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The western wall

Why Do Thousands Visit the Kosel on Pesach, Shavuos, and Sukkos? The Sources Behind This Ancient Custom

Pesukei de-zimrah

What Is the Source of Pesukei DeZimra and When Was It Instituted?

Miscellaneous blessings

Bracha for a Newborn Baby Girl

Relationship between Genders

Reading books and the press

Reading Books on Economics on Shabbat

A chapter of Tehillim as Torah study?

Tzedakah and Maaser

Tribute event funded from maaser money?

Employees and employers

Company car – used by a dismissed employee

Hafrashas challah

Separating Challah

Challah heated on a meat pot and transferred to a hot-water urn

Contracts and agreements

Enrollment conditions for a preschool – unvaccinated child

Giving Birth on Shabbos: Practical Halachos for Traveling to the Hospital

Pregnancy and birth

Halachos of Yoledes and Niddah

Copyright on Torah Books: Spreading Torah vs. Protecting the Author’s Rights

Tzedakah and Maaser

Paying for an aliyah to the Torah from maaser money