By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sfas Tamim Foundation The Sefas Tamim Foundation emphasizes the primacy of Everyday Emes in our everyday lives through educational and inspirational program study of Halacha, Mussar and Chizuk. QUESTION:  My spouse [gender made neutral]  is kind of extreme in dealing with the thermostat in the house.  When it is […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com A NEW METHOD OF COUNTING SEFIRA  ACCORDING TO RAV AHARON KOTLER Written in honor of the author’s new twin granddaughters, Esther and Sara Hoffman ****Only $5700 left for this Maos Chittim cause – an almanah and a single mom*** https://thechesedfund.com/zechornilah/maos-chittin-for-an-almanah During the seven weeks of the Omer, Klal Yisroel […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The head of a match is made of sulfur, glass powder, phosphorus and an oxidizing agent. When the match is struck on Yom Tov two things happen: • The first thing that happens is the friction caused by the glass powder rubbing together produces enough heat to turn a […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com On Wednesday, we will all be making an Eiruv Tavshilim.  Generally speaking, we use an egg and a Matzah for an Eruv Tavshillin.  But should we?  Whatever happened to Hidur Mitzvah – doing a Mitzvah in the best possible way? Let;s come back to this, later. Whenever any day […]

VINNEWS (New York)- It is yet another Pesach Program fiasco, that could be called, “The Pesach Program that Wasn’t.”   This time, it was the Pesach program scheduled to take place at the Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City.  It didn’t happen.  Here is the transcript from the Zev Brenner show. Zev Brenner: I’m Zev Brenner. Heshy […]

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Tonight is the third yahrtzeit of Rav Yaakov Perlow, zt’l, the Novominsker Rebbe and Rosh Agudas Yisroel of America.  He passed away at the age of 89, a victim of the COVID-19 pandemic, r’l. What a grave shock it was. All of Klal Yisrael became yesomim. We still are. […]

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Rabbi Shimshon Dovid Pincus zatzal (1944-2001) was a remarkable tzaddik and baal mussar who inspired tens of thousands of Yeshivaleit, seminary girls, and Bnei Torah.  He lived he in Ofaqim. In his early years, Rav Pincus learned in Beis HaTalmud in Bensonhurst under Rav Aryeh Leib Malin zatzal. His […]

Vinnews Staff (New York) – This is a tale of two poems.  Vin staff asked AI App Chat GPT to almost identical instructions: Write a poem about President Biden set to the tune of Gilligan’s Island Write a poem about President Trump set to the tune of Gilligan’s Island Here were the two results: BIDEN […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com What follows is what can be called, “The Emergency Hagaddah.”  It is for medical professionals on a call or the dangerously ill only.  Only use it with permission of your Rabbi or Posaik.  A medical professional can be a doctor, a nurse, a paramedic, a Hatzollah person, or an […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com A new sefer containing the shiurim of HaGaon HaRav Pinchas Wachsman shlita, from Beis Midrash Heichal Dovid at Yeshiva Darchei Torah, and mechuten of Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita is quickly selling out.  It contains his chiddushim on some twelve shiurim that he has given on inyanim of Pesach. Rav […]