Spring 2006

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Ten Commandments were engraved on two separate tablets. Why? Was God so short of granite that He needed to use two tablets instead of one?

Every so often, a complex question of Jewish law presented itself to Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz (1730-1805), the famed Rabbi of Frankfurt, Germany. The neighborhood butcher had brought before him a particularly complicated case.

We have the privilege of living in an era where no part of the world is too far for us to reach or communicate with, in spite of geographical or cultural differences.

Since I began writing about the Tanya-Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi’s revolutionary work on Hasidut from the late 18th century-I have been asked many times about the connection of Tanya to Kabbalah.

From dishwashers to microwaves to automatic coffee-brewers, technology has revolutionized the modern kitchen.

This is the first in series of articles highlighting innovative approaches by OK Kosher to ensure the highest quality standards in Kosher Supervision.

The Queen Mary cut her way through the waters of the Atlantic, hardly using her potential speed of over 28 knots.

Each year, many Jewish families sit at the seder table, partake of the nostalgic, symbolic foods, enjoy the cups of sweet wine, recite the historic words of the Haggadah, listen to the familiar sound and rhythm of the youngest child reciting the Mah Nishtanah (Four Questions), and relish the delicious meal.

A few weeks ago, my six-year-old daughter did something that greatly upset one of my professional colleagues. At the same time, it made her father enormously proud.

We’ll never know for sure how many thirteen-year-old boys over the past 80 years have squirreled themselves away with a stash of comic books when they were supposed to be studying for their bar mitzvah.