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articles on Plants and Animals

Eating first

Is it permitted to eat before feeding your own pet?

Feeding the Birds

On Shabbat Shira, many have the custom of leaving out food for the birds. Is it permissible to feed birds, or any other animal, on Shabbat?

Praying in the presence of pets

What are the guidelines for davening in front of pets? Should I ignore the pet or should I find a solution to get rid of it?

Let’s Talk Turkey – and Prairie Chicken and Muscovy Duck

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Av 23 5783

What Is Judaism’s View Of Dogs As Pets?

Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Elul 11 5781

Hospital Treetment

an amazing story about birchat ilanot (the annual blessing made upon seeing fruit trees blossoming, in the month of Nissan).

Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Nissan 4 5780

Redeeming a Firstborn Donkey!

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Shvat 3 5780

It’s for the Birds – The Mitzvah of Shiluach Hakein

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Elul 8 5779

The laws of Chodosh

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Iyar 11 5779

Is papaya a tree?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Shvat 2 5779

When May I Remove a Tree?

Part I

Part I

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tevet 12 5779

Showering on Shabbat

May someone soak an infected toe in hot water on Shabbos? May I take a quick dip in the pool on a Shabbos when it is 105 degrees in the shade? Is bathing on Shabbos permitted to alleviate a minor skin condition?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff

Hamapil for Those Who Take a Long Time to Fall Asleep

Rabbi Daniel Mann | Shvat 5773

Extreme Physicality and Extreme Spirituality

condensed from Ein Ayah, Berachot 9:225

condensed from Ein Ayah, Berachot 9:225

Various Rabbis | 23 Tevet 5773

Vayeshev

Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | 5773

A Layman's Guide to some Halachic Aspects

What do I need to bring to a wedding? Who escorts the bride and groom down the isle? Finally, a short step by step birds eye view of the Jewish wedding.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5773

Daf Yomi - Erchin 19

Rabbi Ephraim Schreibman | Shvat 8 5772

The Right Type of Help

Can too many non-Jewish cooks spoil the kosher broth? A halachic overview of food cooked by a non-Jew

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5770

Paying Workers on Time - The Mitzvah of “bal talin”

Halachot of paying workers on time in various situations in our days.

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5770

Daf Yomi - Baba Kama(57)

Rabbi Ephraim Schreibman | 29 shvat 5769

Daf Yomi - Baba Kama(52)

Rabbi Ephraim Schreibman | 24 shvat 5769

The Role of Parents in Marriage

Today, parents can fulfill the commandment of marrying off their children by providing them with a good education at prestigious schools, supporting them so that they be able to learn a profession, and clothing them in attractive attire.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5764

Joseph and the Four Cups of Wine

Rabbi Howard Joseph | Nisan 5763