Anesthesia For A Bris?
By Rabbi Moshe Chaim Friedman, 5TJT
Neonatal circumcision (the operation used in a b'ris milah) is one of the oldest and most frequently performed surgical...
Video: The Shmuz On Parshas Beshalach
Rav Bentzion Shafier has impacted thousands of people with his talks and lectures, and especially with his innovative "Shmuz," a mussar shmuess that...
Tu B’Shevat: Spring to Life
By Rabbi Naphtali Hoff
When we speak of Tu B'Shvat (the 15th of Shvat), the New Year for trees, thoughts of joyous tunes, tree planting...
Halachos of Shabbos Shirah and Tu B’Shevat
Shabbos Parshas Beshalach is known as "Shabbos Shira." It is customary to put out pieces of bread for the birds to eat. One of the...
Rav Brazil On Parshas Beshalach
By Rav Shmuel Brazil
Moshe Rabbeinu did not bring about the first three plagues on Mitzrayim. The reason Chazal give us is because he owed...
Preparing a Baby Bottle and Other Items On Shabbos
By Rabbi Dovid Ostroff
How should one prepare a baby's bottle on Shabbos?
We are referring to the preparing of a semi-thick solution, as a...
Peninim On the Torah: Parshas Beshalach
By Rabbi A. Leib Scheinbaum
Moshe took the bones of Yosef with him. (13:19)
Simply translated, Moshe Rabbeinu fulfilled Yosef's request that he be...
Parshas Beshalach: Pride And Prejudice
By Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky
The beginning of this week's parsha describes the Jews' exodus from Egypt. Jews gathered their possessions and took gold and silver...
Uncovered Pareve Food in an Oven
An oven which is exclusively used for meat should not be used to prepare uncovered Parve foods that will be served at a...
Krias Shema On An Airplane
One who is traveling on an airplane calculates the correct time for Krias Shema (and Tefillah) based upon the time at the ground over...
Parshas Beshalach: A Three-Day Journey in the Desert
By Rabbi Zev Leff
I declare that I will bring you out of the wretchedness of Egypt to the land of the Canuanites, Hittites,Amorites, Perizzites,...
Video: Rav Ovadia Yosef’s Weekly Shiur
The following video was taken at the weekly shiur given by Rav Ovadia Yosef. The topic of this most recent shiur was Tefillas...
Challah, Cake, Milchigs and Fleishigs
When baking a cake to be eaten with milk, a pan which was used within the previous 24 hours for meat should not be...
Audio: Rav Mintz On Parshas Bo
Each week, Rav Chaim Mintz, Mashgiach of the Yeshiva of Staten Island and founder and head of Oorah Kiruv Rechokim, offers, via telephone, an...
Video: The Shmuz On Parshas Bo
Rav Bentzion Shafier has impacted thousands of people with his talks and lectures, and especially with his innovative "Shmuz," a mussar shmuess that...
Borer Applications – Preparing Salads
People are sometimes unaware of the requirement of M'yad (Immediate Use) when peeling fruits, vegetables or eggs for a salad. For example, when preparing...
Rav Brazil On Parshas Bo
By Rav Shmuel Brazil
In Melachim 1 perek 18 passuk 21 Eliyahu on Har Hakarmel admonishes the people "until when will you skip over two...
Using An Oven For Milchigs And Fleishigs
1) The ovens that are found in most homes today are manufactured in such a way that their openings are closed and their...
Peninim On The Torah: Parshas Bo
By Rabbi A. Leib Scheinbaum
Pharaoh demanded, "Which ones are going?" Moshe said, "With our youngsters and withour elders shall we go; with our sons...
Opening Containers On Shabbos
By Rabbi Dovid Ostroff
My new tin of Nescafe is sealed with a piece of aluminum foil. Am I permitted to rip it open on...
