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Vaccination in Halacha

              Certain unsubstantiated claims have appeared in the media regarding the hazardous and possibly grave side effects to children associated with administrating vaccinations.      This situation leads to an extended series of questions, some quite disturbing. Are parents obligated to be wary of these assumed harmful side effects? Are vaccinations required or only […]

Partnership with Non-Jew for Nursing Home

I am going into a 50/50 partnership with a non-Jew to run the operations of a nursing home. The nursing home runs 24/7. How does it work for me regarding getting schar Shabbos and Yom tov. In addition we are partners in a managment company as well which is closed on shabbos but is open […]

ויאמר ד’ אל משה מה תצעק אלי, דבר אל בני ישראל ויסעו And God said to Moshe: Why do you cry to Me? Speak to the Israelites and they shall travel!   The Israelites were cornered. With the sea in front of them and the Egyptians quickly closing in from behind, they weren’t just running […]

Rabbi Reisman – Parshas Eikev 5770 Rebbi is in Yerushalayim and he spoke a little about the Ir Hakodesh

. The Chasam Soifer asks a Kasha. Yirmiyahu 31:14 – 16 יד כֹּה אָמַר יְרוָר, קוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע נְהִי בְּכִי תַמְרוּרִים–רָחֵל, מְבַכָּה עַל-בָּנֶיהָ; מֵאֲנָה לְהִנָּחֵם עַל-בָּנֶיהָ, כִּי אֵינֶנּוּ טו כֹּה אָמַר יְרוָר, מִנְעִי קוֹלֵךְ מִבֶּכִי, וְעֵינַיִךְ, מִדִּמְעָה: כִּי יֵשׁ שָׂכָר לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ נְאֻם-יְרוָר, וְשָׁבוּ מֵאֶרֶץ אוֹיֵב טז וְיֵשׁ-תִּקְוָה לְאַחֲרִיתֵךְ, נְאֻם-יְרוָר; וְשָׁבוּ בָנִים, לִגְבוּלָם We are all […]

Rabbi Reisman – Parshas Eikev 5769

Parshas Vaeschanan has the first Parsha of Kriyas Shema and Parshas Eikev has the second Parsha of Kriyas Shema. In Parshas Vaeschanan, in 6:7 it says, (וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ), that there a Mitzvah of teaching Torah to your children. Rashi says that (לבניך: אלו התלמידים) Levanecha means Eilu Hatalmidim, that this instance of Vanecha refers to […]