Video: Cholov Akum Nowadays
"Chalav Akum Nowadays" was presented by Rav Yisroel Belsky, OU Posek; Rav Menachem Genack, CEO OU Kosher; and Rav Aharon Teitelbaum, Nirbatur Rov,...
Sorry to Spoil the Cheese Party: A Reply to Rabbi Barry Dolinger’s “Milchig Manifesto...
By Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
P’sak Halacha is very serious business. To adjudicate Halacha, one must be a grounded halachic authority, whose command of the issues...
Watch: Rav Michoel Sorotzkin On the Name “Yehoshua Ben Nun”
The following is a shiur delivered by Rav Michoel Sorotzkin about the name "Yehoshua Ben Nun" upon Yehoshua Bin Nun's yahrtzeit today.
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Knife
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Devarim 27:5 the posuk says one should not raise a knife on the stones in the Bais Hamikdash. Shulchan Aruch OrachChaim 180 says that our minhag is to cover the knife while bentching. The Bais Yosef brings...
Historic Trip of Dirshu Delegation of Senior Gedolei Yisroel to Radin and Vilna
“What better eis ratzon, what more opportune time can we find to go to the Chofetz Chaim’s kever to daven? Now, we are on...
Calming Effect
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The Torah tells us in Devarim 29:9 “All Yidden are standing here before Hashem…” The Medrash says the reason why Parshas Nitzavim was placed right next to the klalos is because when the Yidden heard the 98...
Holy Smokes! A Halachic Discussion Regarding E-cigarettes
Are e-cigarettes problematic from a halachic standpoint?
By: Rav Yosef Greenwald
Introduction
E-cigarettes are a new invention of the past few years which are designed to reduce...
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...
Rav Avigdor Miller on Why He didn’t Observe Yom Hashoah
Q: Can you explain to me why some some synagogues do not observe the Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) observance for the Holocaust victims?
A:...
Chicago Rabbinical Council Top Ten Kashrus Questions for October 2013
Q: Does rice need a hechsher?
A: Plain raw and par boiled rice requiring an extended cooking time do not require a hechsher . Seasoned...
Scream!
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
I normally do not write political columns. In light of current events, both in the parsha and in our community, we...
Watch: Inside ArtScroll – Episode 2:13: Interview with Yonoson Rosenblum On the Magical Influence of...
Day after day. Week after week. Year after year. Neshamah after neshamah, Rabbi Meir Schuster was at the Kosel, the Central Bus Station, the Hebrew University campus, searching for people...
Watch: Inside ArtScroll Episode 6 – Interview with Rabbi Daniel Glatstein, Noted Rov and...
The newest episode of Inside ArtScroll features a full-length interview with Rabbi Daniel Glatstein, noted rov and author of The Mystery and the Majesty....
War and Teshuva
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Bereishis (18:23) the posuk tells us that Avraham asked Hashem, “Will you kill a tzaddik with a Rasha?” Avraham goes through a whole negotiation with Hashem that maybe there are fifty tzadikim, then he said forty-five,...
Rav Brazil: How to Know if a Song is Rooted in Kedushah
Of the kosher animals listed in this week's parsha, zemer is one of them. The Radak and Rav Saadia Gaon that the zemer is...
