Video: Rav Avrohom Schorr On Chanukah

The following video was taken at a mesibas Chanukah last night where Rav Avrohom Schorr, rov of Khal Tiferes Yaakov of Flatbush, shared...

Debriciner Rov: Walking to Get a Siddur from Al Hanissim in Middle of Shemoneh...

If a person is in middle of Shemoneh Esrei and needs a siddur to say Yaaleh Veyavo, which he doesn't know by heart, the...

Chanukah – 5770: A Special Light

By Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky One of the most joyous moments of the Chanukah experience, at least for this writer, is not only the actual lighting of...

Parshas Miketz: Thanking Hashem for Misfortune and Deliverance

By Rabbi Zev Leff Rabbeinu Yonah writes in Shaarei Teshuvah When one receives Hashem's chastisement and as a consequence improves his ways, it is proper for...

Can A Yorei Shamayim Eat Jelly Donuts On The Run?

The Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 168:13) writes that the halacha is like the opinion that hamotzie only applies to baked products, but he brings...

Rav Wosner: Are Woman Obligated To Say Hallel On Chanuka?

Even though it is a Mitzvas Aseh SheHaZman Grama, the gemara (Shabbos 23a) says that women are obligated in the Mitzva of Ner Chanuka...

Parshas Mikeitz: Stuck on Gum

By Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky In this week's parsha Yaakov wanted to appease the viceroy of Egypt who had taken his son Shimon as a hostage...

Hilchos Chanukah: Oil or Candles?

B'dieved one may light all night until Alos Hashachar (according to some, even less than a half hour before). However, if no one is...

Audio: Rav Reisman On Parshas Vayeishev & Chanukah

The following is a shiur delivered by Harav Yisroel Reisman, maggid shiur in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and mara d’asra of Agudath Israel of...

Video: Rav Eisenberger On Preparing for Chanukah

As we count down the hours to the start of the wonderful Yom Tov of Chanukah this evening, we present this video of...

Audio: Rav Mintz On Chanukah

Each week, Rav Chaim Mintz, Mashgiach of the Yeshiva of Staten Island and founder and head of Oorah Kiruv Rechokim, offers, via telephone,...

Video: The Shmuz On Parshas Vayeishev

Rav Bentzion Shafier has impacted thousands of people with his talks and lectures, and especially with his innovative "Shmuz," a mussar shmuess that...

Parshas Vayeishev: Yosef and the Partial

By Rav Shmuel Brazil In the sefer Bnei Yissachar he writes that the gematria of Yosef 156 is equal to melech yavan 156 and Antiyochus 156...

Hilchos Chanukah: Waiting for Your Wife

If one will not be home to light at the proper time, but plans to return at night while members of the household are...

Parshas Vayeishev: Living Like a Rock

By Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier Rashi tells us that after the Torah described the life of Aysav in an abbreviated manner, it then told over...

Tzitz Eliezer: Can A Doctor Tell A Chosson That His Kalla Cannot Have Children...

A doctor performed surgery on a 19-year-old girl who had no reproductive organs whatsoever.   The girl pleaded with the doctor not to reveal to...

Parshas Vayeishev: The Significance of Dreams

After Yosef has a second dream which depicts himself demonstrating superiority over his brothers, Yaakov gets angry at him and challenges the validity of...

Rav Moshe Shternbuch: Is It A Mitzvah To Attend The Funeral Of A Non-Jew?

The Bais Yosef (YD 367) brings from the Kol Bo that there is a mitzva to be Melavah an Akum four amos. The Bais...

Parshas Vayeishev: Yosef and His Brothers – The Anatomy of a Sale

By Rabbi Zev Leff  ...and Yosef would bring evil reports about them to their father (Bereishis 37:2). Just as the halachic sections of the written Torah...

Hilchos Chanukah: How Long Must They Burn?

One should put enough oil in the menorah so that the lights will burn until at least one half hour after night (Tzes Hakochavim...

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