Lost and Found
By Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin I found a pair of tefillin in an airport. Am I allowed to use it? A lost object that belonged to a Jew can be acquired by the finder if the object...
Neirot
Pressure for a Shidduch
By Chaim Hillel Raskin Can I try to persuade a family to consider my daughter as a shidduch for their son? Background: There are two potential Torah prohibitions involved in purchasing a friend’s personal items that...
Driving After Candle-Lighting
By Chaim Hillel Raskin I would like to travel by car to shul after lighting Shabbos candles. Is that allowed? Although the halacha is that lighting Shabbos candles doesn’t automatically cause Shabbos to begin,1 nonetheless the...
Verbal Harassment
By Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin The Torah says, “A man should not wrong his fellow.”1 Chazal explain that one must be sincere in social interactions just as in business, and one may not harass...
A Lengthy Exile
The first Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi explained the reason for the lengthy exile:[1] The Talmud (Yuma 9b) that the destruction of the second Temple was on account of the sin of...
Three Weeks of Permanence
The Lubavitcher Rebbe explained:[1] The time of the breaching the walls of Jerusalem on the 17th of Tammuz until the actual destruction of the Temple on the 9th of Av encompasses three weeks. The...
A Shoe that Fits
Our time is referred to as the heels of Moshiach. Therefore, G-d need not be too exacting.
Kamza’s Culpability
Although it seems that Kamza did nothing, the Talmud calls the tragedy of the destruction by his name. This article investigates the effects of a father on a child.
Shabbat the 9th of Av
By Rabbi Dovid Markel Although normative thought would dictate that the Shabbat in which the 9th of Av falls out should be the saddest of the year, the Rebbe-as he was wont to...
Parshas Devarim – A Vision From Afar
To view as a Designed PDF, click here. On the Shabbat of Parshat Chazon, the Temple is shown to every individual from afar. This Sicha analyzes the seemingly contradictory ideas of being “shown”...
