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By R. Yair Hoffman   Although the Three Weeks and the other two fasts are a period of mourning and introspection, Zechariah the Navi tells us (Zechariah 8:19) that eventually, the four fasts of Klal Yisroel will be a source of joy and gladness...

Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce Mission to Israel Reverberates Through the Halls of Power By: Shimmy Blum At the turn of the secular new year, the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce launched its first ever “U.S.-Israel Business Alliance” mission...

Adar is the month of love. The old chassidim used to say that Adar is to Nissan as Elul is to Tishrei, except that Adar/Nissan is a time to rededicate ourselves to Hashem with love while Elul/Tishrei is a time of rededication through fear. As Jews,...

One of the prominent customs of Lag Ba’Omer is lighting bonfires – a practice throughout Israel and even beyond (see Aruch Hashulchan 493:7). The reason for bonfires on Lag Ba’Omer is apparently because when Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai revealed the secrets...

Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz was born in the town of Willig in Hungary in 1886 into a family of G-d-fearing Sanzer chassidim. At a young age -- when he was already studying Shulchan Oruch Yore De'ah with Shach, Taz and the Pri Megadim -- he had acquired...