January 15, 2025

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Rabbi Yair Hoffman

Articles by Rabbi Yair Hoffman

Bully Teachers and Halacha

Kids often complain about mean teachers, and parents react in different ways. Some take it with a grain of salt. Others always side with their

Verbal Abuse and Sefirah

Twelve thousand pairs of Rabbi Akiva’s students died during the period of Sefirah. Why? Because they did not speak to each other with the respect

Life is a Masquerade

New York—It is surely not one of our run-of-the-mill minhagim. Generally, our minhagim deal with simanim—signs that indicate good mazel rather than bad fortune. They deal