In a political landscape often defined by ambition, self-promotion and partisanship, Senator Joe Lieberman, whose first yahrtzeit was Adar 17, stood apart.
Lab-grown meat: Can it be kosher? Is it pareve or fleishig? Rabbi Genack illuminates this new food technology.
Just as Friday serves as the bridge between Shabbat and the week, Lieberman’s life, which was a bridge to convey the meaning and purpose of Judaism to the wider world,…
Reb Yacov was a bona fide talmid chacham and an expert in the laws of kashrus.
I didn’t have too many experts in shechitah I could turn to at the time—Rav Nota was one of the few.
Rav Belsky had a scientific inclination and a curious mind, both of which led him on a constant search for truth.
The Rebbe wrote that his relationship with the Rav was ‘much greater than people knew.’
Sukkot, in our liturgy, is deisgnated as “Zman Simchatenu”-the time of our rejoicing. Yet, the Torah requires that we be joyous in all the festivals, so why designate specifically Sukkot…
