Hilchos Asher Yatzar: Any time one goes to the restroom (urinating or moving one's bowels), one is obligated to say the bracha of Asher Yatzar, even if it is a minute amount. (SA 7.1/4) If someone is ill or experiences the urge to use the bathroom…
The Haftarah for this week comes from Melachim (5:26-6:13). The Levush (685) explains the connection to Parshas Terumah: While the Parsha describes the construction of the Mishkan in the desert, the Haftarah speaks of the construction of the first&…
Regarding fasting on the 7th of Adar, The Shulchan Aruch (580:2) designates the 7th of Adar as a day of fasting in remembrance of Moshe Rabbeinu's Yahrzeit. Elya Rabbah (580:1) says one who fasts on this day is assured a place in the world to come. …
A summary of "A Peaceful Home: A Man's Guide to a Loving Relationship with His Wife" by Rabbi Chayim Freidlander is the ultimate solution for marital challenges. In this book, the author emphasizes the importance of young husbands understandin…
PARSHAS TERUMAH SUMMARIZED: God instructed Moshe to tell all Israelites whose hearts so moved them to bring gifts of gold, silver, copper, colored yarns, fine linen, goats' hair, tanned ram skins, acacia wood, oil, spices, lapis lazuli, and other f…
Asher Yatzar insight גָּלוּי וְיָדֽוּעַ לִפְנֵי כִסֵּא כְבוֹדֶֽךָ "It is obvious and known in the presence of Your glorious throne." Everything in the world is "obvious and known" before Hashem, so what is the significance of mentioning this specificall…
This week's Haftarah is generally read twice a year. The special Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Haftarah comes from the concluding chapter of Yeshayahu (66:1-24). The Levush (425:2) and the Mishnah Berurah (425:4) both explain the connection from Rosh Chodesh…
Why do we add an extra month to the year, and why is it specifically Adar? Based on the verse in Parshas Re'eh (16:1), we know that Pesach must be during the spring. Here's the problem: We follow the lunar calendar, and each month has a 29.5…
Meet Harav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, famously called "The Alter," a significant leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe and an extraordinary Torah educator. He founded the renowned Slabodka yeshiva and had a powerful impact on his students, many of w…
Rav Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, well-known as the Sfas Emes, was an other-worldly Torah luminary. He was a Chasidic Rabbi and Av Beis Din. Born in 1847 (5608) as Yehudah Leib, affectionately known as Leybl in his youth, he faced early hardships after …
