Rav Rules on E-Cigarettes During Tishah B’Av: ‘They Are Forbidden on a Fast Day’
As Tishah B’Av approaches, Rav Ofir Malka addressed a common halachic question regarding the use of electronic cigarettes during the fast, ruling that vaping...
Halachos of The Tenth of Av When Tishah B’Av Is On Thursday
By Rabbi Doniel Neustadt
When Tisha B'Av falls on Thursday, the halachos of the Tenth of Av are different to usual.
The Nine Days begins on...
WATCH: Year Round Daylight Saving Time – The Ramifications for Orthodox Jews
The following shiur, titled "Year Round Daylight Saving Time - The Ramifications for Orthodox Jews," was delivered by Rav Dovid Heber, a native of...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – How Glatt Is Glatt?
Why is there so much more Beis Yosef meat available today? What does "glatt" really mean? And are all glatt and Beis Yosef standards...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus: Sous-vide Bath – A Shabbos Path?
Part 2 of the sous-vide: Can it be used on Shabbos or Yom Tov? Rabbi Dovid Cohen, Administrative Rabbinical Coordinator at the cRc, fills...
Rav Gershon Ribner: The Kosher Cheeseburger Rave
Rav Gershon Ribner, rosh kollel of Kollel Nesivos Hatorah and son-in-law of Rav Shneur Kotler, has succeeded in applying classical Talmudical analysis and methodology to understanding...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus: Sous-vide Bath – A Kosher Path?
Continuing the technology series, we are moving on to the sous-vide and the halachic challenges that arise with it. Rabbi Dovid Cohen, Administrative Rabbinical...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Glass Half Kashered
Today's interview focuses on a problem that many people face when kashering for Pesach. New-age technology = new-age problems. How do you kasher glass...
Shehecheyanu for Korban Pesach
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Shemos, Perek Yud Bais the Torah tells us that we have a mitzvah to bring a Korban Pesach on Erev Pesach. Was the bracha of shehecheyanu recited when they brought the Korban Pesach since it is a mitzvah that occurs...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Airbnb Survival Guide
So you booked a beautiful Airbnb… now what?
In this episode of Let’s Talk Kashrus, Rabbi Sholem Fishbane, Kashrus Administrator at the Chicago Rabbinical Council,...
Lichvod Shabbos
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Shmos 35:2 The passuk says that during the six days of the week work should be done but on the seventh day should be...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – The Party Planner Puzzle
We have discussed party planners in the past, but this week we focus on another angle. Rabbi Yaakov Eisenbach, Rabbinic Coordinator at the cRc,...
Seeing Kriyas Yam Suf
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
Kriyas Yam Suf was the completion of Yetzias Mitzrayim. We learn a very interesting halacha from Kriyas Yam Suf.
A person once...
Shehecheyanu for Korban Pesach
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Shemos, Perek Yud Bais the Torah tells us that we have a mitzvah to bring a Korban Pesach on Erev Pesach. Was the bracha of shehecheyanu recited when they brought the Korban Pesach since it is a mitzvah that occurs...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Q&A: Dining Dilemmas with Hagaon Rav Shmuel Fuerst
Part 2 of the Let's Talk Kashrus Q&A series with Rav Shmuel Fuerst, Dayan of Agudas Yisroel of Illinois, to answer some of the...
Makkos in Goshen
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The Rambam in Pirush Hamishnayos 5:4 explains that the ten miracles were the fact that the Yidden were saved from the...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Food For Thought
Food For Thought: When Out-Of-Town
When traveling to small towns that have local hechsherim, how does one go about finding out if they can rely...
Special Bracha During Bris
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In the beginning of Parshas Vayechi, Yaakov Avinu blessed his grandchildren, Ephraim and Menashe. He told them that Yisroel will bless their children to be like Ephraim and Menashe. The posuk uses the words...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Paradise Vacation
Oftentimes at high end resorts, these statements can be heard. "The chef knows kosher," or "I'm only getting fish in a brand-new pan," or...
Homeless and Chanukah
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
One could ask whether someone who does not own a home and is literally homeless has a chiyuv to light the...
