Parashat Hashavua: A Yeshiva and a Community Go Together
Our parasha contains an important, difficult-to-translate passage: “ sent Yehuda before him to Yosef to show the way ( l’horot ) before him to Goshen” (Bereishit 46:28). Why...
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Harav Yosef Carmel
Ask the Rabbi: Right Pronunciation of Shehakol
Question : I pronounce the second-to-last word of Shehakol as “ nehiya ” (with a kamatz at the end). Someone told me it must be “ nehiyeh ”...
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Rav Daniel Mann
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: A Public Letter on Observance of Shemitta – #287 – part II
Date and Place: 4 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : This public letter was apparently published in “Hacherut” on 4 Nisan 5670 (in the midst...
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Eretz Hemdah
P’ninat Mishpat: Who Has Rights in the Courtyard?
(based on ruling 81059 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts) Case : The plaintiff (= pl ) and the defendant (= def ) are neighbors in a...
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Eretz Hemdah