Rosh Hashana
Rabbi Berel Wein Rosh Hashana marks the beginning of a reflective period in the Jewish calendar year. At one and the same time, we look back at the accomplishments and failures of the past year and we also look forward to our lives and hoped-for achievements in the coming good year now dawning upon us. […]
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow With Rosh Hashanah upon us, Jewish retailers stock new fruits for us to enjoy. An interesting halacha related to fruits, one to which we don’t give much thought to, is orlah. The Gemara (Kiddushin 39) states that the mitzvah of orlah applies in the Diaspora. One may not benefit from the fruit […]
Workingman’s Blues
Allan Rolnick, CPA Turn the dial on the Wayback Machine to September 5, 1882. Most Americans work 12 hours per day, seven days per week, often in physically demanding jobs under unsafe conditions. “Helicopter parenting” doesn’t exist yet because the kids are working in factories, farms, and mines. A group of 10,000 men risk their […]