HAYOM

The Shulchan Aruch rules that [unlike purim,] on Channukah there is no requirement to eat a seudah. ריבוי הסעודות שמרבים בהם הם סעודות הרשות...

That's the sun. No post-processing or color correction.

LkwdGuy's family just grew by one! Mazal Tov!

...He probably could've saved alot of time. This is ridiculously cool.

Is concern for others a lost art? A few days ago I had a meeting in a Jewish community which will remain nameless. I was running a little la...

The haggadah begins with the passage " Ha lachma anyah ". It starts out with a one line description of the matzah that we eat. ...

Everyone knows that the total number of adult men in the midbar was 600,000. In fact, there are a few specific halachos that are learned fr...

There are a number of pesukim of the meggilah that are recited aloud by the whole tzibbur . Among them is the pasuk that contains the nam...

My new toy arrived! If anyone is looking for me, you may not find me for a couple of months. :)

We're not dead! Consider this a sign of life. One sunny day in 2008, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Aven...

In a comment to this post, Barzilai wrote the following: See Rabbeinu Yonah on Avos 2:4 D'H Ahl Taamin B'atzm'choh. He says...

The Rambam, in his introduction to his Peirush on Avos, Shemoneh Perakim, famously writes the following: ודע, שהדברים אשר אומר בפרקים אלו וב...

This is a repost of last year's Parshas Bo post. Right at the beginning of the parsha, Moshe warns Pharaoh of the impending plague of lo...

In this weeks Parsha: ו וַתִּפְתַּח וַתִּרְאֵהוּ אֶת-הַיֶּלֶד, וְהִנֵּה-נַעַר בֹּכֶה; וַתַּחְמֹל עָלָיו--וַתֹּאמֶר, מִיַּלְדֵי הָעִבְרִים ז...

A few months ago my great-uncle died. He was an askan in many Jewish causes, a respected man. He had a large collection of seforim and books...

Rabbi Yakov Horowitz, a renowned educator and writer, has written an excellent piece on abuse in the frum community. His article has been l...

This past Shabbos, my brother (Bro #2 of this post ) was kind enough to join us at our home. He arrived Friday afternoon and planned on dep...

A rabbi out West wants some reasons why we aren't with the rest this holiday season So I wrote this little thing not for him alone but f...

For what it's worth, here's my take on the Seattle Chabad Rabbi and his Menorah display that Shtender discussed in this post. With ...

Must we give it to them? Yes, I'm talking to you Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky. Who, you ask? Well, let me tell you. He's a Chabad rabbi i...

An admittedly non-mavens review of Yitzchok Meir Helfgot's "Cantorial Classics" performance this past Sunday night, December 3...

A few weeks ago, a customer of mine offered me and a co-worker Giants tickets for this Sundays game. My co-worker jumped at the offer. After...

This Shabbos we were talking at the table about the situation in Eretz Yisroel and Iran. Someone said, "You know, Netanyahu is right. I...