When Must I Check for Shatnez?

Temurah‏

Saying Kaddish

How Many Should be Saying Kaddish?

How Many Should be Saying Kaddish?

Geneivas Da’as

Maaser Kesafim

Forgot Tal Umatar

Chumash and the Fall of the Ghetto

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

Fasting and Feasting on a Yahrzeit

Toiveling Keilim

Early Maariv

Between Yishtabach and Borchu

Since Az Yashir, which concludes pesukei dezimra, is in parshas Beshalach, this article about the conclusion of Pesukei Dezimra is most appropriate.

The Why’s and Whey’s of Gevinas Akum

Animals and interactions between Jews and non-Jews both figure significantly in this week’s Parsha, which I use as my excuse to discuss: Say “Cheese!”

May I Eat before I Daven?

Since the Gemara notes that a source in this week’s parsha teaches that Yaakov introduced the Maariv prayers…

Blended and Synthetic Tzitzis

According to Chazal, as reward for Avraham turning down the king of Sodom’s offer, and declining to take even a chut, a thread, his descendants were rewarded with the mitzvah of tzitzis.

May I Daven in English?

The end of parshas Noach teaches about the beginning of languages…

Must I Immerse a Candy Dish?

I have a gift business in which I sell glass candy bowls filled with candies, fruits, and nuts. Must I toivel these dishes before I fill them?

Grand Opening!

Why is Kaddish in Aramaic? Isn’t it prohibited to pray in Aramaic and Arabic? In which arm does a lefty hold the sefer Torah? Do I join everyone in reciting Berich She’mei when I am in the middle of pesukei dezimra?

Taking out the Sefer Torah

Which Keil erech apayim should I say? My wife is due to give birth shortly, and I am saying kaddish for my father. On the days that the Torah is read, should I l daven before the amud”, open the aron hakodesh, or do both? When do I recite Berich She’mei?

The Milky Way or Does Chalav Yisrael Apply Today?

I do not understand why some people keep chalav Yisrael today. Do they really think that someone is adding pig's milk? My friend quoted his rav that it is more important to keep chalav Yisrael today than it ever was before. How could this be?