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Allergies may not be the first thing considered when the subject of real estate comes up, but for some buyers who suffer from serious allergic reactions, checking for possible...

By Rabbi Moshe Bloom Torah VeHa'aretz Institute “You shall not move your countryman’s landmarks, set up by previous generations (Rishonim), in the property that will be allotted to you in the...

It is Saturday afternoon. There are hundreds of shoppers and day trippers in Daliyat al-Karmel and in Isfiya – two Druze villages in Israel’s north. In the past, an...

It was just Tishah B’Av, one long hard day of fasting and being surrounded by a cocoon of spirituality, just like I feel on Yom Kippur. But now that...

Question: My question revolves around my teenage son. As a single mother, I do my best to keep the family together. Over the past year or so, there is one...

By Judith Komarow Chassidish, Modern Orthodox, yeshivish — Jewish families of all stripes — all come together on one campus. Must be some big Jewish unity event! Well, sort of. It’s...

Last week was his last day on the job. It was only a few weeks ago that he told me he has had enough and that he simply cannot...

Question: I am dating someone and things are going really well, but there are a few things that bother me about her. I know no one is perfect, but I...

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com As we begin the Nine Days, knowing the historical background of the churban help us mourn its destruction. Tisha B’Av is the culmination, of...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com “YOU’RE NOT MY MOTHER! SO I don’t have to honor you.” “Yes you still do, young lady.” Everyone knows about the Mitzvah of honoring parents –...