Let’s listen in to a roundtable discussion on the Dos & Don’ts of Kashering with steam, between R’ Aaron Mendelson of Kosher Services, R’ Sholem Fishbane, Director of Kashrus for the Chicago Rabbinical Council and Executive Director of AKO, and R’ Yitzchok Hisiger.
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Let’s listen in to a round table discussion on common misconceptions about Pesach Kashering between R’ Aaron Mendelson of Kosher Services, R’ Sholem Fishbane, Director of Kashrus for the Chicago Rabbinical Council, & Executive Director of AKO and R’ Yitzchok Hisiger.
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By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
Mesechtes Megilah discusses the inyanim of Purim. Interestingly enough, this Mesechta also speaks about the halachos of building a Shul. Why is this so?
The Gemara in Sanhedrin 20b brings down the three mitzvos the Yiddin were commanded when they entered Eretz Yisroel. They were commanded to appoint a king, to destroy Amalek, and to build the Bais HaMikdosh.

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
                The Baal Haturim in Parshas Tetzaveh brings down a Zohar that says there is no Sedra in the Torah since Moshe was born that does not have the name of Moshe in it, except for Parshas Tetzaveh. The reason for this is because in Shmos 32:32 Moshe said, “Forgive the Bnei Yisroel and if not, erase me from your Sefer Torah.” There is a rule that if a chacham makes a curse, even if it said conditionally, it will happen. This therefore happened in Parshas Tetzaveh.

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Shmos 25:5 it says that Hashem commanded the Yidden to build a mikdash so he can dwell amongst them. From this passuk we learn the concept that the Bnei Yisroel had to build a Mishkan and a Bais Hamikdosh. The Rambam in Sefer Hamitzvos Asseh 20 counts this as a mitzvah.

How to reheat food on Shabbos… 
Join us as we listen in to a conversation between Rav Shmuel Fuerst, Dayan of Agudas Yisroel of Illinois and Rav of Agudas Yisroel of Peterson Park, and R’ Yitzchok Hisiger.

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By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld

[Links below.] Today, Tuesday of Parshas Beshalach, is a special day. Seforim tell us that it is extremely prudent to utilize this day to pray for parnassah, livelihood, for the next 12 months.

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
                We find when the sea was split that Moshe Rabbeinu and the Bnei Yisroel sang the shirah. In Sefer Bais HaLevi he explains in depth the concept of singing in appreciation. There are two types of appreciation. The first one is where a person thanks Hashem for getting him out of a troubled situation. For instance, a person that was sick and became healthy. When a person thanks Hashem for extricating him from his tzarah. In this case the thanks are only for getting out of trouble, not for the trouble itself. As a matter of fact if the person would never have been sick he would have been even happier. This is one type of thanks.