by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This article is printed in honor of the Bris Milah of our new einekel, who was named after Rabbi Yitzchok Wenger z”l of Lakewood, NJ, who exemplified “ivdu es Hashem b’simcha.” The author can be reached at yairhoffman2@gmail.com At the seudas haBris, Rav Yeruchem Olshin shlita posed the question […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Well, this time Artscroll made a HUGE mistake.  But before anyone gets the wrong impression, the mistake Artscroll made was in only printing ten thousand copies.  They should have printed thirty thousand.  It will sell out very quickly. R’ Naftali Weinberger has done it again.  First was his remarkable […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for  5tjt.com It is one of those dilemmas that tens of thousands of Torah-observant families have grappled with for decades.  Many have posed the question to Rav Chaim zatzal.  And now, a remarkable Talmid Chochom, Rabbi Shnayor Zalman Burton, has provided us with the resources to the dilemma with the publication […]

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com When an entire community comes out to vote in favor of a local school, it shows remarkable achdus.  Today’s crucial vote would decide whether the #5 school would be allowed to be sold to a developer, or whether Shulamith would be able to purchase the building to accommodate the […]

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the S’fas Tamim Foundation The unvarnished truth is that any society that deifies a Charles-Manson-like mass-murderer instead of seven murdered victims including a 14 year old child has so turned morality upside down that it should no longer be entrusted to educate children.  The reaction of schools throughout the entire […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com About 14 years ago, Dr. Spencer Johnson wrote a book titled Who Moved My Cheese? It’s a parable about four mice that had it all, but then their world collapsed when their cheese disappeared. There are profound moral lessons in that book. In the past 14 months, the wholesale […]

It was probably because he could not find another place to Daven Mincha that could afford him an atmosphere where people would not find him strange.  Either that or the other possible venue had a tznius problem.  Regardless, the Muslims found it a beautiful thing.  The video was posted by Nouri Sardar on Twitter and […]

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the S’fas Tamim Foundation This week’s parsha discusses that apogee of Hashem’s Divine Providence to Klal Yisroel – the exodus from Mitzrayim. In regard to the actual sending out of the nation of Israel from Mitzrayim, the Yalkut Shimoni (Tehillim 819) cites Rabbi Pinchas in the name of Rabbi Hoshiyah:  […]

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman The pasuk in regard to Moshe Rabbeinu states, “Vayar b’sivlosam.”  Watch this 2 and 1/2 minute video – not to forget the Kedoshim hy”d who fell this past Shabbos evening.

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com In the past twelve months, the wholesale cost of potato kugel for Yeshivos and shuls has doubled in price.  Last year, Yeshivos paid $30 for an 18 by 26 large pan of kugel.  Now the price is $60 or more.  For shuls that pay for their own kiddushes – […]