A Look At The Halachos Of A Bas Mitzvah Celebration – 100 Years After...

Although there is no custom to make a banquet when a girl reaches maturity (on her 12th birthday), she should nevertheless rejoice on that day, and wear her Shabbos clothes.

Assimilation is Not the Answer to Antisemitism

Mordechai understood the antidote: To stand firm, to stand strong, and to stand as a proud Jew, a Torah Jew. BE AN ISH YEHUDI, A PROUD JEW!

My Father’s Last Day

My next test was booked for Thursday, August 17, 1967. I couldn’t have known when I was given this date, and not one later in the month, what siyata dishmaya I had received.

Letting Them Shine: Purim As Experienced By A New Shver

I am front and center for better or worse. And although I am naturally more comfortable sitting in the crowd than being up front, such is the role Hashem gave me, for better or worse. However, at the aufruf, wedding, and Sheva Brachos, I found myself primarily in a new role.

Problems ‘Hiring’ A Minyan For Zachor Reading

On Shabbos afternoon, Yehoshua said to Mordechai: If Rabbi Shpiel wants to pay us after Shabbos, I don't think we can take the money. In the end, we didn't make the minyan.

Daf Yomi

Being Overly Burdensome “My Sabbaths Shall You Observe” (Yevamos 6a)

The War in Ukraine – What Can We Do?

The Rebbe asked that we strengthen the tefillin campaign – not only to put on tefillin ourselves, but also with whomever else we can – and this will help our brethren all over the world.

Getting In Sync

A person who identifies with Hashem’s will must use the unique abilities and circumstances Hashem created him with and places him in to appreciate how he is meant to best serve Him.

The Megillah: How-To Manual on Defeating Anti-Semites

Israel must demonstrate confidence in ourselves and an iron determination to defy our antagonists. Mordechai teaches that it is not through appeasement that one achieves peace but rather through strength, self-assurance and unequivocally firm resistance to tyranny and injustice.

Q & A: Will The ‘Real’ Adar Please Stand Up? (Part I)

Dear Rabbi Klass, I have numerous questions that relate to the Jewish leap year by way of the full month that we add to our lunar year every couple of years. Why is Adar the month picked for this addition? Why do we call it Adar Alef? Why is Purim celebrated in the second Adar? It’s also obvious that even though both are named Adar that only one of them must be the real Adar – which one? Shea Aronovitch Via e-mail

What Is Kedusha?

Anything that the Jewish people accept as holy becomes holy to our people.

The Sacrificial Gesture

How many times have any of us said to ourselves: “I felt so badly that I wanted to die.” And yet, G-d does not demand that of us. He wants us to live and do teshuvah.

Remember To Erase The Memory

On the stage of history, we have been taught that Hashem often uses the wicked to destroy the wicked. One evil nation will conquer another, only in due course to be conquered by the next to arise.

Purim: Our Existential Battle Against Amalek

After Hashem performed the ten makkos and took the Jewish People out of Mitzrayim, Hashem’s providence was flamingly clear in the world.

Getting Excited For The Right Reason

On Shabbat we finished reading the book of Exodus with its emotional description of the completion of the Mishkan, the spiritual center that accompanied us in the desert. This apparently was the first crowd-funding endeavor of our people.

When Must We ‘Remember Amalek’?

Mysteriously absent from the mitzvah to remember Amalek is the frequency that the mitzvah must be performed.

TORAH SHORTS: Parshat Vayikra: Prepared for Holiness

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win. -Bobby Knight (all-time great college basketball coach)

Royal Wine: This Little One Will Be Great

A bottle of wine is big and heavy, and when you give dozens of mishloach manos to friends and relatives, it can get quite expensive and tedious. Thankfully, the selection of smaller wine bottles and cans has grown tremendously.

The Time To Learn Torah Is Now

The Mishnah in Pirkei Avos says: Don't say, 'I will study Torah when I have time,' for perhaps you will never have time.

The Inner Meaning Of The Sacrifices

The key element is not so much giving something up (the usual meaning of sacrifice), but rather bringing something close to G-d.

Purifying The Inner Essence

The offering of the korbanos in itself does not achieve atonement. It is when the person’s mind and heart are overcome with thoughts of teshuvah that there is atonement.

A Purim Commitment

We are in the land of “What have you done for me lately?” where the standard is “What’s in it for me?”

Purim’s Missing Messages: Fill In The Blank

No one wears a better costume than the holiday of Purim itself!

Maximizing The Mitzvah Of Krias Megillah

Why 127 provinces? Well, that’s because Hashem wants to give us all the support and merit we can get. Sarah Emainu lived 127 years and Hashem wanted the merit of Sarah to bolster the efforts of Esther HaMalka who was queen over 127 provinces.

Purim: Words For Wine (Part I)

Although some Bible scholars claim that tirosh is an archaic Hebrew word for wine that was later replaced with the more modern word yayin in the Bible, this explanation does not really account for the difference between the two terms and why the newer term did not just completely replace the older term.

Is It Proper To Bring Very Young Children To Shul?

If children are very young, it’s very difficult to expect them to stay quiet for a long stretch of time. As they grow older, the time they spend in services can be gradually increased.

Count On Me

Through thick and thin, and there was a lot of thick times in my choices, my parents were always there for me without any exception.

Sacrifices and Banquets – Vayikra

If the sin originated with food, then its remedy and atonement must involve food. This is why Purim is so food oriented...

Jerusalem Snow & Hot Water

Ok, I thought. No big deal. I know snow. But then the electricity went out. The house was cold. It was dark. I had a lot of food prepared in my freezer for post-birth. I started to get nervous.

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