Religion

Shabbat/Holidays

CHANUKAH

Pachim Ketanim

By Yossi Huttler after all the holy wars you’ve fought all the wounds and scars and defilement search yourself for…

CHANUKAH

Dreidel(s)

By Yossi Huttler the distance between peh and shin spans here to there the Holy to the outside lands where…

JEWISH LAW

What’s the Truth about . . . Wearing Leather on Yom Kippur?

Is it prohibited to wear all leather items, such as a leather belt or yarmulke, on Yom Kippur?

CHURBAN

What’s the Truth about . . . the Legend of Two Brothers and the Temple Mount?

Misconception: God’s choice of Mount Moriah as the site for the Beit Hamikdash is based on a midrash involving two…

RECIPES

Will You “Bee” My Honey?

Rosh Hashanah is associated with honey, symbolizing sweetness for the coming New Year. Honey cake and carrot tzimmes are traditional…

SHABBAT/HOLIDAYS

Getting Shabbos Right

I am often asked by talmidim on Sunday morning, “Rebbi, how was your Shabbos?”

SHABBAT/HOLIDAYS

Confinement and Liberation

Many years ago, I heard a story about Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, who was famous for taking advantage of…

CHURBAN

Do We Still Mourn the Churban?

Tears do not come easily on Tishah B'Av to all of us. Why?

CHURBAN

What’s the Truth about . . . the Cause of the Destruction of the Beit Hamikdash?

What really caused the destruction of the Second Beit Hamikdash?

CHURBAN

Kinot: The Language of Loss

My birthday is on Purim. But my destiny seems to be linked with Tishah B’Av. For more than twenty years…

SHAVUOT

Redemption and the Power of Small Things

Three women, all widows, walked hand in hand. Although they were united by the specter of a bleak, shared future,…

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