Singing During Sefirah
The minhag of not listening to music during sefirah includes live music, recorded music, and according to some opinions, even singing songs in a...
Rav Moshe Shternbuch: Stopping Work To Go To A Levaya?
The Halacha is that a person is Mivatel his Torah to go to a Levaya or a Chasuna. We are not noheg like that...
The Big Difference Between Mashed Potato & Mashed Banana
One of the Av Milachos is Tochein, grinding, or making food into very little pieces. The Orchos Shabbos (1:5:9-13) says that mashing something, even...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On Sefirah
The following shiur, on Sefirah, was delivered on Sunday morning at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook Hill Ashkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ.
The shiur was...
Megillah 21: The Obligation to Hear Krias HaTorah
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he receivedsemichah. He has written several seforim...
Reminder: Make an Eruv Tavshilin
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By Rabbi Tzvi Rosen
A fundamental difference between Yom Tov observance and Shabbos observance is the allowance of ochel nefesh, food preparation on Yom Tov....
Audio: Rav Shurkin On Inyonei Pesach
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...
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...
Audio: Divrei Chizuk for Shavuos from Rav Malkiel Kotler
The following divrei chizuk were delivered this week by Rav Malkiel Kotler, Rosh Yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, to members of...
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...
Audio: Rav Shurkin B’Sugya D’Arba Amos Shel Adom Koinois Loi, B’Din Bitul Chometz Betaaruvos...
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...
10 Reasons for Blowing the Shofar
This list was compiled by the 10th century sage, Rabbi Saadia Gaon.
1. The Shofar is like the trumpet which announces the coronation of a...
Business Halacha: Ribbis and a Car Dealer’s 10% Discount
Q: A car dealer offers a 10% discount on next year's model if payment is made by May 31, four months before delivery. May...
Erev Yom Kippur: Lots of Candy – How Many Brachos?
Generally, the halacha is that when a person makes a bracha on a food, the bracha is in...
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...
Yoma 63: When Do You Become Bar Mitzvah?
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Yoma 65: Davening for Those Who Go On To The Har Habayis
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Business Halacha: Recourse Exists If An Item Was Overpriced Or Underpriced
Question: I rented a house for $6,000 a month. It later became clear that I was swindled and comparable rentals in the area are...
Rav Moshe Feinstein, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach & ybl”c Rav Elyashiv: When A Non-Jew...
It is assur for a Jew to ask a non-Jew to do a Milacha for him on Shabbos. These halachos of Amira L'Akum are...
Does the Gentile Who Buys the Chometz Need to be Bar-Mitzvahed?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Do gentiles have mitzvos?
Of course. Indeed, most of us are familiar with the concept of the sheva mitzvos B'nei Noach-the seven...
