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Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
Rabbi Avraham Shapira Zt"l
Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Rimon
Rabbi Yaakov Ariel
Rabbi Moshe Berliner
Rabbi Chaim Katz
Rabbi Nachshon Rubinstein
Rabbi Zalman Nehemiah Goldberg
Rabbi Chanan Porat Z"l
Rabbi Hillel Geffen

articles on Halacha from the Heart

How May We Use a Dishwasher?

Can it be used for milk and meat (seperately of course)?

Changing the Law to be What They Want it to be

The Attorney General should be fired for attempting to render meaningless the Law against Fraud in kashrut.

Dishes, Detergent and Malachos

is washing the dishes on Shabbos prohibited? and what about washing clothes?

Tevilla of a bottle lid

Does a bottle lid needs a Tevilla?

Movements with Meaning

Halacha from the Heart - 8

Who would have thought that getting dressed would be a source of great meaning in our lives?!

Rabbi Baruch Kitay | 12 Cheshvan 5774

Divine words

Halacha from the Heart - 7

making our tefilot and words count

Rabbi Baruch Kitay | 25 Tishrei 5774

Feeling the Void

Halacha from the Heart - 6

Rabbi Kitay details how the stones of destruction can be used to rebuild G-d's home in our world.

Rabbi Baruch Kitay | 23 Nissan 5773

Changing of the Guards

Halacha from the Heart - 5

A lesson in getting the time right.

Rabbi Baruch Kitay | 21 Adar 5773

Roling Out of Bed on the Right Side

Halacha from the Heart - 4

Join Rabbi Kitay as he explores the art of arising and the 'Modeh Ani' prayer.

Rabbi Baruch Kitay | 3 Shvat 5773

The 6 Mitzvot of the Mind

Halacha from the Heart - 3

Did you know that no matter when and no matter where, there are 6 mitzvot that can be with you always?

Rabbi Baruch Kitay | 21 Tevet 5773

Refining Our Consciousness

Halacha from the Heart - 2

The Rema's guiding principle of refined living.

Rabbi Baruch Kitay | 14 Tevet 5773

What to Wake Up For!?

Halacha from the Heart - 1

The Jewish approach to waking up in the morning.

Rabbi Baruch Kitay | 12 Tevet 5773

Israel's International Relations in the Bible

Rabbi Abraham Wasserman | 7 Adar 5784

Explaining the Laws of the Three Weeks

The three-week period between Shiva Asar B’Tammuz and Tisha B’Av is kept by Klal Yisrael as a time of mourning. In this article, we will review and explain the halachos that apply during the Three Weeks.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tamuz 21 5782

7. Sick People Are Exempt from Fasting

Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts

The prophets and the Sages instituted the fasts for healthy people, not for sick people. anyone who is sick is exempt from fasting, even if his condition is not life-threatening.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782

Double Wrapping Food in a Treif Oven

I know that sometimes when warming something in a not kosher oven or a milchig food in a fleishig oven, he double wraps the food. When is this necessary and why?

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Kislev 4 5777

Days on Which Tachanun Is Not Recited

Chapter Twenty One-Part Three

Chapter Twenty One-Part Three

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775

The Laws of Tumas Meis

When the Beis Hamikdash is rebuilt, bimheirah beyameinu, the laws of tumah will affect us all, since we will be required to be tahor in order to enter the Beis Hamikdash, to eat korbanos and maaser sheini, and in order to separate challah and terumah.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5772

Explaining the Other Laws of the Three Weeks

Halachot that apply during the three weeks: marriage, dancing, playing and listening to music, singing and reciting the Shehechiyanu Bracha.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 2 5768

Customs of the Three Weeks

The three weeks that begin on the night of the Seventeenth of Tammuz and continue until the Ninth of Av are days of national woefulness. The sages therefore advise being especially careful during this period, for it is a time designated for calamity.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Sivan 5768

Shaving and Haircuts during the Three Weeks

When during the three weeks can I shave and have a haircut? What are the laws of mourning with regard to shaving?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5768

The Laws of the Nine Days

When the month of Av arrives, rejoicing should be minimized. A Jew must therefore avoid undertaking construction projects from which pleasure will be derived. Also, transactions should be minimized and one must refrain from consuming meat and wine.

Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Zt"l | 5762

The Minor Fasts and Their Laws

Did Jews fast over the destruction of the First Temple when the Second Temple stood? Must pregnant and nursing women abstain from eating and drinking on minor fasts? Rabbi Eliezer Melamed addresses these and other important questions.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | tamoz 5761

The Weak Point of the Seventeenth of Tammuz

There is a tendency, on fast days, for people to concentrate upon the calamities of the past and on the stages that led up to the destruction of the Temple. People reflect on the distant past when they aught - says the Rambam - consider the present.

Rabbi Eliyahu Brin | Tamuz 5758