(אשה) כי תזריע וילדה זכר "When (a woman) conceives and gives birth to a male child" (Wayyiqra...
Thursday, April 26, 2012/Iyyar 4, 5772

התיצבו וראו את ישועת ה' "Hithyassebu Ur-u Eth Yeshu'ath Hashem" (stand fast and see G-d's...
Thursday, February 2, 2012/Shebat 9, 5772

When a person is going through some kind of suffering, he is permitted to make a Neder (vow). We see this from...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011/Elul 7, 5771

Umbrellas and parasols are very much part of everyday life to protect us from the rain as well as the sun. Their...
Friday, July 15, 2011/Tammuz 13, 5771

Reading Tehillim for a woman in childbirth

The Kaf Hahayyim mentions a custom that some had, of saying...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011/Siwan 26, 5771

There are many who say that since the Zohar is difficult to understand they do not learn it. Rabbenu the Hida,...
Sunday, June 26, 2011/Siwan 24, 5771

The Shulhan 'Arukh states that women are obligated in Habdalah in the same way that they are obligated in Qiddush,...
Friday, June 17, 2011/Siwan 15, 5771

"Asarah Nissim Na'asu LaAbothenu Bebeth Hamiqdash" (Ten miracles were wrought for our forefathers in the Temple)....
Wednesday, May 25, 2011/Iyyar 21, 5771

We are told in Parashath Ki Thissa, that Shabbath is a sign between G-d and the Jewish people. Hakham Yoseph...
Friday, February 18, 2011/Adar A 14, 5771

What is the reason for the Mahazith Hasheqel (half Sheqel)? The Rishonim explain that it is to teach us unity....
Thursday, February 17, 2011/Adar A 13, 5771

"If you surely listen to the voice of the L-rd your G-d... for I am G-d your healer" (Shemoth 15:26). Rab Hida,...
Thursday, January 13, 2011/Shebat 8, 5771

Why is Hanukkah eight days if the miracle of the oil was for only seven days? One explanation is as follows: Tuesday, December 7, 2010/Kislew 30, 5771

According to the Midrash, Asnath was the daughter of Dinah from Shechem. The sons of Ya'aqob Abinu (Jacob), 'a"h,...
Thursday, December 2, 2010/Kislew 25, 5771

The Haftarah is connected to the Torah reading. No less than twenty one Pesuqim (verses) may be read, unless the...
Friday, November 19, 2010/Kislew 12, 5771

"And G-d tested Abraham".  (Bereishith 22:1) Rabbenu the Hida, 'a"h, quoting Hakham Almoschnino, 'a"h, asks...
Thursday, October 21, 2010/Heshwan 13, 5771