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The seforim say that when Parshas שמיני is read 8 times, שמיני, שמונה,שמינה, it will be a bountiful and blessed year for Klal Yisrael. This ...

Mishpacha magazine in Hebrew prints a story every week that is supposed to be true (with the names and other identifying things changed). Th...

Part 1 is here Part 2 is here I. Issues related to כהנים To bring korbanos we must have כהנים to do the עבודה. Are kohanim today כהני ספק...

Part 1 is here What Korbanos can we bring? Nowadays we are all טמא so any קרבנות that we would being we would have to bring בטומאה. What קר...

Since the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash the idea of bringing the Korban Pesach has come up at various times. It came up during the time...

Hirhurim has a post about texting on Shabbos where he tries to explain why it is assur. I am certainly not in favor of allowing texting on ...

The south of Israel has been under missile/rocket attack for the past few days. It has been publicized in the name of R' Chaim Kanievsky...

The Vaad Harabanim for Tzedaka in Israel is sponsoring a tefilla at the graves of Mordechai and Esther in Iran. The cause may be good, but t...

The Yeshivas send out their students on Purim to collect money. Unfortunately many of them get drunk and make a chillul Hashem while collect...

away from everyone and try not to be noticed and heard. I see that a lot of people are getting here from Facebook. Can one of you please ...

This past week's Mishpacha magazine had a flattering portrait of Dov Kramer who has worked for all sports radio WFAN for the past 25 yea...

Over the past few days, there have been various reports saying that he is getting better, sitting on a chair, davening, etc. According to Ki...

Now that the Supreme Court has canceled the Tal Law and done away with army exemptions (at least for the moment), it is important to underst...

In Israel, a New Approach to Organ Donation Israel recently passed a law: if two patients have identical medical needs for an organ trans...

Yated Neeman prints a lot of ads for hotels for Pesach. They printed the following disclaimer today: IMHO, this disclaimer is a joke. Onl...

At first glance the question sounds ridiculous, of course we should. However, the fact is that it is not so clear cut. The Gemara in כתובו...

On Friday the Gaavad of the Edah Charedis (who is supposed to be the supreme authority), R' Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss, asked the management o...

Last week, Delta put a new destination on their web site, Occupied Palestinian territories. Here is a great video making fun of this:

THE FRIER COMPLEX The most dreaded status in Israeli society is to be considered a frier - a sucker, a boob, stupid and unable to withstan...

In his weekly Mishpacha magazine column Yonasan Rosenblum told the following story. He was in South Africa for the first Sinai Indaba and ...