Notebooks, and Knapsacks, and Knickknacks, Oh My!
Allan Rolnick, CPA Summer 2023 has been a long one for millions of parents across America. Record-high temperatures have kept kids indoors. Some camps had to close due to the extreme heat. And that left armies of sweaty little malcontents barking like circus seals for ice cream and shade. The only good news is that […]
Parshas Ki Teitzei
Rabbi Berel Wein The idea of the necessity of a fence on one’s roof and exposed staircases and high landings is a very logical and realistic one. The Torah itself advances this simple reasoning by stating that otherwise one may fall from that exposed area with painful if not tragic consequences. Halacha and practicality indicate […]
Of Giving and Receiving
Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow Occasionally, it happens that a child may give someone mishloach manos and not receive anything in return. This may be because the intended recipient isn’t home, or they ran out of mishloach manos, or for some other reason. The child fulfilled the mitzvah in the choicest manner; he didn’t receive anything in […]