Identifying Scales Required May we purchase salmon filets from a non-kosher store? Normally, halacha insists we see a fish’s scales to ensure we are buying

In Devarim, perek 4, Moshe Rabbeinu warns us that we face exile from our beloved land if we betray Hashem and His Torah. He even

No Fear: Og Versus Sichon “Do not fear him,” Moshe Rabbeinu recounts Hashem telling him before he faced Og Melech HaBashan in war (Devarim 3:2).

The Hashkafa Of Beliot What hashkafic lessons may we draw from the halachot of beliot and davar charif? Here are some suggestions:   Keilim We

Part II This past June, I was honored to lead TABC’s 22nd annual voluntary post-finals Torah learning. It was deeply moving to see 25 talmidim

Part I This past June, I was honored to lead TABC’s 22nd annual voluntary post-finals Torah learning. It was deeply moving to see 25 talmidim

Taanit 24a quietly presents the recipe for educational success. The Gemara tells of an area suffering from famine. In desperation, the community enlisted Rav, the

The Beth Din of America recently released a decision concerning payment for a son’s shana bet (second year) of Torah learning in an Israeli yeshiva

Rephael Tzvi Benguigui Tracy and Moshe Benguigui named their new son “Rephael Tzvi” in part after “Rav Rephael Ankawa,” a great Moroccan rabbi. Not only

Rabbi Zeira’s 100 Fasts Daf Yomi participants recently learned an astounding report about Rabbi Zeira (Bava Metzia 85a). When this great (and colorful) Amora made

North American Kashrut Professionals: 115 to 120 Halachic absorption (beli’ah) occurs only when the liquid is so hot that it makes the hand recoil (yad