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January 29, 2010 - ט"ו שבט ה' תש"ע
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I would like to welcome Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis, Rosh Kollel of Kollel Toras Chaim, a halacha kollel in Yerushalayim. He has published ten seforim in Hebrew and English, six of them with Feldheim. His popular articles aim to deepen our understanding of the mitzvos and minhagim we take for granted as Jews through the presentation of fascinating original sources and stories. His writings have often appeared in Hamodia and Yated Ne’eman. He plans on writing what he hears from Rav Moshe Sternbuch shlita on the parshah. May it be with the zchus of this Divrei Torah that Moshiach Tzidkainu comes one step closer.
Posted by Rabbi Dovid Boruch KopelcloseAuthor: Rabbi Dovid Boruch KopelName: Dovid Boruch Kopel Email: dovidboruch@closetotorah.com Site:http://www.closetotorah.com/ About: I was privileged to launch CloseToTorah.com in November 2008. It is a budding fruit that has started to sprout most beautifully with the help of Hashem. I am currently learning in Kollel Avodas Levi at Yeshivas Ner Yisrael of Baltimore. I am happily married to my dear wife, Ahuva. We live in Baltimore. I hope you enjoy this site!See Author's Posts (81)
Posted by Rabbi Dovid Boruch KopelcloseAuthor: Rabbi Dovid Boruch KopelName: Dovid Boruch Kopel Email: dovidboruch@closetotorah.com Site:http://www.closetotorah.com/ About: I was privileged to launch CloseToTorah.com in November 2008. It is a budding fruit that has started to sprout most beautifully with the help of Hashem. I am currently learning in Kollel Avodas Levi at Yeshivas Ner Yisrael of Baltimore. I am happily married to my dear wife, Ahuva. We live in Baltimore. I hope you enjoy this site!See Author's Posts (81)
The Close to Torah family would like to congratulate Rabbi Yehuda Spitz on receiving word that his published work ‘Kuntres Shnei Keilim’ has been one of the selected winning entries (from thousands) in the Municipality of Jerusalem’s Office of Torah Culture Competition.
The award ceremony will take place – in the presence of Harav Ovadia Yosef Shli”ta – on December 19th at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem.
May he have much continued success in all of his endeavors.
The Halacha of ‘Shnei Keilim’ is as follows; The Rama writes that two pots (meat and milk) cooking on a stove that touch are permissible B’dieved.
What are the parameters of this Halacha? Is moisture, handles or temperature a factor? Would countertops fall into this question?
Posted by Rabbi Dovid Boruch KopelcloseAuthor: Rabbi Dovid Boruch KopelName: Dovid Boruch Kopel Email: dovidboruch@closetotorah.com Site:http://www.closetotorah.com/ About: I was privileged to launch CloseToTorah.com in November 2008. It is a budding fruit that has started to sprout most beautifully with the help of Hashem. I am currently learning in Kollel Avodas Levi at Yeshivas Ner Yisrael of Baltimore. I am happily married to my dear wife, Ahuva. We live in Baltimore. I hope you enjoy this site!See Author's Posts (81)
On behalf of the Close To Torah family I would like to formally welcome Rabbi Yehuda Spitz, Rosh Chaburah at the Ohr Lagolah Halacha Kollel at Ohr Somayach in Yerushalayim. Rabbi Spitz will be posting halachik articles on a variety of topics. It is my brachah that Rabbi Spitz inspires and enriches the Close To Torah Community and that he will grow in his clarity and wisdom from his work.
Posted by Rabbi Dovid Boruch KopelcloseAuthor: Rabbi Dovid Boruch KopelName: Dovid Boruch Kopel Email: dovidboruch@closetotorah.com Site:http://www.closetotorah.com/ About: I was privileged to launch CloseToTorah.com in November 2008. It is a budding fruit that has started to sprout most beautifully with the help of Hashem. I am currently learning in Kollel Avodas Levi at Yeshivas Ner Yisrael of Baltimore. I am happily married to my dear wife, Ahuva. We live in Baltimore. I hope you enjoy this site!See Author's Posts (81)
With great simchah I would like to announce our new writer, my dear wife Ahuva Kopel. She aspires to write a weekly column geared towards woman, though I am told it may also be appreciated by all audiences. I wish a lot of hatzlachah and success, and it is my brachah that this should be a zchus for my family as well as your’s.
Posted by Rabbi Yehuda GoldmancloseAuthor: Rabbi Yehuda GoldmanName: Rabbi Yehuda Goldman Email: yudigoldman@closetotorah.com Site:http://www.closetotorah.com About: Born and raised in Los Angeles, I have enjoyed spending time exploring many Jewish communities around the world and meeting fascinating people. Having received my Rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg of Jerusalem, I am currently completing my Rabbinic training at the Ohr Lagolah Hertz Leadership Training Program at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. With my interests in communal sociology, outreach and PR/Marketing, I have had the opportunity to reach out to Jews from a Retirement home in Long Beach, NY to Cong. Beit Hamedrash in Woodland Hills, CA. As the son of both a social worker and psychologist, I am particularly fond of working together with Jews and organizations of various stripes and stars to help bring about effective and positive outreach.I am married to my dear wife Basya, of Detroit, MI, and we live in Maalot Dafna, Jerusalem.I hope you enjoy the Torah thoughts.See Author's Posts (31)
As we begin Sefer Bereishis – The book of Genesis – I invite you to read these two posts about Avraham Avinu – our Forefather Abraham – a central figure in these Parshas.
The Ten Tests of Our Patriarch Abraham: Lessons Learned
Posted by Rabbi Yosef TroppercloseAuthor: Rabbi Yosef TropperName: Yosef Tropper Email: yoseftropper@closetotorah.com Site:http://www.closetotorah.com/ About: Born, raised and currently living in Baltimore, I am developing my skills as a Rabbinical counselor and leader, under the tutelage of great Torah leaders.
I studied in Eretz Yisrael for over five years at Yeshivas Toras Simcha and Mir and then at Ner Yisrael in Baltimore.
I am a Rebbe at the New Baltimore Yeshiva, a school geared towards maximizing the student's learning experience by providing small classes and interactive learning. I am also involved with outreach, mentoring and tutoring.
I am sincerely grateful to all of the inquisitive truth-seekers, whom I have the privilege of learning with, for challenging me to fulfill what we learn. Thank you for helping me develop and clarify many beautiful ideas which are ultimately published here.
I hope that you enjoy and I welcome your comments and questions.
May we all grow together!See Author's Posts (212)
On behalf of the entire staff and family of CloseToTorah.com, we wish you and your family a sweet, happy and healthy new year!
We thank you for your continued support and readership and invite you to view our most recent posts which highlight many beautiful ideas about Rosh Hashanah.
With the help of Hashem it has been a great year for us as we have grown to become an award winning site. We couldn’t have done it without you!
Please be sure to encourage all of your friends to join us so that they too can be a part of the excitement we have in store for you…..
Posted by Rabbi Yosef TroppercloseAuthor: Rabbi Yosef TropperName: Yosef Tropper Email: yoseftropper@closetotorah.com Site:http://www.closetotorah.com/ About: Born, raised and currently living in Baltimore, I am developing my skills as a Rabbinical counselor and leader, under the tutelage of great Torah leaders.
I studied in Eretz Yisrael for over five years at Yeshivas Toras Simcha and Mir and then at Ner Yisrael in Baltimore.
I am a Rebbe at the New Baltimore Yeshiva, a school geared towards maximizing the student's learning experience by providing small classes and interactive learning. I am also involved with outreach, mentoring and tutoring.
I am sincerely grateful to all of the inquisitive truth-seekers, whom I have the privilege of learning with, for challenging me to fulfill what we learn. Thank you for helping me develop and clarify many beautiful ideas which are ultimately published here.
I hope that you enjoy and I welcome your comments and questions.
May we all grow together!See Author's Posts (212)
The entire staff of our award winning site, CloseToTorah.com would like to wish a warm Mazel Tov to our dear R’ Dovid Boruch and Ahuva Kopel upon their marriage today! Today is the start of a beautiful Torah home.
May Hashem shower you with only sweet experiences and may He grant you only success and happiness together!
Chazal tell us that one who marries elevates his learning of Torah. We have enjoyed R’ Dovid Boruch’s great words of wisdom and inspiration and look forward to gaining an insight into Chazal’s holy words.
We are all so excited and happy for you!
If you need directions or more info, please follow the link:
Posted by Rabbi Dovid Boruch KopelcloseAuthor: Rabbi Dovid Boruch KopelName: Dovid Boruch Kopel Email: dovidboruch@closetotorah.com Site:http://www.closetotorah.com/ About: I was privileged to launch CloseToTorah.com in November 2008. It is a budding fruit that has started to sprout most beautifully with the help of Hashem. I am currently learning in Kollel Avodas Levi at Yeshivas Ner Yisrael of Baltimore. I am happily married to my dear wife, Ahuva. We live in Baltimore. I hope you enjoy this site!See Author's Posts (81)
On behalf of the entire CloseToTorah.com family we would like to extend an enthusiastic Mazel Tov to the newly wed Reb Yehuda and Basya Goldman! We wish them great mazel and happiness together as they grow together. They should continue to flourish in the path that they are currently heading and only continue to make a “Kiddush Hashem” in their lives together!
Posted by Rabbi Yehuda GoldmancloseAuthor: Rabbi Yehuda GoldmanName: Rabbi Yehuda Goldman Email: yudigoldman@closetotorah.com Site:http://www.closetotorah.com About: Born and raised in Los Angeles, I have enjoyed spending time exploring many Jewish communities around the world and meeting fascinating people. Having received my Rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg of Jerusalem, I am currently completing my Rabbinic training at the Ohr Lagolah Hertz Leadership Training Program at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. With my interests in communal sociology, outreach and PR/Marketing, I have had the opportunity to reach out to Jews from a Retirement home in Long Beach, NY to Cong. Beit Hamedrash in Woodland Hills, CA. As the son of both a social worker and psychologist, I am particularly fond of working together with Jews and organizations of various stripes and stars to help bring about effective and positive outreach.I am married to my dear wife Basya, of Detroit, MI, and we live in Maalot Dafna, Jerusalem.I hope you enjoy the Torah thoughts.See Author's Posts (31)
I will B’Ezras Hashem be getting married in Detroit on August 5th (Tu B’Av). There are three needy couples getting married that same night in Yerushalayim. Two of them are unfortunately orphans. The other comes from a large family in which the father is blind.
They have nothing. I want us to help them!
I have secured a $10,000 matching grant that states that if I collect $10,000, the donors will match that. Thus far, we have raised over $5,500!
Yes, times are tough; please think about these three young couples who sit on the cusp of their bright future, for them times are even tougher.
Please offer us your support and help these needy families establish their homes.
Whether you can give $5 or $50, you can help make a difference.
Thank you and may we continue to only share in Simchas!
Please note that all information found on this site is not necessarily meant to be relied upon without seeking clarification from your Rabbi as each and every individual case is unique.
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