The obligation of Chinuch (education) requires a parent to intervene if his or her child eats non-kosher food, and to stop the child from eating the prohibited food. Likewise, it is forbidden for a parent to feed a child non-kosher food. More generally, a parent may not facilitate a child’s
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Halacha clearly forbids speaking after reciting the Beracha over Tefillin Shel Yad, until one has completed placing the Tefillin Shel Rosh on his
The Louis Farrakhan Problem
Louis Farrakhan is an anti-Semite. He’s called Jews “termites” and “Satan” and Hitler a “very great man.” He says, “the Jewish media has normalized
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A young boy once went to the circus and was astonished when he saw that there was a giant elephant tethered to the ground by a thin rope. Curious, he
May A Person Receive Two Aliyot In A Single Torah Reading?
A synagogue was selling Aliyot before the Torah reading on Yom Tov, and two people mistakenly purchased Aliyot for the same person. There was a Rabbi
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A tiny Israeli company has developed a product that can create clean green electricity, do so inexpensively, and that can be used by any country that
Fast Days – Rinsing One’s Mouth with Water, Chewing Gum and Taking Pills
Is it permissible to rinse one’s mouth out with water on a fast day? Although it is forbidden to rinse one’s mouth on Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av, one
