Testing Presidents From Bush To Trump, 9/11 Shaped Politics
Four presidential campaigns. Eight congressional elections. The longest war in U.S. history. The Sept. 11 attacks have shaped U.S. politics, sometimes over the objections of victims’ families. T…
Halachically Speaking – Nichum Aveilim
[Written by Rabbi Moishe Lebovits] KOF-K Kosher Supervision Volume 5 and Piskei Harav Yisroel Belsky zt”l vol 1 (reprint – hard cover) Coming Soon!! There are many halachic issues that per…
Halachically Speaking – Hair Dyeing
[Written By Rabbi Moishe Lebovits – KOF-K Kosher Supervision] To subscribe for free to emails and see archives visit www.thehalacha.com The Learning from this article should be in memory of my R…
Halachically Speaking – When and When Not to Recite Tachnun
[Written By Rabbi Moishe Lebovits – KOF-K Kosher Supervision] There are many days of the year where tachnun is not recited. Some times one is in a shul and there will be a bris on that day and n…
Halachically Speaking – Happy Birthday
[By Rabbi Moishe Lebovits – KOF-K Kosher Supervision] The Jewish people have always focused on birthdays. On Pesach, we celebrate the birth of the Jewish nation. We say in Mussaf that the world…
Halachically Speaking – The Halachos and Kashrus of Chocolate
A visitor to a supermarket is struck by the vast array of chocolate items for sale, such as candies, chocolate cake, chocolate milk, chocolate cookies and the like. There is also a vast array of halac…
Halachically Speaking – Thanksgiving and Eating Turkey
Written By Rabbi Moishe Lebovits KOF-K Kosher Supervision Much has been discussed over the years regarding Thanksgiving dinner. We will discuss whether such a party is allowed, and if turkey may be se…
Hilchos Tisha B’av 5774 – By Rabbi Krakowski
The following is meant as a convenient review of Halachos pertaining to Tisha BeAv. The Piskei Din for the most part are based purely on the Sugyos, Shulchan Aruch and Ramah, and the Mishna Berura, un…
How to be Maavir Sidrah This Week
[By Rabbi Yair Hoffman] As many people who have looked at Parshas Pinchas this week realize, there is a paragraph mark (called a psucha) in the middle of a Pasuk right before the census (BaMidbar 26:1…
Life Lessons and Parsha Overview – Chukas
[By Rabbi Yair Hoffman] As a z’chus of Limmud HaTorah for the three kidnapped Yeshiva students, Yeshiva World News and 5TJT have launched a special parsha sheet that includes an overview of each…
A Message from the Kalever Rebbe for Shavuos 5774 [Torah – Our Essential Identity]
3,326 years ago, our ancestors stood arrayed around Mount Sinai breathlessly awaiting the very voice of God. Amidst thunder and lightning the word went forth as Hashem introduced Himself to His chosen…