Buy Now-The Daily Tanya Summary Vol. 2 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Sign up for Daily link via Whatsapp Sponsor an Episode Donate Chapter 8: The contamination Kelipos cause to body and soul and its Tikkun 7th Teves/(LY)11th Teves 1. Non-Kosher foods are stuck in Kelipa and cannot be elevated: In the […]
Eating cookies, cake, and chocolate that contains nuts during Rosh Hashanah
Question: I have what many would consider an addiction to chocolate and I have chocolate every single day. The specific brand of chocolate that I eat all contain hazelnuts to some degree. In previous years from Rosh Hashanah until after Simchas Torah I would simply by the chocolate flavor that […]
From the Rav’s Desk: Eating cookies, cake, and chocolate that contains nuts during Rosh Hashanah
Question: I have what many would consider an addiction to chocolate and I have chocolate every single day. The specific brand of chocolate that I eat all contain hazelnuts to some degree. In previous years from Rosh Hashanah until after Simchas Torah I would simply by the chocolate flavor that […]
My Esrog has a pimple-Is it Kosher?
Question: I bought myself a prepackaged Esrog yesterday and found it to have a really large pimple like bump towards its lower half. Other than that it is a beautiful, clean, and yellow expert which is large and properly shaped. Is my Esrog still kosher? Answer: Yes, your Esrog […]
From the Rav’s Desk: My Esrog has a pimple-Is it Kosher?
Question: I bought myself a prepackaged Esrog yesterday and found it to have a really large pimple like bump towards its lower half. Other than that it is a beautiful, clean, and yellow expert which is large and properly shaped. Is my Esrog still kosher? Answer: Yes, your Esrog […]
Is Av Harachamim recited prior to Musaf on Shabbos Mevarchim Tishrei?
Question: Is Av Harachamim recited prior to Musaf on Shabbos Mevarchim Tishrei? On one hand we don’t actually recite the blessing over the new month and hence perhaps it should be recited as usual, although on the other hand it still is Shabbos Mevarchim and hence perhaps it should not […]
1) Selichos-Part 2-Nussach, Minyan, Tallis, Chazan; 2) Shabbos Mevarchim Tishrei
Shabbos Mevarchim Tishrei:[1] No blessing before Musaf:[2] On the Shabbos before Rosh Hashanah we do not bless the coming month despite this being the custom on every Shabbos that precedes Rosh Chodesh.[3] Tehillim:[4] The entire book of Tehillim is recited before Shacharis just as on any other Shabbos Mevarchim. Av […]
Liability for leaving someone else’s food out of the fridge or freezer
Question: I made a huge order of meat and chicken for the holiday season which was unable to all fit into my freezer so I asked my next-door neighbor if I can put some of my meat into their freezer to which they complied. They even came over to my […]
From the Rav’s Desk: Liability for leaving someone else’s food out of the fridge or freezer
Question: I made a huge order of meat and chicken for the holiday season which was unable to all fit into my freezer so I asked my next-door neighbor if I can put some of my meat into their freezer to which they complied. They even came over to my […]
Selichos-Part 1-When, Concentration, & Language
Selichos: A. On which days is Selichos recited?[1] Ashkenazim:[2] Selichos is recited for a minimum of four days prior to Rosh Hashanah.[3] Selichos is said starting from the Sunday [Motzei Shabbos, immediately after midnight[4]], of the week of, or the week prior to Rosh Hashanah. Being we need to say […]
