BHI: Butter Barter
Shavuos was here. The Goldin family was about to sit down for a milchig meal and eagerly awaited the rare opportunity to eat challah with butter.
“Where is the butter?”...
Business Halacha Institute
Storyline: Damaged Sefer
Menachem entered Sofer’s Seforim Store. “I’d like a sefer on the laws of Pesach that’s user-friendly,” he said to Mr. Sofer.
“A popular new sefer just came out:...
Analyzing Olive Dips
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
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Walk into Gourmet Glatt and you...
Those Dining Room Sinks
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
No, this article was not sponsored by one of those fancy sink stores. But the fact is that a number of people are installing...
Halachic Musings: COVID-19 and Bikur Cholim
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Perhaps never before in human history have the halachic aspects of bikur cholim, visiting the sick, been so pertinent. We lived through the pain of the...
Halachic Musings: 10 Pertinent Questions About Bug-A-Salt
Bug-A-Salt is part toy / part device that wives across America have purchased for their husbands. Why? Because on account of this man-oriented device, husbands are busy scouring the...
Halachic Musings: Women Learning Torah
A recent article published by JTA highlighted a Siyum HaShas for women only, spearheaded by an Orthodox woman. Michelle Cohen Farber, founder of Hadran: Advancing Talmud Study for Women...
Halachic Musings: Two Eruv Committees of Monsey
There are two eruv committees in the Monsey area. Of late, there has been some confusion between the two, which has, unfortunately, created some tension. The confusion had spilled...
Halachic Musings: A Prayer For Peace
Reuven was in charge of a college that had a strict policy. If you registered for a class, you had precisely one week to withdraw. If you did not...
Halachic Musings: A Derashah Or A Drink?
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A man walked out of the sanctuary of the shul to an area where the other men were making Kiddush. This time, however, someone began to berate him.
“You don’t...