Life IS Tough: How Avraham Avinu’s Nisyonos Impact Us All — Part Four
Let us now try to identify some — only a few! — of the everyday nisyonos which test and challenge us, as per Ramchal. [...]
Life IS Tough: How Avraham Avinu’s Nisyonos Impact Us All — Part Three
Two weeks ago, I cited from Ramchal, both from Mesilas Yesharim and at greater length from Derech Hashem, that a person’s life is filled [...]
Life IS Tough – How Avraham Avinu’s Nisyonos Impact Us All, Part Two
So if you are like me, when you received last week’s Chadash newspaper, you immediately turned to your favorite (English) section, the article by [...]
Shabbos Parsha Chayei Sara Bulletin & Tefilla Halacha
Chayei Sara Bulletin (PDF) Forgot V'sayn tal u'mottohr? (continued) If you forgot v'sayn tal and have just concluded the shomei'a tefillah berachah, you can [...]
Life IS Tough: How Avraham Avinu’s Nisyonos Impact Us All, Part One
I guess we all do our share of complaining. After all, life is tough. Life is all too often stressful, aggravating, annoying...and trying. It [...]
Rain, Rain, Don’t Stay Away, It Is For You That We All Pray, Part Two
In Ta'anis 9B there is a dispute between Rebbe Yehoshua and Rebbe Eliezer concerning the primary source of our rain. Rebbe Yehoshua holds that [...]
Shabbos Parsha Vayeira Bulletin, Tefilla Halacha, and a Poll Question
Shabbos Bulletin Parshas Vayeira If one forgets to say 'v'sein tal u'matar -- If he remembered before saying the shem HaShem of the conclusion [...]
Lech Lecha – Shabbos Bulletin and Tefilla Halacha
Lech Lecha Bulletin in PDF format An Eretz Yisrael fellow in Chu"l--If you go after today, continue saying v'sen tal u'mottohr in the birkas [...]
Rain, Rain, Don’t Stay Away, It Is For You That We All Pray, Part One
Rain, rain, rain. We are now turning our attention to it, praying for it, hoping for it, anticipating it, longing for it, and eagerly [...]
Parshas Noach Shabbos Bulletin and Tefilla Halachos
Bulletin Parshas Noach It is forbidden to "shmooze" stam idle talk (to have a friendly conversation) in a Shul or Beis Medrash, even to [...]
Sukkos Bulletin
Sukkos & Parshas Bereishis Bulletin in PDF format The right thing to do is to bentch licht in the Sukkah. It is wrong, however, [...]
Shabbos Bulletin & Davening Halachos for Yom HaKippurim
Shabbos & Yom Kippur Bulletin Women should make sure not to say"shehecheyanu" twice (by licht bentching and by Shul) (The best way to bentch [...]