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Photo Credit: Jewish Press All of us aspire to acquire the Keser Torah, the crown of Torah. But Torah is vastly different than any other branch of knowledge. If you want to master calculus or physics, for example, you need to have brains, a good teacher, and disciplined study habits. For Torah you need more. […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Question: I find myself in a very delicate situation and am calling upon your halachic expertise. I am the rabbi in a small town of a very close-knit community with a small Orthodox minyan. We have two boys who are exactly the same age and will reach the age of bar […]

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Photo Credit: pixabay This week Rav Yitzchak and William discuss the weekly Torah portion where we read the story of a supposed deception played out when Rebecca convinces her son to fool his father who is about to give a blessing to Esau. Does this raise any ethical questions, and how does it relate to […]

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Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, November 27, 2019. Likud officials believe that if Israel goes to third elections and Likud holds primaries to pick its next chairman, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein may also join the race, Channel 12 reported on Thursday. According to the report, in recent days, Edelstein has been doing […]

Photo Credit: File Photo Group photo of Lubavitcher emissaries at a recent Shluchim Convention. If there is ever a contest for “World’s Most Misunderstood Photo” the annual class photo of the shluchim (Chabad rabbis) will surely be a finalist. You know the one I’m talking about. About 5,000 shluchim convene in New York every year […]

Photo Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90 Israelis stand by the Iron Dome battery stationed in Ashkelon, July 14, 2018. While the talks between Israel and Hamas are currently being conducted at a rapid pace, at least the Israeli side is optimistic (see: Al Akhbar: Israel Renews Talks with Hamas about Truce, Returning Soldiers’ Bodies), another initiative is […]