articles on Happy Occasions
Lessons on Happy Occasions
The Many Advantages in Not Knowing When We Will Die
Ein Aya Shabat Chapter B Paragraph 53 (p1)
G-d reveals what knowledge is detrimental morally, practically, psychologically, socially and economically.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 27 5775
Why Judaism Respects the Corpse and the Dead- Eternity, Not Superstition
Ein Aya Shabat Chapter B Paragraph 52
Death is less frightening when viewed intellectually through the eyes of eternity, not imagination.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 20 5775
The Proper Perspective How to View People that Died
Ein Aya Shabat Chapter B Paragraph 39
Time and objectivity help relate, review and learn from people after their death.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Elul 26 5774
Who is the True Redeemer?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Fasting and Feasting on a Yahrzeit
“My father’s yahrzeit falls during the week of sheva brachos for my grandson. May I attend the sheva brachos?” "My yahrzeit falls on Shabbos this year. Do I fast on Friday or Sunday instead?" "I usually fast on my father’s yahrzeit, but someone is honoring me with sandaka’us on that day. Do I fast, and do I need to be matir neder in the event that it is permitted to eat?"
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Is Swift the Way to Go?
Should the bris be scheduled early, or later so more guests will come?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
The Laws of 'Brit Milah'
This first commandment to the Jewish People symbolizes the history of the chosen nation - and much more.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
