Debt Settlement in Halacha
By Rabbi Baruch M. Levine
We all take on too much. Often customers invest in their businesses with the hope that they will be able...
Rav Shurkin On “Mehadrin Behadlakas Ner Chanukah”
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...
Saying Shema Too Early
If one recited Shema too early, before the zman (i.e. after dawn, but before Mi'Sheyakir) even if one was not an 'Oness" (i.e. one...
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 effect so long as...
Yoma 61: Repeating the “Make-Up” Shemoneh Esrei
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
The Impact of Technology on Evidence – Part II
By Rabbi Yaakov Rappaport
There are a variety of methods which can be used to determine if a person is telling the truth. Blood tests,...
The Fast of Tzom Gedaliah (Nidcheh), Today
Tzom Gedaliah is an annual fast day instituted by Chazal to commemorate the assassination of Gedaliah Ben Achikam, the Governor ...
Megillah 27: Putting Seforim On Top of Chumashim
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...
Yoma 58: Turning Right
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: “Switch Over” Phone Campaigns
Question: I operate a long-distance telecommunication company. Verizon, Sprint, and MCI are constantly running campaigns aimed at my clients and offering incentives for them...
Business Halacha: Granting an Interest-Free Loan
Q: Is there any requirement to grant an interest-free loan or just a prohibition to charge ribbis?
A: It is important to realize that...
Hilchos Chanukah: How to Light On Erev Shabbos
On Erev Shabbos, if a woman is running late to light Shabbos candles on time, she is permitted to light the Shabbos candles immediately,...
Tonight: “Vesein Tal Umatar Begins in Chutz La’aretz
At Maariv tonight, December 4th, residents of chutz la'aretz begin to say Vesein Tal Umatar during the Shemonah Esrei in the bracha of Boreich...
Sefiras Ha’omer: Is a Bracha Recited In a Situation of Sfek Sfeika?
By Rabbi Avrohom Dovid Waxman
The proper fulfillment of the mitzvah of Sefiras Haomer requires counting the forty-nine days and seven weeks from macharas haPesach...
Yevamos 46: The Doubtful Jew on Shabbos
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...
Women and Sefiras Ha’omer
Women are not obligated in the mitzvah of counting the Omer because it is a positive mitzvah that is dependent upon time. However, many...
Understanding What We Are Missing
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The well known posuk in Tehillim says, “Im eshkacheich... tishkach yemini.” We need to understand what this posuk is telling us. The nature of a person is that “hergel,”...
Olive Oil: The Contemporary Industry of Antiquity
By Rabbi Tzvi Rosen, Star-K Kashrus Administrator; Editor, Kashrus Kurrents
Olive oil, the liquid gold of the ancients was touted for its nutritional, medicinal, and...
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...
