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Elul 5761 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
The Laws of Elul and Selichot
Elul is the month of repentance. With the end of the year fast approaching, the time to make a personal accounting has arrived. It is time to cast off all those bad habits that we have become accustomed to over the course of the year and to make a new start.
The Month of Elul The High Holidays
5769 | Rabbi Ari Shvat (Chwat)
Secular Zionism in the Eyes of Rav Kook.
How can we understand the rebellion against religion over the past century? What does the world gain spiritually from this rebellion which was foreseen in the mishna 1,800 years ago as part of the period preceding the mashiach? Only after we understand the rebellion can we glean the benefit and relate to our brothers properly.
The Torah Perspective
Elul 20 5775 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Understanding Selichot
All about the custom of reciting Selichot for the Salvation of the Clal
Revivim The High Holidays
Iyar 6 5777 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Could the Fruit on My Tree Be Orlah?
Achrei Mot
Elul 18 5779 | Rabbi Yoel Gold
A Dream Come True
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Iyar 5768 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
The Great Crock Pot Controversy
Cooking on Shabbat is forbidden. How then can one slow-cook? What is a slow cooker and is it allowed?
Shabbat Various Subjects
Tishrei, 5762 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Pninei Halacha The Laws of the Succah
What conditions must be fulfilled in order for the roof of a Succah to be Kosher? Is one permitted to sleep in a bunkbed in the Succah? Is there a problem wearing a large hat in the Succah? Rabbi Eliezer Melamed addresses these and other questions in his lucid and distinct style.
Sukkot Sukkot
Cheshvan, 5761 | Rabbi Eliyahu Brin
The Maharal of Prague: An Introduction
We might very well credit Rabbi Yehudah Liva, the legendary "Maharal of Prague," with being the first to "open the gate" and provide us with a truly penetrating look at the essence of the Sages' homiletical teachings on the Torah - the "Midrash."
Subjects of Jewish Thougts
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Writing on Shabbat
May I write my initials on a frosty window on Shabbos?, May I communicate with someone on Shabbos by making the motions of writing the letters?
Laws of Shabbat
Rabbi David Samson
How to choose Arba Minim Four Species in a nutshell
The basic Halachot or the four species - Etrog, Lulav, Hadas (myrtle) and Arava (willow).
Sukkot
Iyar, 5761 | Rabbi Shabbtai Sabbato
Independence Day, Jerusalem Day, and Sefirat HaOmer
1. The Omer, Joy or Judgment? 2. Redefining 'Din' 3. The Passivity of Passover 4. The Activity of The Omer 5. Modern Israel and Sefirat HaOmer
Articles on Sfirat Ha'omer
Tammuz 5 5776 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Bishul Akum Problems in the Home
Adar I 29 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Davening Late with a Minyan
I went for Shabbat for a family simcha to a community with one shul, which started tefilla at 10:00 AM, after sof z’man tefilla. Was it better to daven with a minyan or by myself at the right time?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Elul 15 5779 | Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
A Nation of Storytellers
Covenant & Conversation Ki Tavo
Kislev 5768 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Should I Limit How Much Tzedakah I Give?
Who should I give Tzedaka to? How much? What are critical cases? How do we help them?
Tzedaka - Charity Various Subjects
Iyar 5768 | Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Zt"l
Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes
Iyar 14 is the Hilulah (death anniversary) of Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes. Tradition has it that Rabbi Meir asked to be buried in an upright position so that, when the Messiah comes and the dead are resurrected, he be able to run to greet him with no delay.
The Life of Tzaddikim
5764 | Rabbi Yossef Carmel
Where Did the Troubles Start?
Articles about Hanukkah
5764 | Rabbi Yossef Carmel
Parashat Vayeshev Where Did the Troubles Start?
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