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...
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A White Lie?
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan Is it permissible for someone shipping fragile merchandise, for example matzos, to write on the box “glass,” thereby increasing the likelihood that the box will be handled with care?...
Forgetting To Separate Challah
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan A woman baked challah and realized on Shabbos that she had forgotten to separate challah. May challah be taken on Shabbos? Lechatchilah, challah should be taken before baking, as...
Maariv and Lighting Menorah
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan One who is only ready to light the menorah after the time of maariv has begun (i.e. tzei hakochavim – nightfall) and has no minyad readily available: should he...
Donning Tefillin Before A Sefer Torah
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan May one put on tefillin while the Sefer Torah is out of the Aaron kodesh? The Alter Rebbe writes in his Shulchan Aruch[1]: If one takes off his...
The Para Aduma – Are You Really Rational?
By Rabbi Akiva Wagner In a few weeks, on the 4th of Nissan, will be the yahrtzeit of my father R’ Refoel Menachem Nochum ben R’ Yitzchak Eizik z”l. Among other things, my father...
Intention During Shema
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan What intention is one supposed to have while reciting Shema? Before one recites Shema one should have the intention that he is about to fulfill the mitzvas asei...
Grape Juice at the Pesach Seder
By Rabbi Chaim Chazzan Is it permissible to use grape juice for the arba kosos at the Seder? We first must first examine whether grape juice is acceptable for kiddush, and then...
Parshas Shmini – Kashrus and the Divine Authorship of Torah
In this week’s Torah portion the signs for kosher animal are discussed.
Parshas Shmini – Overwhelming Love?
The juxtaposition of intense love and the prohibition of eating rodents.
