Halachos L’Kavod Tu B’Shevat
It is customary for Ashkenazic Yidden to eat different varieties of fruits on Tu B'Shevat, as this day is the Rosh Hashanah...
Yevamos 46: The Doubtful Jew on Shabbos
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 27: Putting Seforim On Top of Chumashim
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...
Olive Oil: The Contemporary Industry of Antiquity
By Rabbi Tzvi Rosen, Star-K Kashrus Administrator; Editor, Kashrus Kurrents
Olive oil, the liquid gold of the ancients was touted for its nutritional, medicinal, and...
Beitzah 28: Shoveling Snow on Shabbos
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...
Hamapil, Flowers On Shavuos
-One who goes to sleep after Alos Hashachar Shavuos morning (or on any day) does not say the bracha of Hamapil. Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah...
Eved Being a Mazik
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Shmos 21:35 we learn about a scenario regarding an ox that gores another person’s ox, and the second animal dies. The Gemara in Bava Kama...
Rav Moshe Shternbuch: Clear The Way For The Talmid Chochom On The Grocery Line
There is a mitzva to stand up and show respect for a Talmid Chochom. What about letting him ahead of you when you...
Women and Sefiras Ha’omer
Women are not obligated in the mitzvah of counting the Omer because it is a positive mitzvah that is dependent upon time. However, many...
Chagigah 22: Proving Klal Yisroel Wrong
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...
A Thought About Aleinu
By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
One of the most important prayers that we say daily is Aleinu. It is so prestigious that we say it...
Pesach Matzos
By Rabbi Moshe Heinemann, Star-K Rabbinic Administrator
The production of matzos Kosher for Pesach (KFP) involves a great deal of meticulous work. The process begins...
A Basic Understanding Of The Tekios
By Rabbi Doniel Neustadt
One of the most important mitzvos of Rosh Hashanah is the Biblical command to blow the shofar. Although the significance of...
Earliest Shema
If one regularly davens K'vasikin (i.e. reciting Shema just before sunrise and beginning Shmona Esrei at sunrise) and wishes to give up the practice...
Hilchos Chodesh Nissan – Birkas Ha’illanos
Rosh Chodesh Nissan (tomorrow, Tuesday, March 16) marks the beginning of the season for Birkas Ha'Ilanos - the blessing we recite once a year...
Yevamos 31: Turning Yourself In
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...
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...
Listen: Rav Feiner On the Leil HaSeder
The following is a shiur was delivered by Rav Eytan Feiner, the brilliant and dynamic rov of the White Shul, Cong. Knesseth Israel in...
