by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber | May 26, 2009
Eating Dairy on Shavous The Rema cites a minhag to eat a Milchig meal on the first day of Shavous. There are many reasons given for this custom, The Rema himself suggests (as explained by the Mishna Berura) that just as on Pesach we have two foods to remember the...
by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber | May 22, 2009
This post was written on the yahrtzeit of my grandfather Matisyahu ben Chaim Rafael and is dedicated to his memory. May his neshama have an aliyah There is a widespread custom to stay up all night on Shavous and study Torah. There is an interesting history to this...
