Chicago Rabbinical Council Top Ten Questions for November 2013
Q What is the cRc's policy on canned cranberry sauce?
A: Canned cranberry sauce is acceptable without certification if it contains no kosher-sensitive ingredients. In...
Halachos of Purim on Erev Shabbos
By Rabbi Avrohom Dovid Waxman
Time of the Seuda:
The Rema (Orach Chaim 695:2) writes that if Purim is on Friday one should eat the...
Aliyah L’Regel
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
Succos is one of the Shalosh Regalim. The mitzva of Aliya L’regel to the Bais Hamikdash applied to all three Regalim. One may try to understand what the mitzva of traveling up...
The Halachos of Making an Early Shabbos During the Summer Months
When making an early Shabbos one should remember the following;
1. It is most preferable to daven Mincha before "Plag Hamincha" and Maariv after the Plag. (1)
2. Men...
Shooting Hoops on Shabbos
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
They can be found in virtually every neighborhood in the Five Towns and Far Rockaway. Walk from Lawrence to Woodmere...
Taste Stealing
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The Gemara in Brachos 5a brings a story about Rav Huna. Rav Huna had four hundred barrels of wine that all turned sour and became vinegar. Reb Yehuda and...
Kashering Done Safely
By Rabbi Yosef Wikler, Editor, KASHRUS Magazine
Many and complex are the ways of kashering, but the common denominator is heat, intense heat. However, intense...
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Mechiyas Amalek
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Shemos 17:16, the Torah says there should be a war of Hashem against Amalek from generation to generation. There are two places in the Torah that the war against Amalek is...
A Basic Understanding Of The Tekios
By Rabbi Doniel Neustadt
One of the most important mitzvos of Rosh Hashanah is the Biblical command to blow the shofar.
Although the significance of this...
Relevance of Chazoras Hashatz Today
By Dror Maor
We’ve all pondered this question at one time or another.
Why do we have to “suffer” through chazoras hashatz each and every day?
After...
Weighty Waiting Options
By Rabbi Yehuda Spitz
A previous article, Ma'aseh Avos = Halacha L'Ma'aseh, showcased that the Torah's description of even simple actions of our great forefathers,...
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...
Climate Change from a Torah Perspective: Should We Care?
By Rabbi Micha Cohn
Last week, over a hundred world leaders met in Paris to discuss climate change. Climate change or global warming refers to...
Making a Zecher L’Churban
Q. What is the proper way for one to make a year round zecher l’Churban (a remembrance of the destruction of Yerushalayim and the...
A Kosher Keurig
The Keurig coffee machine makes enjoying great coffee easy; Toveling it, however, is another issue…
By Rabbi Boruch Fried
A staple in the modern day work place-...
Pluto and the Tur’s Jewish Calendar Cycle
Rabbi Dovid Heber, Star-K Kashrus Administrator, Rav of KAYTT-Baltimore
“New Horizons” (NASA’s Mission to Pluto) recently came within 7,800 miles of Pluto and brought much...
Video: Rav Yisroel Brog On Marriage: “A Legacy of…Recipes?!”
Rav Yisroel Brog is the beloved and brilliant rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Tiferes Avigdor in Cleveland, Ohio. Rav Brog is a son of...
