Ask The Rabbi – Is Richard Wagner Forboden?
Is Richard Wagner Forboden?
Dear Rabbi
I am a big fan of classical music. I recently went to an opera featuring Richard Wagner’s music. When I...
The Backward River
By Rabbi Moshe Taragin
The primary Hebrew word for inheritance is “yerusha. However, the Torah supplies an additional term for inheritance– the word “nachalah”- and...
Tehillim – Psalm 38
This Tehillim is for a refuah shalema for Yaakov Yitzchok ben Pesha Feiga
For a Refua shalema for Yaakov Yitzchok ben Pesha Feiga
In life, people...
Ask the Rabbi – Organ Donation
ORGAN DONATION
Q. What is the Jewish view of organ donation?
A. Organ donation involves two related but sometimes conflicting principles – the duty to preserve...
Ask the Rabbi – What is the question?
WHAT IS THE QUESTION?
Abraham Joshua Heschel said that our generation knows the answers but has forgotten the questions.
With regard to Pesach we know that...
Torah reading: Mishpatim
LAWFUL & AWE-FUL
In the remarkable array of laws in this parashah, the odd man out deals with the food we eat (Ex. 22:30).
In this...
Ask The Rabbi – PESACH PRICE FIXING
PESACH PRICE FIXING
Dear Rabbi
I think you’ve been asked this before. Why are Pesach prices so much more expensive than kosher food throughout the rest...
Parshat Balak
There were nearly four paragraphs of the Shema.
The Gemarah in Mesechet Brachot (12) tells us that originally, our sages wanted to add a fourth...
Sh’mini Atzeret & Simchat Torah features
IT ISN’T PURIM
In popular thinking Simchat Torah is a sort of Purim, a day for carnival jollification. But the popular view is wrong.
Simchat Torah...
Ask Rabbi Schochet about the Situation in Israel
Dear Rabbi
Time for some inspiration again please. We feel like we are all under attack for what’s going on in Israel.
Shulie
Dear Shulie
The question is...