A Chesed Personality

By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss     Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov are the three pioneers of Judaism.  Each one introduced a vital component of Yiddishkeit.  Avraham Avinu...

Chinuch

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld Chinuch is a loaded topic of discussion. A few points and details will be discussed here. Does being mechanech a child only apply to...

Taste Of Stealing

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld The Gemara in Brachos, daf heh, amud bais brings a story about Rav Huna. Rav Huna had four hundred barrels of wine that all turned sour and became vinegar....

Watch: Rav Gershon Edelstein On How to Deal with Those Who Leave the Fold

THIS IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE VIDEO TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH:   * KOVOD & YEDIDUS * Avi Fishoff: The Rosh Yeshiva has stated clearly that when a...

Watch: Women Building and Eating in a Sukkah

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Watch: How to Properly Bow on Yom Kippur

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Yom Kippur and Shabbos

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld The Midrash brings down in the name of Rav Yochanan that the malachim come before Hashem and ask,       “When is Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur?” Hashem responds to them that we need to ask...

Watch: A Kapparos Chicken Lost Amongst Others

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Watch: Halachic Ramifications Of Severe Weather Challenges On Shabbos: Validity of Eruv During Inclement...

In light of the unfortunate situation in Houston, STAR-K presents the following clips, from a previously recorded webinar, which discuss various halachic ramifications of...

Watch: Halachic Ramifications Of Severe Weather Challenges On Shabbos: Flooding on Shabbos

In light of the unfortunate situation in Houston, STAR-K presents the following clips, from a previously recorded webinar, which discuss various halachic ramifications of...

Watch: Halachic Ramifications Of Severe Weather Challenges On Shabbos: Listening to Radio

In light of the unfortunate situation in Houston, STAR-K presents the following clips, from a previously recorded webinar, which discuss various halachic ramifications of...

Halachic Ramifications Of Severe Weather Challenges On Shabbos: State of Emergency to Keep Off...

In light of the unfortunate situation in Houston, STAR-K presents the following clips, from a previously recorded webinar, which discuss various halachic ramifications of...

Paying On Time

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld The posuk in this week’s Parsha teaches us that one should pay the wages of his worker on the day of his work since he...

The Best Segulah

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld The posuk in this week’s Parsha teaches us that we should be a “tamim” (accepting) when it comes to Hashem. The Rambam does not count this as one...

Should You Make a Bracha On Today’s Eclipse?

  Should a bracha be recited on a solar eclipse, and if so which bracha should be said? Shulchan Aruch (OC 227:1) lists many...

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