מכירת הבית לפסח שלום וברכה. יש לי שתי שאלות בבקשה. אנחנו מתארחים בכל חג הפסח מחוץ לביתנו ועוזבים את הבית לפני פסח, האם מותר למכור לנכרי במכירת החמץ גם את הבית ובזה להיפטר מנקיון הבית. ...

 Eye in the Kitchen: Monitoring Kashrut in the Kitchen   Last week we discussed the monetary concerns of employing a cleaning lady to clean before Pesach, such as snatching a cleanin...

 Remember What Amalek Has Done To You- Who Is Amalek?Rabbi Shay Tahan As the Gaza war intensified, South Africa presented its case at the World Court in The Hague, asserting that Israel is e...

 Red Heifer, Amalek, and Reactions of NationsRabbi Shay Tahan   You must be living under a rock if you didn't come across one of the thousands of videos and articles published recent...

 Aaron's Triumph, Moshe’s' ModestyRabbi Shay Tahan     When Rabbi Akiva Eiger and the Lisa’s Rav, the Netivot, arrived to the rabbis' meeting in Warsaw, the entire Jewish com...

 The Pesach Cleaning Rush: Halachic and Moral Dimensions of Hiring a Cleaning Lady   Before Pesach, every household gets very busy cleaning and kashering their house. Since it's a si...

 Eclipses and Spiritual Causes: Jewish PerspectivesRabbi Shay Tahan   On Monday, April 8, a historic total solar eclipse will take place. This cosmic event will be visible across a n...

 שמחת פורים בזמן מלחמה.הרב שי טחן תודה לרב על פינה ההלכה. שאלתי היא האם יש לקיים גם השנה את ’משנכנס אדר מרבים בשמחה’, אחר שחווינו כל כך הרבה כאב וצער, ולוחמינו נמצאים בסכנה תמידית ועוד שעד...

 Sense of patriotism.   When the Torah speaks about the message the priest called mashuach milchama (anointed for war) speaks to the people in order to get them ready for war, there...

 Strategies for Survival: Lessons from Purim and Torah Leaders.Rabbi Shay Tahan   We have previously discussed the difference between Chanukah, where the Maccabees took up arms to de...

 Jewish Lions: Roaring Through History.Rabbi Shay Tahan   One of the more famous symbols of the Jewish army is that they are referred to as lions. There are drawings of lions in sold...

 Jewish Lions: Roaring Through History.Rabbi Shay Tahan   One of the more famous symbols of the Jewish army is that they are referred to as lions. There are drawings of lions in sold...

 Defending the Faith: Halacha and Hashkafa on Self-Defense in a Dangerous World.Rabbi Shay Tahan   In light of recent events and the growing demand within the Jewish community to see...

 Let not him who straps on his armor boast like he who takes it off. אל יתהלל חוגר כמפתח   The story of the rabbit and the turtle, often known as "The Tortoise and the ...

 United We Stand, Divided We Fall.Rabbi Shay Tahan   Parshat Vayakhel starts with this word, referring to the gathering of the nation as Moshe instructed them about the building of t...