Using Reform and Conservative Synagogues and Halacha
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
When one brings up using non-Orthodox synagogues, many respond with an emotion-filled reaction. The truth is one cannot really understand another person without having walked a...
Should People Think We Sing ‘Why Mourn? Why Suffer? Let’s Go Dance’?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
“I'm gonna dance with men and women together. Why mourn? Why suffer? Start dreaming and laughing. Feel, dance and enjoy. You only live once....
Six Real Teshuvah Facts: Like Snapple Facts, Except They’re True
By Mordechai Lewis
Rabbi Avraham Danzig states, “Although teshuvah is accepted at any time, the month of Elul is a time when teshuvah is more readily accepted because it has...
Paying Babysitters On Time and More, Part One
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
They watch our children while we go out to a wedding or to a restaurant to eat. They will often agree to come at a moment’s...
Print This Out Before You Buy Arba Minim
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
LULAV
The lulav must be four tefachim from where the lowest leaves are connected to the spine until the top of the spine not...
The Ethical Will of Rav Yehudah HaChassid
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
“You’re doing construction? Don’t close off that window!”
“Don’t you dare go out with her! She has the same name as your mother!”
“If you left...
From The BHI Hotline: Sales Agent’s Commission
Q. I hired a sales agent and agreed to pay him a percentage of the gross sales that he generates as his commission. In retrospect, I didn’t realize how...
Splashed by a Puddle on the Way to Shul
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Reuvain was always an early bird. Shimon was always late. Reuvain and his child were already on their way to shul on Shabbos. Shimon was on...
Can One Cry on Shabbos?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Rav Reuvain Feinstein and his rebbitzen were in a terrible car accident this week. The Rebbitzen (Tehillim name Chava Sorah Bas Ita Dvorah) suffered...
Druze, the State of Israel and Halacha
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
They number about a million or so, and are found throughout the middle east. They are persecuted in every country in which they reside except for...
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Q. I have been reading your column for a few years. There are times that I disagree with your thoughts, but by and large...
The Week In Review at MTA
MTA Juniors Volunteer At Koshertroops
Chesed is an integral part of programming at MTA, as well as a core value the yeshiva instills within its...
MTA Juniors Spend Inspiring Shabbos In Yeshiva
By: Elishama Marmon (‘20)
On Shabbos, November 9-10, Rabbi Mendelson’s Eleventh Grade shiur enjoyed a Shabbos in yeshiva with their rebbe. In addition to inspiring...