In the Kinnos of Tisha B’Av we recite: ‘Alei zivchei temideha u’fidyonei bechoreha, ve’al chillul klei Heichal u’mizbach ketoreha.’ The expression “u’fidyonei bechoreha” requires

Nearly six years ago, during one of my frequent visits to the home of Rav Chaim Kanievsky, a matter of considerable halachic depth was

Rav Zalman Sorotzkin, the Lutzker Rov, stood between the ruins of European Torah and the future of Klal Yisroel. With the fire of a

“Uveyom habikkurim behakrivchem mincha chadoshoh laHashem… Vehikravtem olah lerei’ach nichoach laHashem porim bnei vokor shnayim ayil echad shivah kevosim bnei shanah. The Baal HaTurim

The Toras Cohanim Parshas Emor [12-6] states, “Miyom haviachem tisporu. Yachol yiktzor v’yovi v’yispor eimasai sheyirtzeh. Talmud lomar, mehochel chermesh bakomah tochel lispor. I

On Ledgers, Language, and the Limits of Inference Dear Editor, The recent article by Rav Michoel Sorotzkin, “Ufortzu Chomos Migdolai Vetimu Kol Hashmanim,” published

“On the afternoon of October 1, 1940, Reb Velvel came to the Strashun Library with his teenage son… His father’s reading for the day