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The toy industry has come a long way since Talmudic times. Perhaps the most popular "toy…

When a kosher animal gives birth to a bechor, a firstborn male, there is an inherent conflict…

Our attitude towards Torah is a most fickle one. On the one hand, we demonstrated great faith in…

Sefer Bamidbar opens with names and numbers, a theme that continues throughout the book; hence its…

It is highly unlikely that one would give repeat business to a supposedly kosher butcher who sold…

Twice a year, before Shavuot and Rosh Hashana, we read the tochecha, the list of dire consequences…

How much should we pay teachers? As we discussed in our last post, the Gemara has a clear and…

In our last post, we discussed the need to have an expert examine a bechor in order to…

The Torah was wary of the employer-employee relationship. Almost by definition, an employee is not…

A rabbi, dayan, shochet, doctor, and matir bechorot—these are some of the …

Sometimes the most obscure of arguments can teach the greatest of lessons. That Rabbi Eliezer…

It is not uncommon to hear people define a mitzvah as a “good deed”. And there is…

The period of sefirat haomer has undergone great transformation over the ages. In the…

For those who write divrei Torah, the next few months will be a bit challenging and will…

“Speak to the people of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am the Lord your G-d: Do not follow…

Amongst the many wonderful opportunities and challenges wrought by the return of the Jewish people…

The privileges and obligations of the firstborn are a major theme of Pesach. Most famously, the…

As we all know too well, there is often a gap between the ideal and reality. In trying to implement…