One of my favorite eruvin, with which I help nationwide, is the eruv created in Champaign-Urbana. Rav Shlomo and Rabbanit Ahava Schachter serve as the
No other figure in Tanach has nearly as many surviving and discovered artifacts as Chizkiyahu HaMelech. The tunnels he dug to divert the waters of
This week at Shaarei Orah, sadly, our minds shift to hilchot aveilut. We are in the middle of shiva for our beloved member Avi Gilad
Reviewing: “Hilkhot Aveilut: Understanding the Laws of Mourning,” by Rabbi David Brofsky. Maggid Books. The Toby Press. 2019. English. Hardcover. 296 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1592644612. For
The Panicked Congregant Every congregational rabbi has received a panicked call with a panicked congregant proclaiming, “Rabbi, I cooked my meat soup with an onion
A Classic Debate In March 2019, for the first time, I was asked to rule on a classic and very beautiful issue in halacha. A
Rashi vs. Rabbeinu Tam There are two manners in which to interpret the Gemara’s statement (Menachot 33a) that mezuzot may not be placed “in the
The Religious Significance of the Tel Dan Stele It was an exciting part of our family’s Israel trip for Binyamin’s bar mitzvah in 2012. A
A Magnificent Exhibit It was a most magnificent exhibit at New York’s grand Metropolitan Museum of Art in the fall of 2014. Entitled “From Iberia
With so much Torah material available to us with Hashem’s help in our age, one must be very selective regarding which sefarim to read. Torah
Visitors to Israel plan for months how exactly they will be spending their precious time in our precious land. There are so many rich opportunities
Here is a rarity. The Rama records a widespread Ashkenazic minhag, and yet many if most Ashkenazic batei knesset no longer follow this practice but
