Parshas Tetzaveh
Rabbi Berel Wein One of the main garments that the High Priest of Israel donned was the jewel-bestudded breastplate – choshen – that he wore upon his chest. This breastplate contained twelve precious jewels of different colors and on each of the stones was engraved the name of one of the tribes of Israel. In […]
Haircuts on Chol Hamoed
Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow The Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 531:1) writes that there is a mitzvah to get a haircut on erev yom tov. The Pri Megadim is unsure if the mitzvah is that one should ensure his hair looks its best in honor of yom tov, or perhaps there is only a mitzvah to get a […]
Tiny Violins
Allan Rolnick, CPA Along time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi warned a young Luke Skywalker that he would “never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy” than the Mos Eisley Spaceport. ObiWan was wrong, of course. That place is Washington, DC, for obvious reasons. However, the […]