Yuma 41: Paying for Indiscernible Damage
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Arvus for Women and Children
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Devarim, Perek Chof Tes, posuk chof ches it says that the hidden belongs to Hashem whereas the open and what is public belongs to...
Minyan or Shkiya?
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The mishna in Brachos, daf chof vov, amud alef says that the zman for mincha is until the evening and according to Reb Yehuda until plag hamincha. Rabbeinu Yona says that one may not daven...
Watch: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Starbucks: Caffeine On Ice
Iced Tea. Frappuccino. Cold Brew. Ice Shaken Espresso. These are just a few of the items on Starbucks cold drinks menu. Let’s explore the...
Rav Betzalel Stern: Seeing A King On Television
The Shulchan Aruch (OC 224:8) paskens that when you see a king you make a Bracha, SheNasan Michvodo L'Basar V'Dam", that Hashem gave from...
Business Halacha: Opening Another Pizza Store in Town
Question: There is a kosher pizza store in town. Can the owner restrain me from opening a competing store?
Answer: This issue, commonly known...
Pesach: But What Could Be the Problem With…
By Rabbi Tzvi Rosen, Star-K Kashrus Administrator; Editor, Kashrus Kurrents
As Pesach begins tonight, the grocery bills have mounted and the bank account has dwindled. The...
Video: Star-K Discussion of the Anisakis Worm Issue
The following is a webconference delivered this past month by Rabbi Zvi Goldberg and Rabbi Mordechai Frankel discussing the background to the worldwide...
Business Halacha: When I Dispute the Bill
Q: I hired someone to paint four rooms. He gave me a bill for $1,200, but I remember the estimate as being $1,000. What...
Yoma 46: Saving a Life on Shabbos
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Watch: Let’s Talk Kashrus Episode 9 – Dinner Is Up in the Air with...
Join Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger and Rabbi Moshe Elefant, Chief Operating Officer of OU Kosher, as they discuss the kashrus ramifications of meals served on...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On “B’din Echad H’Ish V’echad H’Isha Shaviln Lemalkus U’b’inyan Loi Yarbeh...
The following shiur was delivered on Sunday morning at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook HillAshkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ, and is posted exclusively here on...
Are DNA and Blood Tests Accepted by Bais Din?
The Impact of Technology on Evidence - Part I
Based on a shiur given by Rabbi Yaakov Rappaport
The Mishnah in Sanhedrin Daf 24B discusses many...
The Merit of Torah Shavuos Night
-There is a minhag (brought in The Zohar) to stay up the night of Shavuos and learn Torah....
Rocks On Shabbos
By Rabbi Dovid Ostroff
If a rock or a piece of glass pose as a hazard to the public, what may be done to remove...
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 the repercussions...
Teruma Lishma
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Shmos 25:2 the Torah tells us that we should take (give) for me teruma. Rashi explains the word for me is that it has to...
Waiting to Count On Shavuos Night
On Shavuos night, the minhag is to wait until it is night - Tzeis Hakochavim - to daven Maariv in order to...
