YOU! Yes, you, the one reading this article: Are you Ashkenazi or Sephardi? Chassid or Misnaged? Dati Leumi or Chareidi? Anglo or Israeli? Belz or Satmar? Chevron Geulah or Givat Mordechai? Toldos Aharon or Avrohom Yitzchok? Regular Lubavitch or Meshichist? Yekke or Litvish? Yeshivish or YU? Settler or Tel Avivian? Regular Breslov or Na Nach? [...]
a href=”http://btya.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/logo-chadash-e1275560988767.jpg”>This week's Torah reading has one of the most disturbing, and tragic, events which occurred in the Midbar, on par with the episode of the spies (which resulted in the 40-year stay in the Midbar). This is the event of Mei Merivah, the waters of Merivah, where it was decreed that Moshe Rabbeinu and [...]
"Can I ever know which of the five areas listed (practical concerns; Halachic concerns of doing it right; Halachic grey areas; minority opinions; may lead to issurim ) are being addressed by any particular hechsher? O.K, I admit my ignorance. Now what do I do? " Rabbosaiy, and Ladies: You pick a Doctor, and trust [...]
A personal note of apology: Yes, this is my third attempt to write the final column on this topic; as you will soon see, I am again unsuccessful. This is NOT intentional. I congratulate members of BTYA who are able to smile and say, "I could'a told you this would happen!" From last week's column: [...]
In this article I will b’ezras Hashem summarize and encapsulate what we have learned, and I will suggest a derech in understanding the plethora of claims of being mehadrin. Let me start by reiterating that mehadrin is about standards, not about kashrus per se; standards — both practical (how do I make a problem less likely [...]
