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...

Rosh Hashana 5777 – The Beginning of a New 19-Year Cycle

By Rabbi Dovid Heber This Sunday night when Rosh Hashanah 5777 begins, it will not only be the beginning of a new year but will...

Shehecheyanu 

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld Reuven buys a new suit but will not wear it until he has it checked for shatnez. When does he make the bracha of Shehecheyanu; when...

Chacham Ovadiah: Sefardim Should Make Their Own Parshas Zachor, Ashkenazi Havarah is Wrong

Chacham Ovadia Yosef, head of the Shas party's Moetzet Chachmei Hatorah and one of the most brilliant Torah minds of our generation,...

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 a list of recommended...

What About Vitamins on Pesach?

By Layah Ornish Taking vitamins and supplements is a common part of many people's healthful lifestyle today. Kosher ones are easy to obtain, so it...

How to Use a Keurig Without Destroying it in the Mikva

By Rabbi Baruch Fried In this week's Parsha we are introduced to the requirement of purifying utensils acquired from a non-Jew. The Gemara in...

Rain 

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld In Eretz Yisroel they begin to say “vesen tal umatar” on zayin Cheshvan. In Chutz Le’Aaretz we begin saying “vesen tal umatar” on December 4th or on December 5th the year before...

Halacha Headlines: A Scandal And Its Aftermath

Recently, after a revelation of horrific events involving Chaim Walder, frum Jewry is faced with many shailohs regarding the proper way to handle it....

Esrogim – What to Look For

Delivered by Rav Leibel Rand at Kollel Avreichim Courtesy of the Five Towns Jewish Times Written by Rabbi Yair Hoffman This past Sunday, Motzei Yom Kippur, Rav...

Kashering New Pots For Pesach?!

By Rabbi Yehuda Spitz A little over a year ago, an ad appeared in many newspapers in Eretz Yisrael, stating that the Badat"z Eidah Chareidis of Yerushalayim...

Psak from Rav Elyashiv: Paying Instead Of Buckling

By Rafi G. In Israel the law is that every person riding in a car must be buckled up. if a policeman stops the car...

Buffalo Burgers and the Zebu Controversy

By Rabbi Yehuda Spitz This past Shabbos, many of us read Parshas Shmini, most well-known for being the Parsha that discusses and specifies the...

The War of the Chicken Breeds

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times It is a halachic issue that is achieving near viral status and is at the...

The Anisakis Fish Ads: What It All Means

This week's leading American chareidi newspapers feature an advertisement confirming the ruling of Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv forbidding the consumption of fish that contain very...

Lifelong Mitzvah 

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld The Maharsha in Chidushei Aggados in Meseches Brachos 47a writes an amazing chiddush. The Gemara teaches us in several places that when one answers Amen Yehei Shmei Rabba with all his “kochos” (power) or...

Relighting Shabbos Candles 

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld Two young couples went to their parents / in-laws for Shabbos. Only one set of extra candles were prepared in the...

Audio: Rav Shurkin: Can Crocs Be Worn On Tisha B’Av?

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...

Now and Later Candies Not Kosher

Matzav.com has spoken with several kashrus agencies who confirm that Now and Later candies, all varieties, are not kosher. Because, in the past, there was...

Chicago Rabbinical Council Top Ten Questions for November 2013

Q What is the cRc's policy on canned cranberry sauce? A: Canned cranberry sauce is acceptable without certification if it contains no kosher-sensitive ingredients. In...

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