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and it is harsher then expected. Here are some quotes from the report: we determine that there are very serious failings in these decisions ...

This past week's Mishpacha newspaper had an article which stated that a group of Rabbanim in EY, with the approval of R' Elyashiv, h...

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This is a repeat of a previous post with some small additions. In this coming weeks Parsha, Kedoshim, the Torah has the din of פאות הראש. Th...

The Gemara in Makos (20b) says that a man is prohibited from pulling out white hairs. The Rishonim explain that the issur is based on לא ילב...

This year the first day of בה"ב falls out next Monday which also happens to be ה' אייר, which I thought was Yom Haatzmaut. I was w...

Lately I have seen that some people have started doing the following. Mekabel Shabbos right after plag, then going home and eating the meal,...

With the advent of DST and many people again making early Shabbos, these posts from 2 years ago are very relevant. An Early Shabbos Primer ...

Wealthy Satmar Chasidim spent a quarter of a million dollars for the Seder of the Satmar Rebbe R' Zalman Leib. The new Rebbe could not u...

Based on what Rafi G. wrote ( Advocating for a simple Judaism ), this post Not eating chametz that was sold to a גוי is as relevant this y...

We are in America for Pesach and therefore I would like to share some observations. "Kosher" Circus This could only happen in Amer...

There is a tremendous זלזול in Chol Hamoed especially in America where many people work. In Israel many places of work are closed and even t...

After serving as a disaster of a defense minister for a year, Amir Peretz now wants to move on to the finance ministry and destroy the econo...

Jonathan Rosenblum has a very important article whose focus is that boys learning in yeshiva need to help clean for Pesach as well. In fact...

The Gemara says that when there is no קרבן פסח then מרור is only מדרבנן. There is a fundamental dispute between Tosafos and the Rambam what ...

The Mishan at the beginning of the third perek of מכות mentions the issur of making the שמן המשחה for your own purposes. I saw a fascinatin...

The gemara says that money can be split 3 ways between the עדים זוממים each paying a third while מלקות cannot be split between them, each on...

Last week's Mishpacha magazine had a fascinating article explaining the various groups of קנאים in Meah Shearim. Here are some highlight...

The following ad was printed in yesterday's Yated Neeman (Wednesday כ"ד אדר). Below is my translation of the ad: Important announce...

The gemara states (רבא) that we learn out from בשגגה that אומר מותר does not go to גלות. The rishonim there ask as follows. The Gemara in Sh...