My Rav is a nice guy, but he’s firm in his p’sak and although I don’t always like the answer I usually abide by his rulings. My motto is that if you’re going to violate your Ravs p’sak, don’t ask…
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Interfaith families use Christmas as a time for chinuch
As Interfaith families are welcomes by more and more Jewish communities, many wonder what to do about Christmas and erev Christmas. Does it just remain the holiday where kids wonder why they always go to one side of the family…
The Halachos of Halloween
I’m pretty sure that the only goyishe holiday celebrated en masse by Jews is Halloween, on Christmas we go to Chinese Food thereby not celebrating it, on Thanksgiving we push it off to shabbos, and sometime after Easter we buy…
Hilchos Christmas
Guest post by Eliyahu Fink Last week, a friend of mine asked his Facebook friends if Santa Claus was mechuyav to go to Church on Christmas. I answered “oisek b’mitzvah patur min hamitzvah”. That question and answer spawned an idea…