Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz: We often have guests — or even family members — at our Shabbos table who are not interested in hearing words of Torah, […]
Judaism 101
Understand the meaning behind Jewish commandments and how they connect to daily life and purpose.
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz: Baruch Hashem (Thank God), I’ve achieved success in my business and am doing well financially. Is it wrong to live according to the […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz: Every Jewish boy has a brit milah– a circumcision which creates a covenant with Hashem. How does the removal of flesh form this bond? […]
Three Meals And When To Eat Them We are told by Hashem (God) to eat three meals on Shabbat. The first takes place on Friday night, the second on Shabbat […]
Three Shabbat Meals On Shabbat, we eat three special meals where we have an opportunity to merge our neshamah (soul) and our guf (body) and uplift both of them. By […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz: Why was humanity only permitted to eat meat after the Mabul (The Great Flood)? And why did the Torah later differentiate between kosher and […]
Make Shabbat Special! We have a mitzvah (commandment) to honor and enjoy Shabbat1. Kavod – honor, refers to preparations like cleaning the house, cooking, showering, and putting on nice clothes, […]
Shabbat Is A Weekly Day To Spiritually Recharge Shabbat is the seventh and final day of the week, a day to commemorate how Hashem (God) created the world over six […]
Chanoch’s Greatness “And Chanoch walked with Hashem, but he ceased to exist, because Hashem had taken him”. Bereishit 5:24 Yalkut Reuveni quotes a Midrash that Chanoch (Enoch) would stitch shoes, […]
In The Beginning The Torah begins, “Bereishit barah elokim – in the beginning Hashem created” (Bereishit 1:1). Targum Yerushalmi renders, “with wisdom Hashem created”. Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch shlit”a explains that […]
