewry as to whether we should take a unified stance in our support for the State of Israel or openly air our differences. It’s mostly been a noisy and shrill debate, but it’s the wrong debate – as it is deflecting us from the real issue.
Sheva Berachot After Shalosh Seudot
Posted on: December 21st, 2011
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaQuestion: Normally one may not eat or drink after Birchat Hamazon of Shalosh Seudot until after Havdalah. What is the halacha, however, if one schedules Sheva Berachot for a Shalosh Seudot meal? Should the groom and bride drink from the wine of Sheva Berachot or not?
Anguish That Does Not Go Away: The Singles Problem (Part Two)
Posted on: December 21st, 2011
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointLast week I shared a letter from a 30-plus young woman who was very troubled over the challenges confronting singles. She felt the Jewish community was not sufficiently engaged in reaching out to and helping the many singles desperately looking for their soul mates.
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Posted on: December 21st, 2011
In Print → From the PaperI was walking home from my weekly Tehillim group when I encountered a very worried-looking young woman. She told me she had been standing outside her apartment when she encountered an old man. He seemed lost, and did not respond to her offer of help. She noticed he was not wearing shoes.
The Mystical Message Of The Chanukah Dreidel
Posted on: December 21st, 2011
In Print → From the PaperChanukah commemorates our victory over the Syrian-Greeks and the Hellenists – Jews who betrayed their own people in order to curry favor with the gentiles.
Posted on: December 20th, 2011
Judaism → Judaism 101The following general overview of Chanukah laws - Chag Sameach!
Posted on: December 17th, 2011
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaIn June 1967, even skeptics and agnostics admitted that the people of Israel, who only days before were digging their own graves, were saved by nothing short of a miracle. Over the years, however, however, the miracle, so obvious when it occurred, became camouflaged in a shroud of strategic, military terms.
The Truth Behind Yosef’s Allegations
Posted on: December 15th, 2011
Judaism → ParshaIn the beginning of this week’s parshah the Torah says that Yosef brought bad reports about his brothers to their father, Yaakov. Rashi explains that in these reports Yosef stated that his brothers would eat eiver min hachai (a limb from a live animal), degrade the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah by referring to them as slaves, and that they were suspect of transgressing with arayos (immoral relations).
Conversation Is The Key To Understanding
Posted on: December 15th, 2011
Judaism → ParshaFrom Parshat Vayeishev to the end of Sefer Bereishit, we read the story of Joseph and his brothers. From the very beginning we are plunged into a drama of sibling rivalry that seems destined to end in tragedy.
Posted on: December 15th, 2011
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaBeware Big Brother! ‘All The Defects Which Come About By Man…’ (Bechoros 35a-b)
Posted on: December 15th, 2011
Judaism → Ask the RabbiQuestion: I know there is a dispute in the Gemara regarding ayin hara, the evil eye. Can you discuss the origin of it? Ben Glassman (Via E-Mail)
Posted on: December 15th, 2011
Judaism → ParshaRashi tells us that after the Torah described the life of Eisav in an abbreviated manner, it then told over the events of the life of Yaakov in full detail.
Anguish That Does Not Go Away: The Singles Problem (Part One)
Posted on: December 15th, 2011
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointDear Rebbetzin Jungreis, Thank you for taking the time to read this letter, one of many you surely receive each week about shidduchim. I hope to act as a representative of all the sad and lonely unmarried men and women in our society. I am hoping that if you share my message in whole or in part with our community, it will have an effect – even if it’s minute.
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A Government Update With Jeremy Man Saltan
