יום שישי, כ״א תשרי תשפ״זFriday, October 2, 2026
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How does a person let go of a grudge against someone who harmed him or her egregiously?
Should rabbis recommend that people vote for a particular candidate?
From a hashkafic perspective, is it important for a Jewish man to have a beard?
In Psalms, we say, “Chadeish yameinu ke’kedem – Renew our days as of old.” In other words, revive today with the fire and passion of those early, founding days. “Make America Great Again” can refer to such an endeavor.
How would you advise fulfilling the mitzvah of “you shall surely rebuke your fellow”?
At what age would you advise parents to allow their children to have a cell phone?
If parents disagree with something their child learned in school, should they say something? Or is it better for them to bite their lip and say nothing?
For her outspokenness, Loomer has been banned from Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms.
Is it proper for a Jew to propose on one knee?
There is no difference in attitude towards the colonizer whether the local inhabitants are of a high cultural level or primitive.
What should one do if one hears about persecution of a people in a foreign land?
Is it proper, l’chatchilah, for a young married couple to apply for government welfare programs like food stamps and section 8?
Is trying to reconcile Torah with current scientific knowledge proper?
During his half-hour on air, Resnick urged the show’s audience to stand tall and defend biblical values in American society.
Circumcised At The Hand Of Heaven? ‘A Drop of Blood Must be Taken’ (Shabbos 135a)
Should an ordinary Jew endeavor to say Tikkun Chatzos? If not regularly, perhaps sometimes?
The increase in Jewish school enrollment last year is the slowest that it has been in a while and reflects a mass exodus to New Jersey, says Yossi Gestetner, a co-founder of OJPAC.
May one enjoy good food or is the ideal to not care what one eats as long as it gives one strength to serve Hashem?
Is it proper to watch or enjoy the sport of boxing?
Chassidim said that the way to shun evil is through doing good; however, there is value in doing good for its own sake, said Rabbi Waldman.
Should the average Jew learn Kabbalah?
In light of your support for and participation in recent protests in New York City, the message to the public from New York City’s government appears to favor certain secular gatherings and disfavor religious gatherings.
Is it proper to let one’s children watch movies?
For hundreds of years, Jews in Poland fasted on the 20th of Sivan to commemorate the tens of thousands of Jews killed in the Chmielnitzky uprising of 1648-49. Yet, we don’t fast today for the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. Why not?
For bar mitzvah boys: Should you give them a sefer in Hebrew, which they may not be able to read for another five years (or perhaps ever), or should you give them something in English?
Is it appropriate to share mother-in-law jokes?
List of locations where the New York City Department of Education is providing free meals available daily for any New Yorker.
Called “Vayicha Sham Yisrael Neged Hahar – K’Ish Echad B’Lev Echad,” the event is dedicated to the memory of the Noviminsker Rebbe.
When bad things happen to someone else, is it appropriate to speculate why?
How does a young woman determine what is or isn’t immodest when it comes to clothing that falls in the grey area of tznius?... Ask her mother? A teacher?
Hundreds of intensive care beds were inaugurated at Sheba Medical Center, to serve in times of national emergencies.
Business listings during the Coronavirus crisis.
If a person believes based on expert medical advice that wearing a mask on a quiet sidewalk is unnecessary, should he wear it anyways because of the chillul Hashem it will cause in some circles if he doesn’t? Does the answer depend on his motivation (convenience vs. making a political statement)?
It is critical that Boro Park has a 100% participation rate for the census, says Avi Greenstein, BPJCC CEO.
Should one dress up for a shiur on Zoom if no one can see anything more than your face and top of your shirt?
Many people’s plans for Pesach this year have been completely upended by the coronavirus pandemic. What would you recommend these people think about as they sit down to the Seder to celebrate the holiday of freedom?
Is it appropriate to look for, and publicize, gematrias and Torah codes related to the current coronavirus pandemic?
As the situation continues, they are focusing on opening additional regional operational centers enabling local communities to play a role helping one another within their own local community and providing to one another their basic needs.
Although righteous women have been accustomed to devoting all their energy to preparing the house for Passover, this year must be different.
Is it proper to panic over the coronavirus epidemic?
The Census will determine how over $650 billion in federal funds for public education, public housing, roads, bridges, and much more is distributed annually throughout the nation.
Is it important for an introvert to "get out of his shell"?
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Gabbay said he has sold millions of his mask – which was originally designed for chemotherapy patients with compromised autoimmune systems – since the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
Is it appropriate to analyze one’s parents?
COJO Flatbush CEO Louis Welz told the graduates, “Of all the many programs and services we offer, this is the one I’m most proud of."
In a Jewish marriage, is cooking and cleaning primarily the woman's job?
Should a person be comfortable or uncomfortable davening in an airport or on an airplane? And should he act conspicuously or inconspicuously?
Is there anything wrong with playing violent video games? Does the answer depend on whom the video game wishes you to fight or kill or how gory the violence is?
With a few Kalachnikov bullets, this despicable terrorist cut off the life of my precious and pure grandson, Amiad Yisrael, Hy"d.
May one use data derived from unethical research (an extreme example of which would be data from Nazi research that used human test subjects instead of lab rats and caused unimaginable suffering)?
Is It Proper...? Should we try to preserve Yiddish as a living language in America or Israel?
Is It Proper...? Should a person think highly of himself?
Should a person feel guilty for using an English ArtScroll Gemara (as opposed to struggling with the original Aramaic)?
Shabina Lafleur-Gangji, editor of the Journal of the American Herbalists Guild, takes credit for convincing conference supporters and scheduled lecturers to boycott the conference in Israel.
A few years later, he said, in 2015, he attended a Kahane Shabbaton and was inspired to embark on his video project after an old Kahane activist said, “When you go back home, don’t just say, ‘Kahane was right.’ Do something!”
“Who needs enemies when you have Jews who behave in such a fashion?” Dov Hikind, head of Americans Against Antisemitism, said about Adkins.
Should a person lend any significance to his dreams?
The Guardian Angels’ ultimate aim is to “engage Jews to get more involved, to be more vigilant – and not be as dependent on the mayor, governor, and the police,” Sliwa told The Jewish Press.
How should a person regard behavior by a tzaddik that seems very strange (for example, living in solitude for the last 20 years of one’s life as the Kotzker Rebbe apparently did)?
Aron Spielman, the founder of “Jews For Trump,” said the account’s follower count spiked by more than 50 percent as a result of the video.
Should a person avoid the company of someone who constantly swears but is otherwise a decent fellow?
The siyum marks the completion of the 13th cycle of the global Daf Yomi, started in 1923.
Over the years, the World's Largest Menorah has been lit by New York City Mayors Abraham Beame, Ed Koch, David Dinkins, Rudolph Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio – and Governors George Pataki and David Paterson, as well as other dignitaries.
Is it okay to enjoy Christmas songs like “Jingle Bells” if one happens to hear them playing in a store or on the street?
The Ptil Tekhelet Education Center is making the mitzvah of Tekhelet accessible, fun and relevant.
The Hebron Fund is raising $1 million for Israel’s most ancient and most strategic Jewish community – Hebron.
Is the desire to be more machmir than one’s father good, bad, or neutral?
How important is it to be informed about political and world affairs? Or is it important? Should the average frum Jew read the newspaper (or a news website) every day?
It’s time to LIV! It’s time to GIV! It’s time to NETIV!
As wonderful as it is to be without pain, life requires so much more: purpose, meaning, charity, love, wisdom, and kindness.
October 2, 2026 
