Author: Yitzchok Adlerstein

Have we become hooked on segulot? Why have they become the rage in recent decades, with no end in sight to their popularity? What does this tell us about the current state of emunah...

Now on Spotify. Does everyone need a hashkafa? Can’t my avodas Hashem focus exclusively on living according to the dictates of halacha? And if I think that I do need some sort of hashkafic...

The kol korei by the American Agudah Moetzes regarding the WZO election has the makings of a huge make-it-or-break-it gamble. The guy in the street is not being asked whether he is with the...

Living in Israel as an Anglo-charedi has been a dilemma for many. On the one hand, we can understand the need to preserve halachic standards, and the history of broken commitments by the government....

The latest episode of Two Rabbis, Three Opinions is up and available on Spotify and elsewhere. What’s with one writer’s comparison of charedim to American Indians? Can they claim that they were the indigenous...

Two Rabbis, Three Opinions Episode 12 Our latest episode of the podcast that examines current issues from a Torah perspective (or two, or three) is now available. Rabbi Simi Lerner and I muse over...

Even inanimate objects “pray.” When a bris takes place on Rosh Hashanah, and the mohel happens to be the one who will afterwards sound the shofar, we instruct him not to wash out his...

Each year, I share some brief thought before Rosh Hashanah with a large list of personal contacts, both Jewish and non-Jewish. Some recipients have liked them, so I will share the one I mailed...

Understood. This is what rabbis do. They will always come up with a connection between events of the week and the parshah. Trust me. That is not what this is about. I had earlier...

Dear Michael, I’ll start with the least important point, to get it out of the way: Pas moi! Maybe check the last few pieces I posted before the one that gives you grief. You...