
Sit or Stand When Placing the Tefillin Shel Yad
Yalkut Yosef vs. Divrei Shalom Ve’Emet This is a hotly debated issue! Chacham Yitzhak Yosef (Yalkut Yosef (25:71) notes that “our” custom is for men
Yalkut Yosef vs. Divrei Shalom Ve’Emet This is a hotly debated issue! Chacham Yitzhak Yosef (Yalkut Yosef (25:71) notes that “our” custom is for men
Bracha Achrona on a Liquid A celebrated point of dispute is whether one should recite a bracha achrona when consuming hot drinks. Normally, one recites
American football fans are all abuzz about the dramatic transformation made by the San Francisco 49ers. In 2018 they were at best a struggling mediocre
A magnificent portrayal of Hacham Yitzhak Yosef appears in the 22 Kislev edition of Mishpacha magazine. The essay describes the fine success enjoyed by Rav
On the way home from Shaarei Orah this past Friday night, I asked my sons to swerve out of range of a motion detector that
Abarbanel’s Question Abarbanel’s question regarding David Hamelech’s instruction to Shlomo Hamelech to kill Yoav ben Teruyah looms large whenever one encounters Melachim I 2. This
Introduction: A Surprising Delayed Brit Everyone at Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck, was ecstatic. A first child was born to one of
Hacham Ovadia Vs. Ribi Messas Chacham Ovadia (Teshuvot Yechave Da’at 6:43) applies the Sephardic practice for only the head of the family to kindle Chanukah
Part I Background in the Gemara and Rishonim The Gemara (Shabbat 21b) states that the mitzvah of lighting Chanukah candles can be fulfilled on three
It is critical to be aware of the threats to our way of life and know how to effectively respond to them. In prior generations,
At youth minyanim, such as those we have at the daily Sephardic minyan for students at TABC, we try to share the tefillah with as
It was a most unusual meeting I had two years ago with NFL legend Jim Marshall, the famed defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings during