When returning from Synagogue on the first night of Pesah, one should come home happy and radiant and should greet...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012/Adar 27, 5772

A hot water urn which is used on Shabbath and other days year round, often has Hamess (Hametz) placed directly on...
Monday, March 19, 2012/Adar 25, 5772

A microwave oven that was used throughout the year should ideally not be used for Pesah (Passover). If it is...
Sunday, March 18, 2012/Adar 24, 5772

One may not speak while the Meghillah is being read. If one spoke between the Berakha (blessing) and the reading,...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012/Adar 13, 5772

Even though we say that young children should be brought to hear the Meghillah being read, very small children...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012/Adar 5, 5772

Since the prevalent custom on Shabu'oth is to eat both dairy and meat meals on the holy day, it is common to bake...
Monday, June 6, 2011/Siwan 4, 5771

Some have the custom of roasting eggs on the lid of a pot containing meat, for Shabbath. The question is whether...
Friday, January 21, 2011/Shebat 16, 5771

The Aharonim wrote that if one finds meat between one's teeth one is obligated to remove it, but under normal...
Thursday, December 30, 2010/Tebeth 23, 5771

The prevalent custom is that when one eats meat or chicken one must wait six hours before eating dairy foods...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010/Tebeth 22, 5771

The Torah states three times, "You shall not cook a kid (goat) in its mother's milk". In the Gemara of Hullin the...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010/Tebeth 21, 5771

We live at a time where many of us are preoccupied with our weight. the Western world and American society in...
Thursday, December 16, 2010/Tebeth 9, 5771