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Question My wife is in charge of the Israeli branch of a US company, and the US company recently put out guidelines in terms of working Erev Yom Tov. One of her workers claims that it is prohibited to work after mid-day on Erev Shabbos and Erev Yom Tov. I don’t know how the halacha lemaseh regarding […]
Passover is certainly the richest Jewish holiday in terms of the amount of mitzvos. We have a plethora of mitzvos, from the Torah and from the Rabbis, both leading up to and during Passover. This is true even today, though we no longer have the Paschal Lamb. In temple times, the number of mitzvos was […]
While cleaning for Pesach, the most fundamental aspect of knowledge we need is a clear definition of what we are looking for. Although it is true that for many, Pesach cleaning is just an excuse to do a thorough “spring cleaning”, we will see that the Torah has very specific definitions of what we are […]
Originally posted September 2012 The Canaanites were conquered and the country was at peace. Joshua gathered the people together to pronounce the blessings and the curses, exactly as Moshe had instructed. He divided the people, stationing six tribes on Mount Grizim to pronounce the blessings and six on Mount Eival to pronounce the curses. To […]