Business Halacha: Delaying Payment of Salaries
Q: There is no cash available this month to cover payroll. May I delay payment of salaries?
A: There is a mitzvah to pay wages...
Asher Yotzar During Pesukei Dezimrah
If one uses the bathroom during Pesukei D'zimrah one should say the beracha of Asher Yatzar as soon as possible, between Perakim (paragraphs) of...
Doctor Kohen
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Vayikra 21:1 the torah teaches us that a kohen can not become tamei. The question one can ask is may a Kohen become a doctor? He may...
Lakewood’s Techum Shabbos Battles
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times
In Lakewood, New Jersey, a battle rages. The battle is a halachic one and is...
Yuma 39: Doing Half a Mitzvah
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Business Halacha: Shomer for My Neighbor
Question: A neighbor asked permission to leave a small desk in my driveway for the day. It suddenly began raining and the desk got...
Yuma 33: Davening Mussaf Before Shacharis
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
A 49-Hour Fast
By Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair
Can you imagine what it must be like for Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, to last two days?...
Public Menorah Lightings: Yay Or Nay?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
During the Chanukah season, we see a major proliferation of Menorah lighting in public areas. For many years now, Lubavitch Chassidim...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On Sefiras Ha’omer and Shomeia Ke’oneh
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...
Ripping and Tearing for Food 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...
Sukkah 36: The Shrinking Esrog
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Minhagim of Pesach Sheini, Today
Today, the 14th of Iyar is Pesach Sheni. According to many opinions one does not fast on this day, make Hespedim, or a Hakomas...
The Erev Shavuos Stipulation
While reciting Birchos Hatorah on Erev Shavuos, one may clearly stipulate that his brachos should be in effect only until the next morning. In...
When Must One Stop Eating Matzah?
One may not eat matzah on the 14th day of Nissan (i.e. erev Pesach, beginning from the night of the 14th) so that there...
Is Assisting The Driver Of A Snowbound Car A Fulfillment Of Perikah Or Te’inah?
By Rabbi Yehoshua Grunwald
This article seeks to clarify the Halachos concerning helping one whose car is stuck in the snow or does not operate...
Yoma 59: Making Kiddush with Shaky Hands
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Learning Complete Torah
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The posuk in this week’s Parsha teaches us in that one should teach the Torah to his children. An interesting question may be asked in connection to this. If...
A Kohain and the Daughter of a Jewish Mother
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
In the United States, the spiraling and out-of control assimilation rate in the past few decades has yielded a number of...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Kashering Confusion
Let’s listen in to a round table discussion on common misconceptions about Pesach Kashering between R’ Aaron Mendelson of Kosher Services, R’ Sholem Fishbane,...
