Rabbi Gil Student writes: The Purpose of the Priestly Garments R. Mordechai Willig reminds us to emulate the character of Aharon HaKohen in our everyday conduct: link R. Shalom Rosner discusses many halachic aspects of the Bigdei Kehunah: link (audio) R. Berel Wein explains the symbolic role of &ldq...

Ladaat.net is reporting that the Israeli kiruv organization "Hidabrut", which specializes in kiruv via broadcasting shows about Judaism via a television station, went on a recent "Gedolim tour" visiting various gedolim to ask shailos and to describe their work and gain encouragement and support. Whe...

After Rav Yaakov Yosef recently paskened that people should not participate in the upcoming census due to issues of counting people, the census people got nervous that many would not take part in the census. They then went to Rav Ovadia Yosef and Rav Elyashiv, and others to get their opinions on the...

This psak I saw printed in the newspaper "Yisrael Ha'Yom". They do not have the same connections in Rav Elyashiv's house as do the religious papers, so I am sure there are inaccuracies in the article. Truth is there are probably inaccuracies in all the articles in all the newspapers I have quoted ps...

Plata. The plata is the electric hot plate. The plata is very popular in Israel for reheating food on Shabbos day, and for keeping food hot for Shabbos night, instead of leaving the oven on, or by leaving the gas on with a blech. The classic way of relating to hot plates on Shabbos is to treat them ...

Rav Ovadia Yosef gives a weekly shiur on motzei shabbos . This past week he spoke about the topic of starting a melacha on Friday afternoon and having it be finished (via an automatic process) on Shabbos itself. The topic is an interesting one and entails various issues. one is the issue itself of s...

Rav Yuval Sherlo was asked a shailo by the webmaster of a website if he is allowed to continue working there if his work entails uploading immodest material and programs that are not in line with halacha. Rav Sherlo's response was, as per the posting on the website of his Yeshivat Hesder Petah Tikva...

The following clipping is from a recent edition of the Yated Ne'eman. The question (which is partially cut off) posed to Rav Steinman was "How much should a husband fight to stop his wife from reading magazines the Rabbonim do not approve of?" Rav Steinman's response is: "It is already a bad situati...

This past week's Mishpacha newspaper reported that Rav Steinman was giving a talk in a Yeshiva on Purim night and he said, "Using tunes of people that are not "people of Torah", even if the words are not assur, could possibly be considered to be like "enjoying from the meal of Ahashverosh"". Rav Ste...

A question has come up on a women's forum regarding whether or not shoveling the driveway is a tznius behavior for a woman.  ***************************PSAK  DIN ********************************************************************** In response to this, I, Hagaonit, Harabbanit On...