By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Few figures shine as brightly as the Vilna Gaon, Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman zt”l (1720-1797).

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman “Yes, no joke!

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Taanis Bechorim (Fast of the Firstborn) is moved to Thursday this year to avoid fasting

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman It is a custom that is far older than many religions, including both Protestant Christi

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The Passover sacrifice (Korban Pesach) was something our ancestors ate when they entered the Midbar and later when the Beis HaMikdash  in Yerushalayim still stood. But why did they eat it? Because Hashem “passed over” (skipped over) the houses of our ancestors in Mitzrayim during the tenth plague, saving them while […]

an Op-Ed Today it was reported in VinNews that Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of international relations for Hamas applied to the European Union a request to remove Hamas’s status as a terrorist organization.  The claim was submitted to the UK home secretary, Yvette Cooper.  The lawyers presenting the claim are from Riverway law. Director […]