Halacha - Laws

  Frightened about coronavirus? You’re not alone — this pandemic has put everyone on edge. For Jewish women who use the mikvah, quarantine and social distancing present new challenges to...

  By Rabbi Yair Hoffman COVID-19 has brought about enormous change in our society. There are curfews; no weddings (or a 50-person maximum at weddings, with police oversight); no yeshivos in...

OU Press, the publishing division of the Orthodox Union, announces the publication of Halacha Yomis: A Daily Halachic Companion. Containing 354 brief selections, one halacha for each day of...

  They live, work and daven among us. They are our brothers, our sisters, our cousins. Perhaps they did not marry yet, or perhaps they married but it did not...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman  When readers first read the headline of this article some may say, “You mean these rabbis are now saying I can’t wear my MAGA yarmulke in...

  The TikTok app has been the talk of the community lately. TikTok is an increasingly popular social media app, with hundreds of millions of users. This article will discuss...

  Though thankfully they are happening less frequently, robberies do take place, and they can be pretty scary. According to the FBI’s statistics, there were 685,766 home robberies in 2018,...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman “Yeshiva Week” is over and almost everyone has returned from midwinter vacation. Some enjoyed a staycation; some went to Eretz Yisrael or Miami; some went skiing;...

  Last month a kashrus alert was issued regarding quinoa. It seems that quinoa sold in the Northeastern United States was found to be infested with bugs due to issues...

  There is a Midrash in Eichah Rabba (chapter two) that is instructive. It tells us (in the reverse order that follows): If they tell you that there is Torah...