by Rabbi Yair Hoffman We are a blessed generation that we have a remarkable gadol in our midst in Rav Yeruchem Olshin shlita.  W

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Generally speaking the ruling of the Mishna Brurah is that if one is not drinking water for pleasure or thirst then one does not recite a bracha.  What if one is drinking

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Recently, I suffered a widow-maker heart attack with a 100 percent blockage.

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Recently, an advertisement appeared in the HaModia (pre-Sukkos edition, pages 44 and 45 of the Community Section) that essentially stated that it has been determined without a shadow of a doubt that all Indian hair is forbidden – that tonsuring is takroves Avodah Zarah.  The article stated that in order to […]