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: March 21st, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaA Gadol’s View Confirmed ‘Majority Rules’ (Eruvin 16a)
Posted on: March 21st, 2013
Judaism → Ask the RabbiPlease explain the concept of selling one’s chametz. Wouldn’t it be simpler just to dispose of all of one’s chametz prior to Pesach? Why go through this charade every year? Malka Berg (Via E-Mail)
Posted on: March 21st, 2013
Judaism → Halacha & HashkafaQuestion: May one use grape juice for the arba kosos?
Posted on: March 21st, 2013
Judaism → ParshaThe Gemara in Pesachim 58b derives from the pasuk in this week’s parshah, “V’arach aleha ha’olah” that the tamid must precede all other korbanos. The drasha is from the letter “hei” that signifies the known one – in this scenario, the korban that is known to be the first korban.
Giving Up On Rebellious Children? (Part One)
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointBased on the response to my recent columns, it seems the problem of parents struggling with rebellious children may be more prevalent than even the pessimists among us had assumed. As we approach Pesach, the great yom tov during which we confront the Haggadah’s four sons –one wise, one wicked, one simple and one who does not know how to ask – we need to remember that these sons are in our midst in every generation and that we invite all four to join us at the Seder.
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
Judaism → Columns → Rabbi Lord Jonathan SacksJudaism is less a philosophical system than a field of tensions – between universalism and particularism, for example, or exile and redemption, priests and prophets, cyclical and linear time, and so on.
Posted on: March 15th, 2013
Judaism → HolidaysHashem's reason for redeeming us from Egypt was not so that we could be free, but so that we could be free to accept the Torah at Har Sinai and service Hashem.
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 → ParshaIn this week’s parshah the Torah discusses many different halachos that pertain to korbanos. Regarding the korban olah, the pasuk tells us that the entire animal must be brought on the mizbeach and is burned.
Posted on: March 13th, 2013
Judaism → Ask the RabbiQuestion: We are ba’alei teshuvah in the process of becoming more observant. We wish to kasher our home and utensils for Passover with minimal expense. Do you have any suggestions? Names withheld by request
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.
Dealing With Rebellious Teenagers
Posted on: March 13th, 2013
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointLast week I shared a letter from a troubled mother. Her story is typical of many ba’al teshuvah families who discover the Torah way of life in their middle years only to encounter resentment on the part of their adolescent children. Very often these teenagers become angry at the new restrictions in their home.
Shabbos Mevorchim Nissan: Spring … Rebirth … Renewal
Posted on: March 7th, 2013
Judaism → ParshaOn this Shabbos, Shabbos Parshas Ha’Chodesh, we bentch the new month of Nissan — referred to in the Torah as Chodesh Ha’Aviv, the month of spring. Rosh Chodesh falls on Yom Shlishi (Tuesday), heralding the start of a new lunar year and commemorating the inception of the mitzvah of Rosh Chodesh.
Posted on: March 7th, 2013
Judaism → ParshaWhen Bnei Yisrael donated money to build the golden calf all they got was a very small calf. This was despite a very successful fundraising campaign. Yet nobody questioned where all the money went.
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.
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