Is It Proper To Use Video Streaming Apps Even If They Offer Non-Kosher Movies...
Halacha demands that we live a disciplined life. We must develop our self-control. Kosher apps are fine but the devious, non-kosher mind will find a way around them too.
Recipes Of Yesterday And Today
Whether it’s hearty soups oozing with seasonal flavors or the scent of chocolate chip cookies wafting through your home, December was made for the kitchen – and thus the perfect season to check out some intriguing new cookbooks.
‘So Long As He Is Called By The Name Of Israel…’
This raises the question, "Why?" Why would Jews from every background imaginable travel to a distant country to spend Rosh Hashanah at the grave of an early 19th century Hasidic master?
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.
Eretz Yisrael: A Place Beyond Place (Part II)
Kefitzas haderech enables one to transcend the laws of time and space. Why is this possible? It is due to the unique location in which kefitzas haderech always occurs: Eretz Yisrael, the land that transcends the bounds of time and space.
The Art Of Silence (Part I)
The fundamental idea of how important is the trait and the power of keeping ones mouth shut is echoed in Pirkei Avos where it teaches us, Shimon b’no omeir, Kol yomai gadalti bein hachachamim, v’lo matzasi l’guf tov m’shtika – Shimon, his [Rabban Gamli’eil’s] son said, All my life I grew up amongst the sages and I never found anything better for the body than the art of silence.
At Your Service!
Being someone that others feel they can rely on when they are in a bind is highly commendable. It is frustrating, however, to even the most noble giver...
The Magic Touch
Day and night, Reb Schuster was at the Kotel, there at the right time to answer a young person’s heartfelt prayer for guidance.
Why Young Americans Are Not Taught About Evil
It is almost certain that the great majority of American high school and college students could not name five of the Ten Commandments (presuming they know what those are) or the names of two Shakespeare plays.
Dementia Diary – Chapter 95
At this point, Hubby is getting frenetic. His aide, Violet, has been working with me all day to ensure the meal goes beautifully and she is feeling stressed. We really do not need this drama, literally minutes before our guests are to arrive.
Miraculous Discoveries By Raphael Mechoulam, The ‘Grandfather Of Cannabis Research’
One of Mechoulam’s most groundbreaking discoveries was that cannabis can stop seizures in people with epilepsy.
No Doubt
There are moments, either personal or societal, in which we move away from the natural default mode of trust and conviction.
Iranian Flashpoint?
Ironically, it seems that Iran supplying Russia with drones and other weaponry for use in its war against Ukraine has served to bring the U.S. and Israel even closer militarily and politically.
What’s The Real Purpose Of Aleinu? (Part III)
When we bentch, one of the people we should have in mind to bless and to thank, besides Hashem of course, is our wife. She is the one who prepares our repast, cleans up after us, and creates the aura that makes the meal pleasant.
UK Schools Tell Returnees From Italy: Stay Away
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Dreidels On Display
Indeed, most of the 47 metal detector-find dreidels on display are of this design – but not all. I have come across six and eight-sided dreidels(!) as well, which I will expand upon.
Ayekah? Where Am I?
We who can bring Shabbos in each week with ease. We who have the opportunity to bring the light of Shabbos into our homes, to welcome the malachei shalom to our tables, to bless our children and plug into the menucha that Shabbos brings – how do we welcome the Shabbos Malka?
The Ins And Outs Of Ulpan
While I generally had a lot of fun on these interviews, I still am embarrassed when I recall our first in-Hebrew television interview.
Precious Moments
A person must constantly be happy and serve Hashem happily.
The Hot Air Of Exile: A Pesach Message
Today’s version of slavery may be different, but the impact is the same. With our technological advancement, we currently live in the most physically comfortable time in human history. However, we also live with a kind of mental slavery imposed by none other than ourselves.
Chanukah Thoughts From A Gadol
They sing a little, eat a little something, but fail to see what the holiday is teaching us: It's about the power of individuals and the power of faith.
Why Does Inspiration Always Fade?
We're in this world to choose, to assert our free will, and to create ourselves.
A Wise Heart
We say in our tefillos kadsheinu b’mitzvosecha – sanctify us with Your mitzvos, for with every mitzvah that a person does he adds holiness to himself, and particularly to that limb that corresponds to the mitzvah.
Why Are So Many Young People Unhappy? (Part II)
The reason so many young people are depressed, unhappy, and angry is the left has told them that G-d and Judeo-Christian religions are nonsense; their country is largely evil; their past is deplorable; and their future is hopeless.
Compassion For Migrants: How Chazal Teach Us to Have Empathy for the Displaced
One does not need a deep understanding of Jewish history to know that exile or forced evacuation from one’s home is regarded as a particularly difficult type of suffering.
Jewish Players In World Series 2021
In 2004, the National Baseball Hall of Fame prepared a retrospective “A Celebration of Jews in Baseball.”
A Paratrooper Poet Walks Into A Painting Class
As often is the case, the strongest motivational factor to do something is when somebody tells you that you can’t do it.
Daf Yomi
A Matter Of Resolve
‘The One Who Searches [For Chametz] Recites A Berachah’
(Pesachim 7a)
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