Ohr HaMercaz on Daf Yomi
Rabbi Yaakov Schonberg
LOTS TO DECIDE
Bava Basra 106b discusses a situation where brothers wish to divide an inherited estate into equal portions, and they agreed...
Beyond the Headlines – A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read...
By Sivan Rahav Meir
Happy Yom Kippur!
Yom Kippur, which is on the tenth of Tishrei, is considered the holiest and most important day in the...
Beyond the Headlines – A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read...
By Sivan Rahav-Meir
The Best Siman for Rosh HaShanah
The simanim are special foods that are a central part of festive meal on Rosh HaShanah....
Beyond the Headlines A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in...
By Sivan Rahav Meir
What message would you hang over the Ayalon Highway?
During these tense time in Israel, here is an open question for anyone...
Ohr HaMercaz – Insights into the Daf from Rabbi Yaakov Schonberg
Bava Basra 87a discusses the halachos of a sarsur, a middleman, who charged for his services with an uplift in the price of the...
Are you a Jew of Responsibility or Opportunity?
Rabbi Daniel Fine
In the world’s current political turbulence, there are two words that are often uttered by leaders: ‘responsibility’ and ‘opportunity.’ Responding to chaos...
The Skulener Rebbe zy”a
Tens of thousands of mourners attended the funeral of the Skulener Rebbe,
Rabbi Yeshaya Yaakov Portugal zt’l, from Boro Park who died last Shabbat.
The esteemed...
Empty skies, empty seats
by Rabbi Moshe Taragin
As summer turns to autumn, the Hebrew month of Elul sweeps in, bringing with it a tide of hope and renewal....
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...
Is God our mother?
by Rabbi Moshe Taragin
The Talmud in Berachot sternly warns against invoking Divine compassion by referencing “the compassion He shows to the mother bird,” who...
Tisha b’av and October 7th
By Rabbi Moshe Taragin
With every passing year, Tisha b'av mourning for the lost beit hamikdash becomes more challenging. The disastrous fall of Yerushalayim and...
Ohr Hamercaz on Breaching Confidentiality
By R' Yaakov Schonberg
BREACHING CONFIDENTIALITY
Bava Basra 39b discusses squatters’ rights: one who squats on land for three years is assumed to be the owner...
How Can I Bear This Alone?
By Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon
In Parashat Devarim (1:12), Moshe says to the people, “How can I alone bear your contentiousness, your burdens, and your...
Hester Panim
By Rabbi Moshe Taragin
The names have no meaning. Forty-two unknown and historically insignificant desert locations. Forty-two sand dunes along our winding journey to the...
A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news
By Sivan Rahav Meir
From Majdal Shams to Jerusalem
1) The 12 children were murdered in Majdal Shams in a Hezbollah attack have been laid to...
Questions to Rabbi Schochet
The 80-20 Rule!
Dear Rabbi
I am married several years and I am struggling in my relationship. I feel everything has gone stale between us and...
Words Do Matter: The battle over language
By Rabbi Moshe Taragin
Words matter. Words have meaning. Words created our universe.
Hashem created the world through ten verbal pronouncements beginning with His declaration that...
Chosen FOR not Chosen From
By Rabbi Moshe Taragin
Our current war is an existential struggle over Jewish survival and Jewish identity. The curtain has been lifted as our enemies...
Beyond the Headlines
A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news
By Sivan Rahav Meir
Muhammad Deif, Donald Trump - Making Sense of...
A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news
By Sivan Rahav Meir
Jewish Unity: From Milwaukee to Herzliya
"Each morning, first thing, before I eat or drink anything, I say a chapter of Tehillim...