Parashat Hashavua: What Will Happen in the “End of Days”?
The root achar (after, end) comes up twice in our parasha (Bereishit 48:1; 49:1).
After burying Yaakov, the brothers worried that Yosef would now avenge his sale, and they...
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Harav Yosef Carmel
Ask the Rabbi: “Cooked” and Sweetened Wine for Kiddush
Question : Some reputable kosher wines claim to be kosher for Kiddush because they are not mevushal (cooked), but some of them have added sugar. How can it...
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Rav Daniel Mann
Igrot Hare’aya – Letters of Rav Kook: Concern for Communal Kashrut Standards – #288, 290
#288 – Date and Place: 4 Nisan 5670 (1910), Yafo Recipient and Background : Shimon Rokeach, Betzalel Lopin, S.B. Novovelsky. All three were apparently religious lay leaders...
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Eretz Hemdah
P’ninat Mishpat: Spillover of Courtyard Dispute
(based on ruling 81059 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts) Case : [ Last time we discussed a dispute over rights to a courtyard. Now we deal...
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Eretz Hemdah