By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The American legal system is an adversarial system – where opposing sides fight vigorously before an impartial judge or jury in order to best discover truth.  From a Torah perspective, since it is very hard to find qualified people

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman It is always important to broaden our understanding of the Avodah of the Beis HaMikdash, may it soon be rebuilt. 

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Beginning tonight, Wednesday evening, December 4th, 2024, we begin reciting the phrase “V’sain Tal Umatar” (And give dew and rain for a blessing) in the Shmoneh Esrei prayer of the Maariv (evening) ser

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman It was the spring of 1948.