Double Portion Every Shabbat meal, we wash our hands and recite a blessing on two loaves of bread (known as challah). Why do we have double loaves? We do this […]
Judaism 101
Judaism 101 offers insight into the beliefs, practices, and history of Judaism, providing a solid foundation for further study.
The Songs We Sing Shabbat zemirot are traditional songs we sing during the Shabbat meals. These zemirot are century years old and by singing them, we connect to our Jewish […]
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, […]
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 […]
Hashem Visits Avraham Parshat Vayeira opens with a remarkable scene. Avraham Avinu (our Patriarch Abraham), just three days post–brit milah (circumcision), on what Chazal (our Sages) say is the most […]
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? […]
Winning People You’ve probably heard the phrase, “He’s got a winning smile.” It means that when this person smiles, it wins people over, makes them comfortable, or even more so, […]
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 […]
Hashem Reveals Himself To Avraham Avraham (Abraham) was privileged to have Hashem (God) reveal Himself to him. As we see in the opening of our parashah (Torah portion), Hashem appeared […]