Rabbi Yaakov Klass
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Q & A: Offering Tefillin To Passersby (Part III)
Question: Where I live, I see Chabad shluchim offering Jewish passerby to put on tefillin, is this of any value if they are otherwise non-observant, additionally is doing so in a street – a public t → Read More
Q & A: Making Up For What We Missed (Part XIV)
Question: The Covid-19 pandemic has put an end to almost all public gatherings; hence, much of Jewish congregational ritual has come to a halt. Is there a way to make up for everything we missed? M. Goldman → Read More
Daf Yomi
Too Little, Too Late? 'And Break Down the Door and Enter…' (Arachin 31b) → Read More
Q & A: What Constitutes Charity? (Part I)
Question: I have three questions. First, what exactly constitutes charity? Second, how much does a person have to give? Third, can one consider a tip to a waiter at a restaurant charity considering how little waiters make? Zelig Aronson Queens, NY → Read More
Daf Yomi
A Convert’s Benefit ‘Blemishes Are Only Post Sinai’ (Horayos 10a) → Read More
Parshas Teruma
Daf Yomi
An Essential Agent ‘Set In The Skin Of The Rennet Of Nevelah’ (Avoda Zara 35a) → Read More
Parshas Yisro
Parshas Va’es’chananThe Jewish Press
Vol. LXVIII No. 31 5777 New York City CANDLE LIGHTING TIME August 4, 2017 – 12 Av 5777 7:49 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Sabbath Ends: 8:52 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Sabbath Ends: Rabbenu Tam 9:19 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Weekly Reading: Va’es’chanan Weekly Haftara: Nachamu Nachamu (Isaiah 40:1-26) Daf Yomi: Sanhedrin 19 Mishna Yomit: Shekalim 1:6-7 Halacha Yomit: Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayyim 203:4-6 Rambam Yomi: Hilchos… → Read More
Parshas DevarimThe Jewish Press
Vol. LXVIII No. 30 5777 New York City CANDLE LIGHTING TIME July 28, 2017 – 5 Av 5777 7:56 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Sabbath Ends: 9:01 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Sabbath Ends: Rabbenu Tam 9:26 p.m. NYC E.D.T. Weekly Reading: Devarim Weekly Haftara: Chazon Yeshayahu (Isaiah 1:1-27) Daf Yomi: Sanhedrin 12 Mishna Yomit: Pesachim 10:1-2 Halacha Yomit: Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayyim 202:1-3 Rambam Yomi: Hilchos Shecheinim… → Read More
The Jewish Press » » Q & A: Joshua Marries Rahab (Redux)
Question: I recently attended a lecture where the speaker discussed great Jewish women in history. He specifically singled out the biblical heroine Rahab who, he said, married the great leader and prophet Joshua. I had previously heard that Rahab was a woman of ill repute, a harlot, who surely was not suitable for a righteous person like Joshua. Also, when Rahab is mentioned (Joshua ch. 2),… → Read More