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Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber

Rabbi, Los Angeles, CA
Post Pesach Supermarket Shopping – 2015 / 5775

Post Pesach Supermarket Shopping – 2015 / 5775

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 decision with this article, rather to present the...
Vaccines in Halacha

Vaccines in Halacha

UPDATED FEB. 2015: The News is full of Measles outbreaks. In 2013, according to the World Health Organization there were 400 deaths every single day due to measles. This is due to vaccines. Yes, vaccines are to blame for the low measles fatality rates. In the year...
Fasting On Your Wedding Day

Fasting On Your Wedding Day

The very last verse in Parshas Toldos tells us that Esav, after realizing that his parents disapproved of his Canaanite wives, went and married “Machlas, the daughter of Yishmael”. The Midrash, as well as the Yerushalmi (Bikurim 3:3) question this from the verse...
Birchas Baal Habayis  – Blessing The Host

Birchas Baal Habayis – Blessing The Host

The Gemara (Berachos 55a) states that there are three things that cause a person’s life to be shortened. 1) If he is asked to read from the Torah and refuses, 2) If he refuses to accept a Kos Shel Beracha when offered (lit. a cup of blessing, referring to the cup of...
Taking a Haircut On Friday Rosh Chodesh Sivan

Taking a Haircut On Friday Rosh Chodesh Sivan

It is well known that there are two main customs regarding the mourning practices of Sefira. The Shulchan Aruch writes that it is from the second day of Pesach until Lag B’Omer, after which all mourning ceases; this is the “Minhag Sefard”. The Maharil (quoted by the...