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Kosher Haircut Guide

Posted by afeinstein | 29 March 2012 | 3 Comments
Categories: Torah

(repost- If you would like a full-size- about 3ft tall poster for your shul or school,  send a request to info@localjewishnews.com and pick up in CH. Out of town, please call: 718-253-5497. ) Kollel Zichron Ephraim Heschel under the leadership of Rav Binyomin Forst, shlita, and approved by Rav Dovid Feinstein, shlita has produced a [...]

Thoughts for Sukkos as Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller, zt”l

Posted by afeinstein | 18 October 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Torah

A Succah, if properly utilized, can be a place of very great achievement. Here are a few ideas as heard from Rabbi Miller ZT”L on how to maximize this opportunity. 1. Keep in mind that every minute you spend in the Succah, you are performing a positive commandment from the Torah. The longer you sit [...]

‘We Are Never Alone’ by Rabbi L. Keleman

Posted by afeinstein | 16 October 2011 | 2 Comments
Categories: Torah

(Repost) (Ed: In the zechus of the many cholim in our community, I wanted to share this most AMAZING audio story of hasgocha protis and Hashem’s incredible chesed in the context of a young child’s illness.) A baby is born with multiple serious heart conditions and is given zero chance of survival. The Master of [...]

Eruv Tavshilin!!!!

Posted by afeinstein | 11 October 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Torah

Throughout this month, we will be blessed with the opportunity to make an Eruv Tavshilin three times.  To assist in properly performing this wonderful Mitzvah, we provide by the following link an Eruv Tavshilin Halacha Checklist, as reviewed by HaRav Yisroel Belsky, Shlita. Also, an excellent more detailed explanation by Rabbi Ephraim Friedman of the [...]

Bringing Torah To Life for Kids: Sukkot & Simchat Torah

Posted by afeinstein | 11 October 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Torah

Based on a Naaleh.com shiur by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller Sukkot is a colorful holiday full of meaning for children. A good way to get kids involved is to have them decorate the sukkah. Sometimes the whirlwind of activity can take on an energy of its own. Therefore, it’s important to take time to explain that [...]

Eruv Tavshilin Pointers, Malchus Card, & Kavanah Calendar

Posted by afeinstein | 26 September 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Torah

Within the next month, we will be blessed with the opportunity to make an Eruv Tavshilin three times.  To assist in properly performing this wonderful Mitzvah, we provide by the following link an Eruv Tavshilin Halacha Checklist, as reviewed by HaRav Yisroel Belsky, Shlita. Also, an excellent more detailed explanation by Rabbi Ephraim Friedman of [...]

Learn Duties of the Heart with Rbtzn Heller

Posted by afeinstein | 25 May 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Torah

Recommended Shavers

Posted by afeinstein | 23 May 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: Torah

(Hakhel) Lag BaOmer 5771 having passed, many have once again began shaving.  Accordingly, we provide the following important discussion regarding shavers from The Laws of Pesach: A Digest by Rabbi Avrohom Blumenkrantz, Z’tl, as updated for 5771 by his sons Rabbi Y.Y.  Blumenkrantz, Rabbi A. Blumenkrantz and Rabbi Y.M.  Blumenkrantz).  According to Rabbi Blumenkrantz, Z’tl:

Review Your Brachos on Natural Phenomena

Posted by afeinstein | 08 May 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Torah

(Hakhel) As we are now into the “Natural Events” season, we provide the following pertinent Halachos relating to the Brachos on these events–which serve to remind us that they are far from being “natural”. The basis for the Halachos below is Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Chapter 227 and the Mishna Berurah there, the Sefer Shoneh [...]

An Interesting Insight on a Bracha Acharona

Posted by afeinstein | 04 May 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Torah

(Hakhel) On the topic of Brachos, we provide an essential insight on the words in Al HaMichya:  “U’vnei Yerushalayim Ir HaKodesh…V’nochal MiPirya V’nisba MiTuva U’Nevarechecha Aleha BiKedusha U’vetahara–please build Yerushalayim…and let us eat from its fruit, be satisfied with the fruit’s goodness, and [then] bless you for it in holiness and purity.”  The obvious question [...]

SIX MITZVOS, SEVEN WEEKS – CONSTANT BENEFITS: THE SIX CONSTANT MITZVOS PESACH TO SHAVOUS INITIATIVE

Posted by afeinstein | 28 April 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Torah

Visit www.thesixconstantmitzvos.com Sign up to learn The Six Constant Mitzvos from Pesach to Shavous with thousands across the world and make your Sefirah count!!! Short daily emails containing a lesson a day including 3 videos on each mitzvah. Learn the Torah’s framework for living with a vibrant Emunah and developing a meaningful relationship with Hashem.

Women’s Only Overeaters Anonymous & Jewish Women’s EMETT Meetings

Posted by afeinstein | 10 January 2011 | No Comments
Categories: Torah

Tonight! JEWISH WOMEN’S E.M.E.T.T. MEETING FOLLOWED BY WOMEN’S ONLY OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS MEETING Our next E.M.E.T.T. meeting will take place Tuesday, January 11th, with Hashem’s help. Our E.M.E.T.T. meetings are held from 7:15pm – 8:15 pm at the Kaiser Permanente building located at Severance Center (across from Office Max), 1st floor, Conference C.  We usually have [...]

Jewish Women’s EMETT Meeting

Posted by afeinstein | 20 December 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Torah

Our next E.M.E.T.T. meeting will take place tomorrow night, Tuesday, December 21st, with Hashem’s help. Our E.M.E.T.T. meetings are held from 7:15pm – 8:15 pm at the Kaiser Permanente building located at Severance Center (across from Office Max), 1st floor, Conference C.  We usually have a meeting every Tuesday night except for Jewish and Public Holidays (weather permitting). All [...]

Constructive Channeling of Spiritual Disappointment by Rabbi Yitzchok Kirzner, zt”l

Posted by afeinstein | 14 December 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Torah

We have featured before RabbiKirzner.org, a website devoted to sharing the incredible erudite and inspiring shiurim by Rabbi Yitzchok Kirzner, z”l.  Few speakers can offer the clarity and heart that Rabbi Kirzner does. This time we would like to share a very special shiur titled, CONSTRUCTIVE CHANNELING OF SPIRITUAL DISAPPOINTMENT. This shiur, JT-81, is one [...]

Chanukah: Sfas Emes- Themes of Each Night: Part 1

Posted by afeinstein | 01 December 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Torah

In this shiur (Torah class), Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller shares the Torah insights of the Sfas Emes, as he discusses the theme of each night of Chanukah. This class, the first in a three-part series, discusses the first three nights of Chanukah. This class is available online in streaming video and for download in mp3 and [...]

Important Halachos for Hanukah From HaRav Eliyashiv, Shlita

Posted by afeinstein | 30 November 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Halacha, Torah

(Hakhel) We present below several rulings of HaRav Elyashiv, Shlita, relating to Chanukah, as excerpted from the monumental Sefer Ashrei HaIsh (Volume III): 1.  One should attempt to use the nicest Menorah and Neiros possible, even though the Chashmonaim themselves may have lit with broken earthenware vessels.  The Mitzvah is to be performed based upon [...]

Do we really need to say the Birkas HaOrayach in bentsching?

Posted by afeinstein | 25 November 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Halacha, Torah

(Hakhel) We are all guests in Hashem’s world, which is why we recite Birkas HaMazon, thanking Hashem for the bounty he has provided and the care he takes of us.  In addition to being Hashem’s guest, everyone from time to time is a guest in another’s home as well. Chazal teach that an Orayach, a [...]

When to light the menorah on Hannukah?

Posted by afeinstein | 24 November 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Halacha, Torah

(Ben Olam HaBa) 1) The ideal time to light the Chanukah Menorah is between “sunset” and the time that people are no longer in the street. (Talmud Shabbos 21b) The Rishonim debate what “sunset” in this case means, as the setting of the sun is divided into 3 time periods. The three times [for lighting [...]

The Many Opportunities for Kiddush Hashem

Posted by afeinstein | 17 November 2010 | 7 Comments
Categories: Torah

At a recent Yarchei Kallah in NY hosted from Hakhel, Rabbi Zev Smith, Shlita provided some beautiful insights into opportunities we encounter daily, and how to utilize them.  Below are but a brief few of the significant points that he made: 1.  Every day in Ahava Rabba we pray that we succeed in “Lilmod U’Lelamed….learning [...]