Sukkos & Parshas Bereishis Bulletin in PDF format The right thing to do is to bentch licht in the Sukkah. It is wrong, however, to bentch licht in the Sukkah, and then to take the licht into the house. If absolutely necessary, at least stay in the Sukkah for a few minutes with the licht, then, [...]
Shabbos & Yom Kippur Bulletin Women should make sure not to say”shehecheyanu” twice (by licht bentching and by Shul) (The best way to bentch licht today is to include the electric light in your ‘licht bentching’…turn it off…and then,when you ‘bentch licht’ , turn it back on as if it were another candle that you are [...]
Some people have mentioned to me that, of late, my articles are rather “heavy.” My response to that is, “Baruch Hashem!” Were it otherwise, I would be guilty of violating a famous dictum in Gemara Rosh Hashanah, paraphrased here: “The books of life and death are open in front of Me, and you are writing articles?!” [...]
Rosh Hashana & Haazinu Bulletin in PDF format Print this page and put it in your machzor! Some Halachos Of RH Davening: Some have the minhag to daven Shemonah Esraiy while being bent over; there are places in the amidah where they would have to straighten up; if you have the minhag, but don’t know what those places [...]
We have seen the essentiality of yiras Hashem (fear of G-d), the sheer fundamentality of that crucial middah (part one). We have seen how Chazal realized that if only we would internalize Hashem’s “keeping tabs” on us the way we would fear “WebChaver,” we would be way ahead of the game; and we learned the [...]
