Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz As a mother with children in shidduchim (of marriageable age), I have been reciting a lot of Tehillim (Psalms) recently. It’s taken me […]
Judaism 101
Understand the meaning behind Jewish commandments and how they connect to daily life and purpose.
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz What is the correct approach to raising children today? Should we focus on warmth and positivity, or on firmness and discipline? And how […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Our fellow Jews in Israel have gone through so much lately and we all feel bad for them. But how can I truly […]
Hachnasat Orchim The Right Way (Avot 1:5) “יוֹסֵי בֶּן יוֹחָנָן אִיש יְרּוׁשָלַיִם אוֹמֵר, יְהִי בֵיתך פָתּוח לִרְוָחָהֶָּך, וְיִהְיו עֲנִיִים בְנֵי בֵית” “Yose Ben Yochanan says: Your house should be open […]
Returning Lost Property In this week’s Torah reading (Devarim 22:1-3) we have the Mitzvah (commandment) of Hashavas Aveidah (returning a lost object). One who finds a lost object, must not […]
Elul to Shemini Atzeret The journey of the High Holidays – Elul through Simchat Torah, is a single, continuous arc of self‑discovery and closeness with our Creator. Elul awakens us […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz We are already deep into Elul, and I know it’s time I started preparing for the Day of Judgment, but I’m not sure how […]
Amalek as an Ideology Our parshah ends with the mitzvah to erase the memory of Amalek. But today, we don’t know exactly who Amalek is. So how can we still […]
Car Care One day, I was getting a car-wash, and this particular location is attached to a gas station which has a store where customers can buy things. Then, there’s […]
Elul. Rosh Hashanah. The days when everything is decided. But how do we really connect to it? This new Yemei Ratzon (Days of Favor) Torah Nugget breaks it down in a short, […]
