There is a widespread custom in Klal Yisrael to eat dairy on Shavuos. This minhag is brought by the Rama…
Mitzvah #22 Sefer Ha’mitzvos Ha’Katzar (the concise book of mitzvos) By the Chofetz Chaim This book lists the Torah mitzvos…
Women This week’s parsha, Bamidbar, begins with the counting of the Jewish people not only once, but twice. The reason…
The Zohar brings a custom that many spend the night of Shavuos learning Torah. According to the Arizal whoever spends…
Why did Hashem invent traffic lights? The Manchester Rosh Yeshiva, of blessed memory, was once sick and a minyan was…
The halachas of boneh differs between building or fixing something attached to the ground (e.g. a house) as opposed to…
Mitzvah #21 Sefer Ha’mitzvos Ha’Katzar (the concise book of mitzvos) By the Chofetz Chaim This book lists the Torah mitzvos…
Space Mountain A few year’s ago, I went on Space Mountain, which is a roller coaster in the dark, at…
The days between Pesach and Shavuos are considered days of mourning because during this time the 24,000 students of Rebbi…
Mitzvah #20 Sefer Ha’mitzvos Ha’Katzar (the concise book of mitzvos) By the Chofetz Chaim This book lists the Torah mitzvos…