Arvus for Women and Children
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Devarim, Perek Chof Tes, posuk chof ches it says that the hidden belongs to Hashem whereas the open and what is public belongs to...
5 Reasons Why We Dip Apples In Honey
The minhag to eat special fruits in Rosh HaShanah is from the Gemara in Horiyos 12a. While the gemara gives...
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...
Should You Make a Bracha On Today’s Eclipse?
Should a bracha be recited on a solar eclipse, and if so which bracha should be said?
Shulchan Aruch (OC 227:1) lists many...
Vowing
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Devarim,30:3 the Torah tells us that one should keep his word and not desecrate his vows. The Shach brings a remez from the words “lo yachel devaro kechol” that teaches...
Is It Halachically Permitted To Eat Hot Dogs?
By Rabbi Micha Cohn
Last week on October 26, 2015 the World Health Organization, announced that a group of 22 experts from 10 countries classified...
Are DNA and Blood Tests Accepted by Bais Din?
The Impact of Technology on Evidence - Part I
Based on a shiur given by Rabbi Yaakov Rappaport
The Mishnah in Sanhedrin Daf 24B discusses many...
The Halachos and Minhagim of Rosh Hashanah: A Review
By Rabbi Y. Dov Krakowski
The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Rosh Hashana. The Piskei Din for the most...
Business Halacha: Defective Product Bought On Final Sale
Question: A clothing store advertised an "inventory clearance" sale, stating in bold letters, "All sales final; no refunds, no exchanges." I bought a packaged...
Burying a Rasha with a Tzaddik
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Bereishis 50:13 the passuk says; the brothers carried Yaakov to eretz Knaan and buried him in the Me’Aras Hamachpeila.
The Gemara in Sotah 13a says that during the time of burying Yaakov,...
Rav Moshe Twersky Hy”d On Malchiyos and Shofros
By Rabbi Yehoshua Berman
Malchiyos Zichronos & Shofaros: Integral Part of Mussaf or an Addendum?
The last sugyah in maseches Rosh Ha’Shana is about if the...
Hilchos Pesach: Going Away, Bedikah at Hotel
If one will not be at home for Pesach (and will not be able to make a Bedikas Chometz on Sunday night (28 March)...
Megillah 16: The Quiet Birchas Kohanim
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...
The Famous Rogatchover Gaon On Neshima Achas
Nowadays, the minhag is for each person to say the names of the sons of Haman by himself in one breath, and not to...
Weighty Waiting Options
By Rabbi Yehuda Spitz
A previous article, Ma'aseh Avos = Halacha L'Ma'aseh, showcased that the Torah's description of even simple actions of our great forefathers,...
Making a Siyum During the Nine Days
Q. May I learn with the intention to make a Siyum during the Nine Days so that a meat meal can be served? May...
Video: Star-K Monthly Webinar Answers 10 Questions for Chanukah 5774
Join Rabbi Zvi Goldberg and Rabbi Mordechai Frankel the Monthly STAR-K Webinar for Chanukah 5774 and get the answers to 10 of ...
Daf Yomi B’Halacha, Yuma 26: Doing Half a Bris on Shabbos
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
