By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Imagine an adult playing with children’s toys.  This is us, when we involve ourselves in the pursuit of gashmius – physical luxuires.  Man, a reflection of Hashem’s Divine Image, was meant for much greater things – the pursuit of the ruchnius.  This is just one of many of the […]

(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com) No, this article was not sponsored by one of those fancy sink stores.  But the fact is that a number of people are installing washing stations in their dining area.  It is a great convenience for elderly people, for those with trouble walking, and for, well, the just plain […]

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the S’fas Tamim Foundation QUESTION: My wife often asks me to do chores that involve a lot of manual labor. I am not really up to it at times. There is a corner deli about a half mile away where day laborers gather to be picked up by contractors to […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The leading cause of death in this country is medical error.  And, this author has been told, we, the religious Jewish family members, are the leading “pain in the neck” ethnicity at hospitals, because many a frum patient has relatives that stay at the hospital round-the-clock.  But this latter […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Recently, a story emerged about a French Avreich in Kollel Chazon Ish who was left millions of dollars in a will by his 80 year-old observant father that involved a successful chain of some twenty hotels.  However, since the will under discussion (if there was one for him to […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com YH: First off, thank you for the interview, I realize that it is getting close to Shabbos in Yerushalayim.  Our topic is the 4 biggest problems in shidduchim. What would you say is the biggest problem in dating today? HT:  After working in the realm of shidduchim for decades, […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Before we get into the question – let us note that tonight, the third night of Chol HaMo’ed is the Vilna Gaon’s yartzeit.  This The latest rage in some of the “non-lower-scale” homes in our communities is to make indoor Sukkos in the house itself.  These Sukkos use skylights […]

Watch Mr. Roy Neuberger’s unique take on world events as they relate to the impending Yom Tov of Sukkos.  Roshei yeshiva, and Gedolei Torah have lauded Mr. Neuberger’s outlook as fulfilling the directive of Tzipisa Liyeshuah. To subscribe send an email to info@2020vision.co.il

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Join us for a story of two remarkable girls.  The first is a high school age girl, in shul, on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar – Yom Kippur.  This story happened on Yom Kippur 5783 – yesterday.  Somehow, some way, she merited a remarkable z’chus on the […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times THE MITZVAH The Shulchan Aruch (OC 604:1) rules that there is a Torah Mitzvah on Erev Yom Kippur to do the following three things: eat, drink, and have a festive food-filled meal. Women also are obligated in this Mitzvah, although some Achronim (e.g. Rabbi Akiva […]