May One Use Scented Candles for Chanukah Licht?

PostedDecember 1, 2021December 1, 2021

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com May One Use Scented Candles for Chanukah Licht? The answer is no…

Rabbi Mendel Bernstein zt”l: An Original Builder of the Dallas Orthodox Jewish Community

PostedNovember 17, 2021November 17, 2021

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Sometimes, we can daven for years next to someone, and be entirely…

PostedOctober 25, 2021October 25, 2021

Avoiding Non-Jewish Cooking in Order to Maintain Jewish Continuity: A Halachic Analysis. By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The following…

PostedSeptember 23, 2021September 23, 2021

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com SUKKOS – A TIME OF ALIYAH L’REGEL One of the aspects of…

PostedAugust 2, 2021August 2, 2021

Translated and Compiled by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com 1] Who is obligated in paying the shadchan –…

PostedJuly 27, 2021August 5, 2021 UpdatedAugust 5, 2021

When People Come Collecting During Davening: A Halachic Analysis. By Rabbi Yair Hoffman They come daily. They are…

PostedJuly 23, 2021July 23, 2021

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for ftjt.com THE CASE A few years ago, a number of thefts happened across…

PostedJuly 8, 2021August 5, 2021 UpdatedAugust 5, 2021

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com In many locations, the need for security cameras is, indeed, great. What…

PostedJune 18, 2021June 18, 2021

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com For many thousands of Jewish families, this will be the first Shabbos…

PostedJune 10, 2021June 10, 2021

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Welcome back 1950’s. Although most of us don’t really admit it, regarding…

PostedJune 8, 2021June 8, 2021

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times She was a heroine of rescue in Siberia,…

PostedMay 27, 2021May 27, 2021

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is known as the Muktzah Book versus the New Igros Moshe…

PostedMay 20, 2021May 20, 2021

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com If you love and care about your parents or grandparents, please make…