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| Popeye and Bluto in Flatbush |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| “Yankele” has two good friends who live next door to each other and are feuding bitterly. He’s in the middle and asking for advice how to make peace, especially before Yom Kippur. |
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| Praying for Redemption |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Some people scoff at prayers for the Geula - the full redemption of our people. Yet, praying for redemption is a major halachic obligation; our prayers revolve around the Geula… |
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| Fishey Dairy |
| By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum |
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| Are we allowed to drink milk fortified with Omega 3? What about butter-fried fish? Is there really danger in cooking fish with dairy, or is that just an old wive’s tale? |
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| From Bagels to Business Trips |
| By Rabbi Yaakov Luban |
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| Many folks don’t understand what could possibly be unkosher about a loaf of bread. Just as Sara isn’t necessarily Jewish, a bagel isn’t necessarily kosher. Ask Rabbi Yaakov Luban. |
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| What’s Kosher Meat? Part 2 |
| By Rabbi Yaakov Luban |
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| The Torah requires that meat and poultry be slaughtered in a prescribed manner known as “shechita;” Rabbi Yaakov Luban from the OU explains what constitutes kosher meat. |
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| The Kosher Primer, Part 1 |
| By Rabbi Yaakov Luban |
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| With so many of our readers new to Jewish observance, we’re delighted to host Rabbi Yaakov Luban from the OU, who teaches us the practical basics of keeping kosher. |
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| Asher Yatzar - The Self-Healing Prayer |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Rabbi Lazer Brody explains the importance of the blessing after visiting the restroom and discusses the healing attributes and the practical halacha of the Asher Yatzar blessing. |
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| The Mitzva of Waste Prevention |
| By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum |
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| Rebbetzen Chana Bracha Siegelbaum explains the Judaism’s view on waste: Torah teaches to preserve our environment, to compost and recycle rather than to throw everything away. |
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| How to Put on Tefillin |
| By Rabbi M. Y. Sharabi |
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| There’s a lot of confusion, especially among newly observant people, about the proper way to put on and wear tefillin. Rabbi M. Y. Sharabi shows us how to do it the right way. |
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| The Mitzvah of Challah |
| By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum |
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| Rebbetzen Chana Bracha Siegelbaum gives us a delightful glance at her soon-to-be-released Kosher herbal cookbook and explains the mitzvah of separating Challah from the dough. |
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| Take This Gift, My Son |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| The Torah commands us to learn Torah day and night, and we can’t very well fulfill this commandment if we’re glued to a television. |
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| Rainbows |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Are we allowed to stare at rainbows? Rabbi Lazer Brody gives a practical answer a worried young lady that wants to know the implications of seeing a rainbow. Is it a bad omen? |
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| Blessing Hashem for our Food |
| By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum |
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| A delightful glance at the soon-to-be-released Kosher herbal cookbook and explanation of the spiritual practicality of blessings... |
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| Why Cover Your Hair? |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| The answer to a young married wife who finds hair coverings annoying, and wants to understand why Judaism requires her to cover her hair... |
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| Do Men Need Mikva? 2 |
| By Alufei Azut D’Kedusha |
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| A fallacy that many people think is that immersion in the mikva for men is only for Chassidim. Nothing could be further from the truth, for the true... |
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