Judaism can certainly be preserved by an isolated family, with no community, shul or rabbi, and retain the vitality that it has had for generations. Only through communal life, however, can it achieve perfection. The power of community is well known. Cooperation results in something greater than the sum of individual accomplishments in nearly every…
Miracles defy the laws of the natural world and challenge the most basic premise of science. Sciences systematize knowledge relating to the physical world and try to establish verifiable laws. An observation incompatible with a commonly accepted scientific principle is understood to demand a replacement theory. Many people are comfortable with the notion that the…
Question: Answer: People often entertain themselves by poking fun at the ruthlessness and opportunism of lawyers, but when it is their turn to stand before a judge they invariably want the most aggressive, polished attorney at their side. For a defendant in a secular court of law this is acceptable; however, the legitimacy of an…
Question: Answer: Miracles defy the laws of the natural world and challenge the most basic premise of science. Sciences systematize knowledge relating to the physical world and try to establish verifiable laws. An observation incompatible with a commonly accepted scientific principle is understood to demand a replacement theory. Many people are comfortable with the notion…
Question: Answer: Judaism can certainly be preserved by an isolated family, with no community, shul or rabbi, and retain the vitality that it has had for generations. Only through communal life, however, can it achieve perfection. The power of community is well known. Cooperation results in something greater than the sum of individual accomplishments in…
Question: I have a pot and a Kitchen-Aid bowl and beater that I'd like to keep parve. I realized today that I hadn't designated a parve knife, and last Sunday I used milchig knives to cut the onions I fried in the pot and poured hot into the bowl. Nothing else was milchig, and truthfully,…
Question: Regarding Hilchos Chanukah, you are probably familiar with the Biur HaGra in OC 671 who rules like the Rambam vs. Tosfos regarding lighting candles for every member of the family, since the gemara seems to go with the reason of "ma'alin b'kodesh" rather than "k'neged yamim" in bringing the opinions of the 2 zekainim. …
Question: האם סעודת ברית מילה חייבת להיות ממאכלי בשר א"ד אפשר להכין סעודה ממאכלי חלב, והאם הדבר תלוי במנהג המקום, שכמדומה לי שבחו"ל עושים סעודות חלביות לברית מילה ובא"י עושים דוקא סעודות בשריות? Answer: בדבר שאלתך בענין סעודת ברית מילה אם צריך לעשות דוקא מבשר או דאפשר לעשותו ממאכלי חלב וסבור אתה שד"ז תלוי במנהג,…
Question: An uncooked Milchig pastry with cheese inside was put into a Parve oven. It cooked for several minutes and the oven was hot. There were also several empty non-stick teflon baking trays in the oven at the time. How can the oven and baking trays be made Parve again – neither have been used…
Question: While we were learning hilchos Shabbos last week, my wife had the following question (regarding the point that someone else cannot make one's possessions into a bosis since the other person has no right to effect a change). Can a husband cause something that his wife had been planning to use that Shabbos to…