I would like to use this month’s bulletin article to clear up and remove any doubt or confusion from an issue that came up at a recent shiur (class) during our weekly Shabbat Seudat Shlisheet meal, learning, and discussion. It became clear to me some time AFTER the...

As you are reading this month’s bulletin, we are well into the Hebrew month of Elul. Many people might recognize the name “Elul” as the month that precedes Rosh Hashanah and all the “high holidays.” This is correct. Yet, there actually is more to this simple and...

 Jewish values, ways of life, and traditions often differ from those of the residents in the host countries in which we find ourselves. The manner in which we conduct our daily prayer services, (replete with the obligatory requirements for the fulfillment of the...

 A question came up at a recent weekly shiur (class) during the Seudah Shlisheet (Shabbat afternoon meal), concerning when one needs to recite the full Birkat HaMazon, the Grace After Meals and what necessitates its full recitation. The reason for this question...

 With the most recent chag (holiday) of Shavuot now behind us, we view a large period of time on the Jewish calendar in which the majority of the upcoming time truly lies “fallow.” The day after Shavuot was the 8th of Sivan, and there are no other holidays or...