Video: A Halacha Analysis of the Dohoney Meats Scandal
Rabbi Shimon Raichik, Rosh Kolel Erev Chabad in Los Angeles, dedicated a 45-minute class to dealing with the Halachik implications of the Doheny Meat scandal.
Rabbi Shimon Raichik, Rosh Kolel Erev Chabad in Los Angeles, dedicated a 45-minute class to dealing with the Halachik implications of the Doheny Meat scandal.
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Behar – Bechukosai.
Worry, Fear, and Anxiety, are ailments we could all do without. Yet most of us wrestle with them daily on some level. One definition for worry is “to torment oneself with disturbing thoughts.”
One of the more sobering realities of life is that it isn’t always fair. No matter how much we try to right the wrongs in the world, life still seems unfair for someone somewhere. It may be unfortunate, but that’s just the way things are and complaining about it doesn’t do any good.
“It’s never too late. There’s always a second chance.” This, according to Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, 1880-1950), is the message of Pesach Sheini, the biblically ordained “second Passover” for those who fail to bring the Passover offering on its designated time.
Can you be too religious? Ought one to deprecate a person whose religious observance seems “Over the top?” Are the terms “Ultra-Kosher,” or “Ultra-Orthodox,” really objective?
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Acharei Mos-Kedoshim.
It is the custom at our Shul to read a short meditation each morning upon the conclusion of services. It was the following thought in the name of the holy Baal Shem Tov that elicited a fervent debate:
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Tzriah-Metzorah.
Today, Chof Ches Nissan marks 22 years to the Sicha the Rebbe said unexpectedly in 5751 after returning from the Ohel. With great pain the Rebbe said declared “that all that I have done… it is up to you to do all that you can to bring Moshiach down here…” AD MOSAI?!
The Torah attributes Nadav and Avihus’ tragic fall from grace to the fact that they took a foreign fire and incense and brought them into the Sanctuary before G-d: “And Nadav and Avihu, the sons of Aharon, each took his censer, and put fire in them, and put incense on each, and brought before G-d a strange fire, which He had not commanded them. And a fire went out from before G-d and consumed them, and they died before G-d,” (Lev. 10:1-2).
Following the Minhag to study the Rebbes Maamar Hayom Ro’ah Vayanos on Shvii Shel Pesach, the Maamar has been made available for download thanks to the work of ‘Di Chassidishe Parasha’.
Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze, a conservative news and information service, published an article featuring Rabbi Benny Hershcovich’s Weekly Torah Thought, under the title “Check out this Rabbi’s Very Funny Bible Study Videos Complete with Guitar-Jammin’ and Rockin’ Vocals”
Pesach: Upon entering a store, one is likely to find its first dollar hanging on the front wall. The reason for this is to remind the proprietor of his early struggles. The owner does not wish to forget his difficult and humble beginnings; even should he later become a millionaire.
The Badatz of Crown Heights have released a comprehensive review of the Halachos, Minhagim and Zmanim for the upcoming Yom Tov of Pesach for the benefit of the community.
Trekking up the highest mountains, flying across the seas, or right here in the US of A, lead your seder with confidence. Join Rabbi Yossi Paltiel as he go through the Seder step by step, shares tips and tricks and fascinating insights on the Haggadah.
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan.