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All my fault?
Dear Rabbi,
We have a daughter who has taken up drugs and gotten in with a wrong crowd. More like a rich brat...
Tehillim Psalm 13
In today’s world, where evil seem to prosper in every country, the righteous could well be forgiven for thinking that our exile is a...
Tehillim Psalm 10
This week’s Tehillim is in memory of Suri Dubiner
In this week’s Psalm, we open with the line of a famous Avraham Fried song, “Lama...
Ask Rabbi Shochet on Rosh Hashana spent at home
HOW YOU CAN MAKE ROSH HASHANAH AT HOME A MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE
Dear Rabbi
I am what they call a three time a year Jew. That said,...
Ask Rabbi Shochet about Charity, Corona and Choice
CHARITY OR DRUGS?
Dear Rabbi
On my way to work each morning I pass this panhandler who knows me already by sight because I drop a...
New! Pirkei Avot column!
150 issues since we began, we have reached the conclusion of Tehillim.
We are now...
Reflections on the passing of Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu zt”l
By Rabbi Jeremy Conway
Somehow it was my great zechus to become a zanav l’aroyos – “a tail to lions” and in particular to the...
Tehillim – Psalm 45
This Tehillim is in memory of Jean Claude Nissim ben Rose Rzala
Psalm 45 is a beautiful song of praise, which eloquently describes the splendour...
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THE HALACHA ON GRUDGES
Dear Rabbi
Is there ever any sense or justification for bearing a grudge? My wife and my sister-in-law haven’t spoken in months....
Ohr HaMercaz Daf Topics by Rabbi Yaakov Schonberg
THE MAKING OF A MIKVAH
Bava Basra 66a discusses the invalidation of מים שאובים, drawn water, and is a parallel passage to Bava Kama 67a...