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Fighting the Ticket- Sephardim and Ashkenazim on On Raffles and Lotteries

Toras Ohr Yitzchak-Pesakim of Rav Yitzchak Abadi Z"l

Extra ! Extra ! Hear All About It!- Gedolim Read Newspapers on Shabbas!

Arvus in Mitzvos- Achdus as Halachic Reality- La-Ilui Nishmas Rivkah Shoshanah Glueck and Esther Rochel Portnoy z"l

Fulfilling God's Will if not His Commands- A Slice of Minchas Asher

Sar HaTorah Truly- USeroya Sofer -Rav Seroya Dablitzki Zatzal- Exemplar of a Posek

Newlyweds-Why Aren't They Sharing the Burden?-Society's Greater Good

The Rofeh's Responsibility- More than Malpractice-Four Toseftas and a Tashbetz LaZechus Henoch Refael Ben Etta Reva Krauss

More than Just a Trim-Knivas Yerek and the Essence of Inui Yom HaKippurim

Partial Percentage Return- Tshuva that falls short but not discounted- A Shiur LaIlui Nishmas Nosson Nota Levin Z'l -based on an article by HaRav haGaon Yitzchok Breitowitz Shlita

Child of the 58th Century- Rav Berel Wein Zatzal- Halacha Informed By History

The Lubavitcher Rebbe on America's Moment of Greatness

Two-way Street- America and the Jews -Responsibilities towards a Malchus Shel Chesed

Nusach HaAri-Should We All Be Switching?

Summer Nisyonos- Prestige or Pritzus? TV-Movies-Beaches

Restoring the Ruins of Yerushalayim-Simchas Chasan ViKallah

וְנָשִׂ֥יא בְעַמְּךָ֖ -ל'א-The Lubavitcher Rebbe Zatzal's Stand on Drafting Yeshiva Bochurim to the Israeli Army

Understanding Lasting Pain-How Black the Widow?

Eventual States- Defining Orphan and Widow 'Hood' in Halacha - A Shiur Leilui Nishmas Koppel Dov Ben R' Yitzchak Aizik z'l

Zevachim Beats Eruvin! Limud Torah that's only a Rabbinic Mitzvah

Is it pure Talmud Torah in Machshavah Only? Listening without Verbally Responding? Hearing a Recorded Podcast?

Mushba ViOmed-The Sinai Swear-In-More than Mere Ceremony

The Love Link of Birchas HaTorah-Being Matir the Ultimate

Rosh Chodesh: Musaf-Beyond the 'Klop'

Sage?-Guide?-Pedagogue?-Monologue?-Dialogue?-Does the Seder Require a Leader?

Mechiras Chametz-Sales Through the Centuries

A Guide to The Purim Triple Header 5785

The Perfect Shabbas Drasha

Talmud Torah on Shabbos -Limits and Expansions

Double Over Time-The Significance of Lechem Mishnah

A Shiur La'ilui Nishmas HaRav Elazar Mayer Teitz Zatzal-Seven In One-Birchas Me'ein Sheva-Limiting the Recital

Insuring S.M.A.R.T. Active Listening Shneim Mikra Viechad Rashi and Targum

One word Only-Constricted and Construed By Kavanah- The 14th Responsum of the Trumas HaDeshen

One word Only-Constricted and Construed By Kavanah- The 14th Responsum of the Trumas HaDeshen

Eight or Twenty Brachos doth My Sabbath Amidah have

Tefilas Leil Shabbas -Friday Night Heights

'.....Chanukah,Chanukah,A Yomtof,A Reyner........'- Questioning the Convenience of Candles and ready filled cups of oil

Yartzheit Shiur for Lana Kivelevitz a'h -Chanukah-Megilas Taanis-The Inside Story

White Lies Matter! Does the Technical Truth Set You Free?

Siman 156-The Halachos of Menschlachkeit -Loving-Hating-Promising-Avoiding-Revealing

Majority's Mandate- Like it or Not-You're bound by their decision- A Study in Starting Shabbas

The Repetition's Attrition Tinkering with Chazaras HaShatz

Tefilas 'Liolam Yihei' -Tracing the Sources and Avoiding the Traps

In Good Standing- Body Language-Eyes ,Hands and Legs During Davening

Lower than a Whisper-The Shtiller Shemoneh Esreh-"Do You Hear Yourself Talking?! "

Imbibe and Consume-Is there a Mitzvah from the Torah to Eat Erev Yom Kippur?

ומלאכים יחפיזון-Understanding the Mitzvah of Shofar

Kabalas Ohl Malchus- From Rosh Hashanah through the Whole Shanah

The Kavanah Quandary-What Was I Thinking?

Kerias Shema: Essence and Structure -Winners and Runners-Up

Sugar Highs -Liking Water, Loving Chocolate

The Case of the Disappearing Minyan /Should You Shorten Your Shemoneh Esreh?

Out For the Count?-Minors and Not Yet Shomrei Shabbas in the Minyan

Psukei D'Zimrah-Missing in Action

'The Search for The Abominable Bracha' Starring the Rambam and Raavad

'Yuatznu Tov..' -Serving in the Court of Kings ,Cabinet of Presidents and Managing Candidates

Kevurah: A Foundational Mitzvah

Only Dad? The Chiyuv of Chinuch

The Two He-Goats of Shavuos- Defending the Alter Rebbe

Doresh Tzion-Hallel-Suedos and Shaving on Yom Yerushalayim

Separating Bracha from Mitzvah 'When in Doubt-Leave it Out!'...

"..Women First !..." Chiyuv Sephirah LiNashim-Superimposing a Framework On Zman

"Arriving at Gate 33..." Bar Mitzvahs-Conversions-Mashiach Comings in the middle of Sephirah

Rabbeinu Moshe Stands Not Alone-Joining the Sephirah Min HaTorah Shitah

Counting Early and Often-Sephirah Sfakos Erev Shabbas Alterations

Getting Down to "B's Ness"-Bedikas-Bitul-Biur-Chametz

Surrounding the long dark tunnel- Patients With Persistent Vegetative State

Effective Prayers and Vital Visits- The Sechel and Regesh of Bikur Cholim

Bikur Cholim's Multiple Objectives -Lifting the Gloom-Appearing.. Even On ZOOM

Entering the Era of B.C.E.-Bikur Cholim Extraordinaire- Wounded From The War

Beyond a Doubt-Safek Arel-Rav Shmuel Tuvia Stern's Tshuvah

"Flash Vs Hulk"-Zerizin Makdimin Or Rov Am?-A Bris Quandary

Stealing the Mitzvah to Circumsize one's Son-Chazal's Stricter Bris Health Concerns

Can Non Jews Fulfill The Torah's Mitzvos and Receive Reward?

Can A Mohel Give a Non-Jewish Child a Bris?

A Shovevim Special Bris Milah-The Most Crucial Covenant

Milchemes Mitzvah-Responsibilities for Klal Yisroel to Risk Lives-Avenging the Blood of the Murdered

The Upper Limits of Philanthropy-The 20% Solution

Talmudic Principles of Pidyon Shivuyim- Applications to the Modern World

Long View Tzedakah- Institutionalizing the Developmentally Disabled-Yartzheit Shiur for Lana Kivelevitz a"h

Tzedakah and Geualah-Nachum Ish Gamzu

Hierarchy for Tzedakah-Politically Incorrect Assumptions

Tzedakah as Hatzalas HaKlal Kulo

Examples of our Emergency Spiritual Arsenal in this time of War

Selichos Special-Neged the Yetzer HaRa-The Yefas Toar

Geirus-Antidote for Intermarriage?

Torah and Yiraah

Derech Eretz and Torah

Women and Gemara Learning-Understanding the Controversy

Talmud Torah-The Rambam's Purity Campaign-Reading the Fine Print

Heter or Chiyuv :The Kollel Guy-Is Fulltime Learning the Ideal?

Deconstructing Wickedness-The Parent who Merits Not the Mitzvah of Kavod

"Don't Say Zelig!"-Understanding Traditional Parental Reverence

"Cause I said so!"-Kibud Av-Parameters of Obedience

Kibud Av-"A Dimension of Mind"-The Sefer Charedim's Demanding Definition of Kibud

Series Finale-Close Encounters of the Sheid Kind

Truncating the Tools of Truth-Eliminating the Umdana

Tribute to Rav Gershon Edelstein Zatzal-Bnei Brak Special- Rebbe Akiva in Mesechet Smachos-Arranged by Gaonim -Explained by Rav Gershon

Shavuos: Call Me Atzeres ! -Bring Matzos at Night and Recite Azharos by Day

Yom Yerushalayim Special-Eighteen Inviolate -Fusing Dovid and Yerushalayim-The Amidah and Beyond