Parshas Behar 5784: Intriguing Questions and Answers Questions Regarding Haircuts around Lag Baomer Q: Being that Lag Baomer falls out on Sunday this year, are there any leniencies regarding...
Parshas Emor – Teacher Conduct In this week’s Parsha, the Torah tells us the halacha that Kohanim are not allowed to become tamei mes by being involved in the burial of...
Parshas Emor 5784: Intriguing Questions and Answers Could a Rav who regularly counts Sefiras Haomer for his shul every night continue to do so despite having inadvertently missed a day? Q:...
Parshas Kedoshim – Ahavas Yisroel The Passuk in this week’s parsha tells us “v’ahavta l’reiacha kamocha”, to love your neighbor as you love yourself. This mitzvah,...
Parshas Kedoshim 5784: Intriguing Questions and Answers Shaving During Sefira for a Pidyon Haben and Related Halachos Q: I recall learning that a person hosting a bris for his son can shave and...
Parshas Acharei Mos – Gaavah & Taavah The Medrash in this weeks Parsha brings a story of a man who was planning an aveira with a woman and arranged to meet her in a certain...
True Freedom on Pesach: Insights from the Haggadah What Does It Mean to Be Truly Free? “We begin the Haggadah on Seder night with the words “הא לחמא עניא … לשנה...
PESACH – EMUNAH The Ramban at the end of Parshas Bo explains that the reason so many mitzvos we do are “Zecher l’yitzias mitzrayim” is to give us...