Jewish Law
With regard to wedding celebrations, the overriding mitzvah is to bring joy to the new couple.
Misconception: One may not study kabbalah before reaching age forty. Fact: The appropriate time to commence study of the esoteric…
If you drive around different parts of the US long enough, you are likely to encounter two bumper stickers asserting…
With mass shootings and terror attacks in the news with frightening frequency, it is only natural for the average civilian…
Misconception: All boys must begin putting on tefillin thirty days before their bar mitzvahs. Fact: There are two main opinions…
In addition, an important responsa by Rabbi Chaim Sofer14 addresses the Ashkenazic custom of decorating synagogue arks with sculpted lions.…
Misconception: After childbirth, a woman’s husband should bentch Gomel on her behalf. Fact: According to most authorities, a woman after…
Rabbi Hershel Schachter is a rosh kollel in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University’s Marcos and Adina…
Misconception: Along with chametz food that one sells to his rabbi, one also sells chametzdik dishes for the duration of…
Misconception: The two foods sent on Purim for mishloach manot must be from two different categories of blessings. Fact: This…
Misconception: Leading authorities including Rambam and Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook maintain that korbanot, animal sacrifices, will not be…
