Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz The average person sleeps between six and eight hours a night and works around eight hours a day, leaving little time to accomplish […]
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Roizy’s Story There are stories we choose to tell—and then there are stories we are chosen to carry. This is one of the latter. From the moment my daughter Roizy […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz As a mother with children in shidduchim (of marriageable age), I have been reciting a lot of Tehillim (Psalms) recently. It’s taken me […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz What is the correct approach to raising children today? Should we focus on warmth and positivity, or on firmness and discipline? And how […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Our fellow Jews in Israel have gone through so much lately and we all feel bad for them. But how can I truly […]
Hachnasat Orchim The Right Way (Avot 1:5) “יוֹסֵי בֶּן יוֹחָנָן אִיש יְרּוׁשָלַיִם אוֹמֵר, יְהִי בֵיתך פָתּוח לִרְוָחָהֶָּך, וְיִהְיו עֲנִיִים בְנֵי בֵית” “Yose Ben Yochanan says: Your house should be open […]
A Couple’s TorahMate Story My husband and I both grew up in similar homes with the basic Jewish expectations: lighting Shabbat candles, doing kiddush on Shabbat — but that was […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz We are already deep into Elul, and I know it’s time I started preparing for the Day of Judgment, but I’m not sure how […]
Car Care One day, I was getting a car-wash, and this particular location is attached to a gas station which has a store where customers can buy things. Then, there’s […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Why does the Torah forbid loans with interest (ribit)? After all, it’s the normal way of doing business, and people are fine with […]
