לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I have started a year of aveilut and hope to recite many Kaddishim. I was

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During my youth, my personal hero was the popular Jewish singer, Avrohom Fried. As a member of Tzlil V’zemer Boys Choir I enjoyed the fact

In this week’s parsha of Behaalosecha, all sorts of complaining takes place. We read that, “The people took to complaining…” (11:1). This was not about

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Last week, we observed that Abaye often referred to his uncle and teacher, Rabba bar Nachmani, as “Mar/Master.” Thus, when on Bava Metzia 107a, Abaye

The day after Yom Tov is called Isru Chag, which literally means “bind or connect the festival.” What is it all about? Where does Isru

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A number of years back, when Israel received a number of additional F-35 fighter planes from the United States, the following question was posed to

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