The Truth About Metzitza B’Peh

By Daniel S. Berman, M.D.

It has been more than seven years since the reports broke out in the media  that the Metzitza bePeh (more…)

OU Kosher Pre-Pesach Webcasts Available Online

[Links below.] For several years, OU Kosher poskim Rav Chaim Yisroel Belsky, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath and Rav Hershel Schachter, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Rabbenu Yitzchok Elchanon, have (more…)

Flying Home: Believing the Airline Steward

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman

Each day before Pesach, airline flights are bringing students back from Israel to the United States. One of (more…)

Business Halacha: Paying a Shomer Sochor

Question: What payment is required to render the guardian a shomer sachar (paid guardian)?

Answer: Any monetary benefit that the guardian receives in return for guarding the item renders him a (more…)

OU Kosher Addresses Kashrus of Keurig, Including for Pesach

By Rabbi Eli Eleff and Rabbi Eli Gersten

Coffee throughout the ages has played an important and often critical role in people’s lives and daily operation. Be it in the halls of the bais medrash, at work, or even waking in the morning, many individuals (more…)

OU Releases 3rd Manual For Checking Fruits & Vegetables

Aesthetically, or to avoid the feeling of “ugh,” no one wants to eat bugs.  Jewish law takes the revulsion one step further - halacha prohibits eating insects.  The rub, given the tininess of the creatures, is how do you (more…)

Time for Birkas Ha’illanos

Rosh Chodesh Nissan, this Shabbos, marks the beginning of the season for Birkas Ha’Ilanos - the blessing we recite once a year upon seeing fruit trees in bloom. Men, women and children should make this (more…)

Photogrey Glasses on Shabbos

By Rabbi Yehuda Spitz

A story is told about Rebbetzin Leah Auerbach a”h, wife of Rav Ezriel Auerbach shlit”a, whose doctor (more…)

May a Clown Daven Minchah?

As the joyous Purim holiday is underway, many preparations are underway for assembling and distributing Mishloach Manos. The custom of Mishloach Manos derives from the mitzvah of sending two (more…)

The Purim Seudah

1)It is a Mitzvah on all Jewish men, women and children to partake of a festive Seudah, meal, on Purim.
The Purim Seudah needs to be eaten on Purim day, and if it was only eaten Purim eve, or Purim night, you (more…)