Parshas Tazria – Father and Mother
A deeper understanding of the birth of a male child.
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Genetically Engineered Fowl
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan What is the halacha if genes of a predatory bird (which is not kosher) were inserted into an egg of a chicken, causing the hatched chick to exhibit predatory...
Food under a Stroller
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan Is it permissible to place food in a holding compartment underneath a stroller in which an infant is sleeping? Halacha forbids eating food that was left under a...
Cosmetic Surgery
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan May a person undergo surgery when not medically necessary (to alter their appearance and the like)? The following Halachic concerns pertain to this shaila: (a) The Torah (see Devarim...
Celebrating Yom Tov
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan How is one to celebrate yom tov? The Torah commands us to rejoice throughout all of Yom Tov and Chol Hamoeid. In the times of the Beis-HaMikdash,...
Asking Forgiveness
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan How do I ask for forgiveness? The teshuvah done on Yom Kippur only atones for aveiros between man and Hashem but not for aveiros between man and his fellow....
Eruv Tavshilin
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan When and how do I make an eruv tavshilin? It is forbidden to do melacha on yom tov for Shabbos. Therefore, anyone who will prepare for Shabbos on...
Helping Others
I am barely able to work on myself, how can I mentor others?
Why Do I Work So Hard?
By Rabbi Dovid Markel Dear Rabbi, Why do I work so hard? It hardly seems fair that G-d makes my life so difficult, when others seem to be far better off than myself....
Parshas Shmini – A Foreign Offering
To view as a Designed and Printable PDF, click here. Generously sponsored by Rabbi Mordechai Slavin. May he have continued success in all his endeavors. Parshas Shmini relates the story of Nadav and Avihu’s...
