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Rav Chaim Kanievsky If anyone wants to know why there has been an erosion in respect for rabbinic authority, they do not have to look further than a recent statement by Rav Chaim Kanievsky. This is not to cast aspersions on R’ Chaim. It is to...

 v’rofei cholim u’matir asurim heals the sick, releases the confined ***** How much do we appreciate good health?  How much should we? The Yesod V’Shoresh HaAvodah (Rav Alexander Ziskind, d. circa 1794), who apparently had two sons who had been very...

On a recent trip home, I noticed that I was defending the fact that I’m satisfied with my material circumstances. At one point I said, “I know it’s weird, but I’m happy with what I have and I really don’t want more.” My parents looked at me quizzically...

A modern reanalysis reveals there are ways to optimize vitamin C therapy and significantly prolong the lives of cancer patients. In 1978 Dr. Ewan Cameron and Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling published a study that reported long-term survival of cancer patients...

In response to my criticism of individuals offering or promoting alternative medicine for pets, it has been pointed out that the community of such vets is diverse, and that one cannot fairly assume that all share the beliefs or practices of the more...