by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber | Apr 15, 2021
The Tur writes that during the days of Sefira the students of Rebbe Akiva died, and therefore it is customary to not hold weddings during that period. We know the aveilus is to be for a period of thirty three days, and there are divergent opinions in how to count...
by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber | Jun 6, 2016
The custom in many communities is to recite Kiddush Levana (bless the New Moon) on the first possible Saturday night. Halachically it must be three days after the ‘birth’ of the new moon, but before the apex of the moon. (The exact calculations needed to determine the...
by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber | May 1, 2016
Post Pesach Supermarket Shopping 5776-2016 Edition There is much ado every year as to where one can shop immediately following Pesach, how long the restrictions apply for and to what products. I hope this is found to be enlightening. My goal is not to issue a halachic...
by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber | Apr 28, 2016
(לא ימיש עמוד הענן יומם ועמוד האש לילה (שמות יג:כב – There was a cloud that led Bnai Yisrael during the day, and a pillar of fire by night. The Gemara (Shabbos 23b) deduces from this posuk that the pillar of fire arrived before the cloud left, and the cloud arrived in...
by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber | Mar 11, 2016
As the United States political season reaches its apex, and races for office heat up on the national, state and local levels, politics is on many of our minds. What is the Torah view on voting specifically, and generally being an active participant in the political...
