The Story of the Lulav
Each of our festivals has a unique and special commandment that defines it. Rosh Hashanah has the Shofar and Yom Kippur has the fast. Hanukkah has the Menorah and Pesach has...
Posted on 1 October 2020, By Rabbi Chaim Weiner
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Adar & the Jewish Leap Year
The Jewish calendar is based on two principles. It is both a lunar calendar, based on the time it takes for the moon to go around the earth, and a solar calendar, based on the time it takes for the earth to revolve around the sun. We lear...
Posted on 31 January 2019, By Rabbi Chaim Weiner
Laboratory Meat: Is it Kosher?
One of the exciting areas of development in recent years is bio-agricultural engineering. Several companies are working on manufactured meat that, rather than deriving from the flesh of animals, is grown in petri dishes from animal cells....
Posted on 4 December 2018, By Rabbi Chaim Weiner
