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Makom, with regard to the patriarchs, means a place for prayer: “And he lighted upon a certain place, va’yifga ba-makom, and remained there all night” (Gen. 28:11). Based on this verse,...

The Shulchan Arukh (YD 247:2), citing Rambam (Matanot Ani’im 10:2), states that “A person will never become impoverished from giving tzedaka, and no evil or damage comes because of tzedaka”. It...

The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...

Question: If you order a babysitter, taxi driver or any other person to work for you, may you cancel the arrangement before the job begins, and what are the financial consequences...

Here’s a strange question. Did Yitzchak love Yaakov? Read this pasuk carefully and you’ll understand my problem. “Vaye’ehav Yitzchak et Eisav ki tzayid b’fiv v’Rivka ohevet et Yaakov” Yitzchak loved Eisav...

(1) Hot Springs: Bathing the whole body in hot water at once was forbidden on Shabbat, because it tempts people to heat the bath water. This prohibition was extended to entering...

The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...

Last week’s column discussed the prohibition of extinguishing a fire on Shabbat. We should have mentioned that this prohibition, like all Shabbat prohibitions, is suspended if there is any chance of...

The Coming Week’s Daf Yomi by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz This essay is based upon the insights and chidushim (original ideas) of Talmudic scholar Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, as published in the Hebrew...

In our shul (and I suspect in many others) the Artscroll siddur gray box is well known to many. Yaa’aleh V’yavo, Aneinu, Shir HaMa’alot, etc. For the Artscroll novice, the idea...