by Rabbi Ysoscher Katz
Posted on July 2, 2026
It is noon on Shiva Asar Be’Tammuz. Soon the day will begin its slow turn toward evening, and with it the Three Weeks of Bein HaMetzarim will begin to settle over us. Soon the day will begin its slow turn toward evening, and with it the Three Weeks of Bein HaMetzarim will begin to settle over us. …
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on March 25, 2026
QUESTION I understand that the halakha is that I cannot begin any of the preparations for the second seder on the first day of Yom Tov, including setting the table and warming up the food, until it is nightfall (tzeit ha’kokhavim).…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on March 24, 2026
Can porcelain or marble countertops be kashered, and if so how? This question comes up regularly when people move into a previously-owned house, or on an annual basis when it is time to kasher the kitchen for Pesach. This is not a trivial question.…
by Rabbi Ysoscher Katz
Posted on February 25, 2026
Download printable version Purim is next Monday evening and Tuesday—a day of immense joy, spiritual disruption, and a unique religious mandate. To understand the depth of this mandate, I’ve always come back to an oft-repeated anecdote I heard during my years at the Brisk yeshiva in Israel.…
by Rabbanit Aliza Sperling
Posted on February 25, 2026
QUESTION May a blind person be the ba’al korei to read from the Torah for the congregation using a Braille text to access what is written in the sefer torah? ANSWER Until the invention of Hebrew Braille in the 1940s, the only option for a blind person’s keriat ha’torah was to recite Torah from memory.…
by Rabbi Eitan Cooper
Posted on October 6, 2025
Are they a chayal or a chatuf? A soldier or a hostage? This is the question that our good friend in Israel says her daughter constantly asks her. If you’ve been to Israel in the last couple of years, you will understand this question.…
by Rabbi Aaron Finkelstein
Posted on October 5, 2025
This past summer, I met Moshe Rabbeinu. He wasn’t in Jerusalem (of course) nor did I meet him on my travels in Europe or California. Rather, he was in Chicago, just a few miles south of here. I met him over lunch, an unusual setting to meet one of God’s messengers.…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on September 19, 2025
Please enjoy our collection of resources in our YCT Yom Kippur & Sukkot 5786 Reader. We hope that you find this reader valuable in addressing important halakhic issues and that the thought-provoking pieces within it help deepen the meaning of your holiday.…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on April 4, 2025
Please enjoy our collection of resources in our YCT Pesach 5785 Reader. We hope that you find this reader valuable in addressing important halakhic issues and that the thought-provoking pieces within it help deepen the meaning of your holiday. May this Pesach bring us closer to redemption, and may we merit to transmit a vibrant, dynamic, and inspiring Yiddishkeit to our children and future generations.…
by Rabbi Miriam Lorie
Posted on February 25, 2025
The classic fairy tale caricatures of Purim – powerful King Ahashverosh, sporting a regal crown; evil and plotting Haman with demonic features; and beautiful demure Queen Esther – are ripe for a more grown-up re-reading. In what follows, I will attempt one, via Rabbi Joseph B.…
by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on September 30, 2024
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by Rabbi Dov Linzer
Posted on September 30, 2024
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