by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber | Apr 7, 2014
Although the usual blessing made before drinking wine is Borei Pri Hagefen, in very specific circumstances one may make the blessing of Hatov Vehameitiv. The specific circumstances is worthy of an article of its own, however in a nutshell, when a second wine is...
by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber | Nov 21, 2013
On January 18th 1920 the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, prohibiting the “”the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within… the United States… for beverage purposes”. The Volstead Act,...
by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber | Apr 2, 2009
There is a lot of confusion as to what the proper equivalents of the measurements necessary to fulfill the obligations of the Seder. I’d like to briefly run through them here. These are based on the “Laws of the Seder” by Rabbi David Feinstein Shlit”a. The Four Cups...
