32 Lessons
Honoring the Parents Piece of Cake
We’re going to be cutting up the cake with a picture of Mommy and Daddy, and then everyone will be eating their picture. Isn’t that a little odd? is it even allowed?
Davening in a Minyan Pray Day
Sasha glanced at his watch. A small delay wouldn’t set him back too much. If the man only needed “a tzenter” – a tenth man – for the minyan, that meant that davening would start as soon as Sasha joined.
The Laws of Ben Adam LeChavero Tooth Sensitivity
With great passion, the rabbi waved his hands for emphasis as he spoke, and… knocked his dentures out of his mouth! Did the people in attendance commit a sin by laughing, or was it considered oness (a forced act)?
Lashon Hara Rewards Program
What did the Chafetz Chaim demand from the person who asked to join him in heaven? did he agree?
Observations on Torah Study The Kipa Caper
A boy got hit by a car next to Rav Moshe Fienstien's house. What was Rav Moshe's surprising response...
Yitro Bless You
One of the prayers was greeted with the Aliyah of the admonishment and a hassle broke out. David, one of the prayers, gave a solution, but was he right?
Additional Lessons Ink(not)well
Rabbi Alpert was once visiting Rabbi Feinstein. He accidently knocked over the inkwell, spilling the contents on the Rambam and the new gemara!
Davening in a Minyan Praypal
Should the person who organized the minyan lead the prayers, or does the other man take precedence, because he is observing a yahrtzeit?
Charity and Lending Money Change of Policy
Do we have to allow beggers from out of the city to come and collect donations in our city? r\Rav Neventzal answers with a story from the Gr"a.
Additional Lessons Sugar Coated
At the Shabbat Table
The father and son who went to Reb Aryeh Levin, fighting over the winter coat. who gets it. we thank Rav Benji Levin Reb Aryeh's grandson for telling us the story this week that he heard from his grandfather. He told us that he asked his grandfather why does everyone come to you for help and advice all differnet typs of jews. and reb aryeh answered that he tryes to listen and feel the person's pain, and then told him this story: it's also published in Tzadik Yesod Olam
The Coronavirus Pandemic Isolated Chance
At the Shabbat Table
The man didn't stay in quarantine, the police came to look for him. What did his wife do?
Honesty Distant Learning
At the Shabbat Table
The student who tricked his Rav that he was listening to the zoom lesson...
Additional Lessons Play Write
At the Shabbat Table
A teacher who wrote a letter to his student out of anger. The letter got sent accidentally...