Taanis 26: The Fathers Role at a Bris
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...
Megillah 12: The Proper Way to Spell Yehuda
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...
Yuma 34: Pressuring People to Give Tzedakah
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
The Big Difference Between Mashed Potato & Mashed Banana
One of the Av Milachos is Tochein, grinding, or making food into very little pieces. The Orchos Shabbos (1:5:9-13) says that mashing something, even...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On Sefirah
The following shiur, on Sefirah, was delivered on Sunday morning at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook Hill Ashkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ.
The shiur was...
Megillah 21: The Obligation to Hear Krias HaTorah
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...
Listen: Rav Reisman On Chag HaPesach and Sefiras Ha’omer
The following is a shiur delivered by Harav Yisroel Reisman, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and mara d’asra of Agudath Israel of Madison. The...
Watch: Rav Yisroel Brog Pesach Series: Avdus
Rav Yisroel Brog is the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Tiferes Avigdor in Cleveland, Ohio. The following is a Pesach shiur on the topic of "Avdus."
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Yoma 67: Choosing a Hospital to Have a Baby
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Reminder: Make an Eruv Tavshilin
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By Rabbi Tzvi Rosen
A fundamental difference between Yom Tov observance and Shabbos observance is the allowance of ochel nefesh, food preparation on Yom Tov....
Minhagim of Pesach Sheini
Today, the 14th of Iyar is Pesach Sheni. According to many opinions one does not fast on this day, make Hespedim,...
Audio: Must Tefillin be an Absolute Square?
The following shiur was delivered by Rav Chaim Weg, Rosh Kollel at the Bais HaVaad Kollel for Dayanus.
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Hilchos Pesukei Dezimrah: Sit or Stand Until Yishtabach?
The minhag of most Ashkenazic communities is to stand from Vayevarech Dovid until after Yishtabach, Kaddish and Borchu. (Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Berurah 51:7,Leket Hakemach Hachodosh...
Halachically, Is One Allowed To Live In A Disaster Prone Area?
By Rav Yitzchok Grossman
The 2016 Central Italy Earthquake
Italians held a state funeral recently to mourn 37 of the 292 known deaths of the earthquake...
The Purim Seudah
1)It is a Mitzvah on all Jewish men, women and children to partake of a festive Seudah, meal, on Purim.
The Purim Seudah needs to...
Audio: Rav Shurkin B’Sugya D’Arba Amos Shel Adom Koinois Loi, B’Din Bitul Chometz Betaaruvos...
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...
Bread Meals: Take A Big First Bite
The Rama (178:2) writes that when it comes to bread meals, the rules of Shinu Makom (changing locations) are more lenient. Generally, if one...
Singing During Sefirah
The minhag of not listening to music during sefirah includes live music, recorded music, and according to some opinions, even singing songs in a...
May a Clown Daven Minchah?
As the joyous Purim holiday is underway, many preparations are underway for assembling and distributing Mishloach Manos. The custom of...
Halacha: Rabbi Koster On “Beating a Dead Horse”
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
