Yosef – A Wise Interpreter This week’s Torah reading begins with Pharaoh’s dreams. Pharaoh dreamed one dream in which he saw seven fat and healthy cows rise from the Nile, […]
< Lesson 7: Heating Up Food On Shabbos Day Lesson 8: Making Coffee and Tea on Shabbos In this eighth lesson in the Shabbos (Shabbat) Kitchen series, Rabbi Rappaport demonstrates […]
It was the twenty-fifth of December, And when she closes her eyes she remembers, Just how it was. A Jewish girl from Queens, Had fulfilled her secret dreams, Decorating that […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz I know that women have special prayers they recite after they light Shabbat candles. Should we also be praying after we light Chanukah […]
There are a number of foods that are customary to eat on Chanukah (Hanukkah). Below are the history and explanations of two such traditions, dairy foods and waffles. Eating Cheese […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz The Book of Bereishit discusses at great length the many trials and challenges our forefathers Avraham (Abraham) and Yaakov (Jacob) faced. Yet, when […]
Because We Were Lax On Chanukah, we celebrate the salvation God granted us from the oppression of the Greeks. The Greeks disrupted the service in the Beit Hamikdash (Holy Temple), […]
Becoming Aware I noticed a very interesting phenomenon. When you make a connection to something, you suddenly become more aware of its presence. For example, when you buy a car, […]
Chanukah wouldn’t be the same without latkes. Especially the first night. This year, I tell myself, I’m going to get a head start. It’s Erev Chanukah (Hanukkah Eve). Most times, […]
Warming Food on Shabbos < Lesson 6: Save My Burning Cholent! Lesson 7: Heating Up Food On Shabbos Day In this seventh lesson about warming food on Shabbos (Shabbat), Rabbi […]
