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Shabbat and Holidays
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz This year, the fast of Asara B’Tevet (the Tenth of Tevet) is on Friday, and I’ve noticed that this is the only fast […]
We’ve all heard the expression, “When one door closes, another one opens.” Well, maybe not all of us, but it’s pretty wide-spread. The idea behind this is that we shouldn’t […]
Tish’ah B’av – The Powers of Yom Kippur Tish’ah B’av is the saddest day in the Jewish calendar on which we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple. Yet, we […]
Every year on Tish’ah B’av, the day on which our Holy Temple was destroyed, we mourn the awful fate which has befallen our nation. Many of our woes can be […]
A short thought from Rabbi Chaim Mintz to add meaning to your fast.
What exactly are “the three weeks”? Hear from Rabbi Eli Bohm of TheZone about this time, its history, and its laws.Learn about the three weeks and how we commemorate the […]
An Oorah Holiday Guide The three weeks that begin on Shiva Asar B’Tammuz (17th of Tammuz) and end on Tisha B’Av (the 9th of Av) are a period of mourning […]
Why is it that many Orthodox Jews do not honorYom HaShoah? Don’t they care about the six million? Rabbi Chaim Mintz responds: Of course we mourn the six million. However, […]