This week, someone close to our family shared a personal story with me — not looking for a response, just wanting to raise awareness about an incident that speaks to larger issues in our community’s approach to Kashrut education. The underlying concern was clear: “our” approach to Kashrut, which involves checking ingredients on uncertified products, […]
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An Excerpt from The Shrem Edition of “Yamim Noraim: Insights from the Past, Present, and Future” It is an immense honor for me that The Ḥabura has given me the opportunity to publish my latest article “The Binder, the Bounder, and the Altar: Unraveling the Parental Apprehension of Raising Children“ in their esteemed Yamim Noraim […]
It is an immense honor for me that The Ḥabura has given me the opportunity to publish my latest article “Biṭul – Nullifying the What-If Mentality of Modern Kashrut“ in their esteemed Pesaḥ book. Under the leadership of my dear friend and colleague, Senior Rabbi Joseph Dweck shlit”a, and guided so wonderfully by my friends […]
The Rambam writes (Ma’achalot Asurot 14): He continues: “One is not liable for partaking of any of the prohibited foods unless one partakes of them in a manner in which one derives satisfaction with the exception of a mixture of meat and milk and mixed species grown in a vineyard. [The rationale is that with […]
The Jewish community has long had a fear of Halachah. No, I am not talking about those Jewish communities who are honest about their indifference or non-absolute loyalty to Halachah. Rather, I am referring to the community who constantly prides itself as being “Halachically observant” and relishes at any opportunity to judge and critique all […]
Join our Facebook forum by clicking here! Haircuts and Shaving During Sefirat HaOmer Question: Can I shave/get a haircut on Rosh Chodesh? Answer: Maran in the Shulchan Aruch calls the custom to do so an “incorrect” one. But one would first have to establish the severity of the custom not to shave in the first place. In the entire […]
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“Woe is me, my mother, that you ever bore me— A man of conflict and strife with all the land!” – Yirmiyahu (15:10) “If I am forced to be a man of conflict with the whole world because of the leaning towards truth that is deep in my soul – which [which causes me to […]
I once had an extremely unsettling conversation that left its marks on me until this very day. [I wish to note the following disclaimer: as disdainful as some of these sentiments may sound, they did not come from a malicious place, but from a place of having been programmed as such by their respective society. […]
“I wish to share with you my initial hesitancy in writing this letter. Rabbi Shalom Messas zt”l, Chief Rabbi of Morocco and later Chief Rabbi of Yerushalayim, related that he had never been asked a single Taharat HaMishpachah question from any woman during the duration of his leadership in Morocco. The women of Morocco were […]
It has come to my attention that a certain communal figure who is respected by many in matters of Kashrut, has questioned the reliability of the “Kosher LA” certification on our local The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. I state with absolute confidence: this is utter nonsense, and one who engages in the spreading of […]