Playing Ball Then Going To Daven One is supposed to prepare himself properly before one davens to Hashem. Therefore, after one has finished playing ball he must make sure that he washes up and changes his clothes not to make it look like one just came out of the gym and now he is going to [...]

Rolling One’s Sleeves Up On Shabbos There is a basis to permit one to wear a shirt will the sleeves rolled up outside on a hot day on Shabbos in a place that does not have an eiruv. Horav Yisroel Belsky Shlita says a person who is rolling up his sleeves because he is not interested [...]

Walking With Jacket Over The Shoulders On Shabbos Wearing ones jacket over ones sleeves is not the derech to wear one’s jacket and therefore, one may not walk outside in that manner on Shabbos in a place that does not have an eiruv. Others are more lenient in this regard, but one should go in [...]

Copyright Issues With the summer months upon us it is very common for one to listen to more music than normally, whether while walking, driving, or doing any other activities. Therefore, it is proper to discuss what one is allowed to copy and what is not permitted to copy as far as music CD’s and [...]

Photo Gray Lenses One is permitted to wear glasses that change colors when exposed to the Sun. This is not called coloring on Shabbos. Eating Ices/Ice Cream There is a huge discussion in the poskim whether or not to consider ices a liquid or a food item. The difference would be that if it is a liquid then [...]

Ki ha’aretz asher atah ba shamah l’rishtah lo k’eretz Mitzrayim hu asher y’tzasem misham asher tizra es zarecha v’hishkisa b’raglecha k’gan hayarek v’ha’aretz asher atem ovrim shama l’rishtah eretz harim uv’kaos lim’tar haShomayim tishteh mayim (11:10-11) Moshe stressed to the Jewish people that the land of Israel would be different than the land of Egypt from [...]

 The Brachos and Klalos (the Blessings and the Curses) constitute an important part of this week’s Sedra.  However, before launching into a listing of the Curses, Moshe Rabbeinu recapitulates by way of introduction how Hashem took care of us in the Midbar. Moshe reminds the People that Hashem arranged things in such a way that [...]

And you should eat, be satisfied and bless Hashem your g-d. (8; 10) The gemarah in berachos asks: how do we know that one makes a beracha before he eats and not just after he eats? The halacha is broughtfrom the following kal vchomer: ’k’shehu soveh mivarech-k’shehu ra’av lo kol shekein’? If one makes a beracha when satisfied should he not be logically obligated to do so, even more, when he is [...]

Wearing Sunglasses In A Place That Has No Eiruv The Chai Adom is of the opinion that it is forbidden to walk outside on Shabbos with glasses in a place that does not have a eiruv. The reason is because the glasses might fall off ones face and he will come to carry them in [...]

Car Safety Based on the posuk “to watch out for ourselves” one has an obligation to drive safely; below are a few areas in which one should be cognizant of especially during the Summer when one tends to drive a lot more than during the year.   Some say that if one goes faster than the [...]