Who to Lein the Megillah Where? A Glimpse of Rav Avrohom Genachovsky zt”l
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
It was a tale of two shuls. One shul was in Yerushalayim, the other in Bnei Brak. Both made a request of Rav Avrohom Genachovsky zt”l of the...
Rav Nissin Alpert on Emes in the Parsha
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sefas Tamim Foundation
Parshas Tetzaveh is somewhat unique. It is the only parshah after Bereishis in which Moshe Rabbeinu’s name is strangely abs...
From Sinai to Yerushalayim: Nachman Seltzer’s New Book About the Incredible Story of Roy and Leah Neuberger – a Review
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
404 Pages. 2023, Artscroll’s Shaar Press
There is no storyteller like Nachman Seltzer. And there is no story like that of the development ...
What You Need to Know About Mishloach Manos
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
There are four types of people in the world: Those who prepare their mishloach manos many days before Purim; those who prepare the day before ...
Those Airport Minyanim
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the S'fas Tamim Foundation
QUESTION: We left to the airport for a flight before it was the time permitted to daven Mincha and the flight was to arrive la...
Bris Milah – a Long Article
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
This article is printed in honor of the Bris Milah of our new einekel, who was named after Rabbi Yitzchok Wenger z"l of Lakewood, NJ, who exem...
The New Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l Biography: a Review
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Well, this time Artscroll made a HUGE mistake. But before anyone gets the wrong impression, the mistake Artscroll made was in only printing t...
Is it an Excuse?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
It is one of those dilemmas that tens of thousands of Torah-observant families have grappled with for decades. Many have posed the question ...
Election Results Are in For Lawrence School District: Shulamith Wins the Rights to Purchase School #5
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com
When an entire community comes out to vote in favor of a local school, it shows remarkable achdus. Today's crucial vote would decide whether ...
Who Moved My Potato Kugel?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
About 14 years ago, Dr. Spencer Johnson wrote a book titled Who Moved My Cheese? It’s a parable about four mice that had it all, but then thei...
US and Germany to Provide Tanks to Ukraine
by Aiyal Golamsky
In a new development, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, both the United States and Germany have agreed to provide tanks to Ukraine, in its battle to r...
That Chanukah Baby – a Halachic Analysis
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
It was a Chanukah baby, born in Israel. But it was not just a regular baby.
Sharon Alon Twitto, a 46-year-old Israeli widow gave birth on ...
American Talmidei Chachomim Playing Football in Mir Yeshiva in Poland
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
The section below was originally entitled, "From American Universities to the Polish Yeshivas." It was written by Chaim Semyatitsky (1908-194...
Is it Forbidden to Drive on New Years’ Day Because It May be Riskier?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
“No, honey. I do not want you to drive on this holiday. It is simply not safe!”
“Mommy! Everyone else’s mother says it is fine.”
This...
The Case of the Insided-Out Duvet Cover
The Case of the Insided-Out Duvet Cover
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Every so often it happens. One is a guest at another’s home. Sometimes it is an aufruf. Other ti...
Of Phil and Dovid: EPISODE #1 – the 15-Item List of What You Needed to Learn in Mir, Poland
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Ninety years ago, a deep friendship formed between Phil and Dovid. They were both American Yeshiva students in America in the 1930’s. They h...
A Lost Midrash and the Prequel to Chanukah
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com -
If we delve into the prehistory of Chanukah, we learn all sorts of interesting new information. When we combine this information with Midra...
A Review of Chanukah For Those Who Aren’t in School, and For Those Who Are..
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com FEEL FREE TO PRINT AND REVIEW..
CHANUKAH
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Chanukah occurred during the time of the Second Beis HaMikdash approximately...
Rav Elya Ber Wachtfogel Recalls Rav Aharon Kotler’s MisheBairach LeCholim
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
In the 1950’s, the Mashgiach of Beis Medrash Gavoah, Rav Nosson Wachtfogel zt”l, would bring his young son, Rav Elya Ber to the Yeshiva. As a...