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Machberes: Inside The Chassidish And Yeshivish World
By Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
On this past Motzaei Shabbos, January 11, the annual melaveh malkah of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath (YTV) was celebrated at...
Halachic Musings: Argh! Do UGGs Have Shatnez?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Whether boots, slippers, or sneakers, the footwear called UGGs is behind the first major shatnez crisis of 2019.
The UGG crisis led to thousands of phone calls...
Quicken Loans and the Issue of Ribis
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Agudas Yisroel recently published a Psak Din signed by leading Gedolim about the prohibition in borrowing money from Quicken Loans without a Heter Iskah. Among those...
200 U.S. Finalists Compete for Tanach Top Title
The room is hot and overcrowded, but you can hear a pin drop as the national winners are announced. It’s been a year filled with getting up early, sometimes...
Get Refuser Meir Kin Says There Was No Deal With Rabbanut
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The man whose mother’s burial was delayed in Israel over his alleged refusal to give his wife a religious divorce said reports that he had changed...
Darchei Torah Dinner, January 10
A Look at the Honorees, Part 1 of 2
Mr. Hillel and Mrs. Shani Moerman: Guests of Honor. The concept of leadership has been under increased discussion recently in the...
From Where I Stand
Bar Mitzvahs and Parshas Vayakhel
By Rabbi Yossy Goldman
“See G-d has appointed Betzalel, the son of Uri, the son of Chur of the tribe of Judah.” —Sh’mos 35:30.
Chur, Betzalel’s grandfather,...
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...
A Tzaddik In Our Midst: R’ Naftali Rhodes, a’h
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
A tragic accident last week ended the life of a 32-year-old man from our community, a husband, and father of two. His name was Naftali Rhodes,...
The Mitzvah Tantz: Forbidden Or Kosher Minhag?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
The mitzvah tantz is one of the greatest controversies that still remains of the Chassid–Misnaged divide. When Misnagdim first hear about it, they are in a...
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UN General Assembly Approves Eight Anti-Israel Resolutions
The UN General Assembly on Friday approved eight anti-Israel resolutions that were adopted last month by its Decolonization Committee, in a session that focused...
Jersey City Market Employee Killed Helping Customer Escape Deadly Shooting
(JTA) — Douglas Miguel Rodriguez, a 49-year-old father who died in the shooting at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, helped save a wounded...