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  Celebrating Birthdays – Halachic Analysis March 29, 2022 10:35 am 10       [By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for The Five Towns Jewish Times] This article is written for Miriam L.’s father Rav Chaim Kanievsky zatzal was once asked an interesting question by a woman who was in need of surgery (Derech Sicha p, 174):  She inquired of the Rav:  “May I delay my surgery so that it can be done on my birthday?” Where was this question coming from?  Some people are of the opinion that noticing and or celebrating birthdays is not a particularly Jewish action. They note that the only mention we find of birthdays is in regard to the evil Pharoah. While there are opinions that certainly held this, in this article, it will be suggested that not all opinions conform to this view, and that noting someone’s birthday may very well be a Jewish thing to do. MITZVAH OF VEAHAVTA L’RAYACHA KAMOCHA We must first realize that there exists a Mitzvah of V’ahavta l’rayacha Kamocha, loving...

  Pesach 5782 As mentioned last week, we are digressing from our regular  ויבינו במקרא   series  to focus on Inyana D'yoma. Dedication opportunities are available in honor of a simcha, yahrzeit, or any other momentous event. Call our office or email us for more information. ארבע כוסות This week's sugya discusses the Takana instituted by Chazal to drink four cups of wine at the Pesach seder. We discuss the various reasons for this enactment. We discuss the parameters of this obligation - is it mainly to praise Hashem over a cup of wine, or is it to drink four cups of wine? Other questions addressed include: Can one be motzee someone else or must each individual have his own kos? Must each kos be drunk at its designated time, or is it sufficient to just drink all four, one after the other? May one use chamar medina for the Arba Kosos? Also included are discussions and eye-opening teshuvos from gedolim from Brisk,  Choslovitz  and Warsaw regarding fulfilling t...

  In this weeks Parsha, Aharons two sons Nadav and Avihu died when they did the Avoda intoxicated. After Aharon silently accepted this great tragedy, the Torah says  “ יַ֣יִן וְשֵׁכָ֞ר אַל־תֵּ֣שְׁתְּ | אַתָּ֣ה | וּבָנֶ֣יךָ אִתָּ֗ךְ בְּבֹֽאֲכֶ֛ם אֶל־אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵ֖ד וְלֹ֣א תָמֻ֑תוּ חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם לְדֹרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם ,  Do not drink wine that will lead to intoxication, neither you nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, so that you shall not die ” The Netziv explains that Aharon was commanded specifically now after He lost His two sons to rise above the occasion and to overcome His sadness and serve Hashem with 100% simcha.  Even though a regular Kohen who is an aval may not do the Avoda because He is in pain, since Aharon was the Kohen Gadol and was on such a great spiritual level, Aharon had to bring Himself to a state of 100% simcha and continue to do His Avoda. Aharon might have thought that wine and beer would bring Him the proper level o...

Pars has Shemini ....................... .............................. ......... Adar II 5782 Based on the Torah of our Rosh HaYeshiva HaRav Yochanan Zweig Weekly Insights Printer Friendly Format  Click Here This week’s Insi ghts is  dedicated in lovin g memory of Devorah bas Yisroel Dovid. “May her Neshamas have an Aliya!” To sponsor an issue of Insights  Click Here You Are How You Eat For I am Hashem that lifted you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God […] (11:45).   The last forty seven verses in this week’s  parsha  describe with intricate detail the laws of  kashrus  as it relates to the different animals, birds, and fish that may be eaten. The Torah also specifically prohibits certain animals and birds from being consumed. Additionally, the Torah excludes from consumption an entire group of animals that are disgusting to eat because they creep on the ground and consuming them would be “abominable” (11:43). The Torah then gives the reas...