The Rebbetzin's Husband

I was in the Katz Kollel at YU when the now famous/notorious R' Avraham Shirman visited during the fall/winter of 1997 to deliver a seri...

There is so much to see and say here, and no time to write it all down in a clear form. Here is some of it, anyway: 10b On the line, “Better...

Note: This week we are celebrating Graduation Shabbat. The Greeks told the story of a young man named Narcissus, who was remarkably handsome...

I’m not one for fancy clothes; if anything, I’m fond of the children’s story, The Wise Shoemaker of Studena , about a wise cobbler who was i...

[ Part I was here . Note that you can find video from that 21 Jump Street episode here . The line I cited is about six minutes in. ] In Part...

[ Note: This week's Haveil Havalim is here . ] As always: Easier to understand this with the gemara in front of you. And see Rashi. And ...

I flew from Allentown to Phoenix this morning, which has made this a very long Friday; I left Allentown at 6:45 AM and landed here at 10:15...

There is a ton here on these pages; see Rashi and Maharsha on pretty much everything. In my notes here, see especially the note on how we re...

Don't jump on me just because of the title; you'll see, by the end you'll be nodding your head in agreement. I attended a day sc...

I am glad to announce that the latest edition of the Kosher Cooking Carnival is now available here . Which, with the strange way my mind wor...

In general, it’s important to keep one eye on Rashi and the other on Maharsha all through Sotah. As we move into the latter two-thirds of th...

Professor Yitzchak Levine writes here about a disturbing encounter at this year’s Torah Umesorah convention: After Rav Levin had made his r...

Polar Bears were declared an Endangered Species this past week, presenting a chance to tell the following story: A man was arrested and take...

First: I am so glad to have Rashi back. Second: I'm not going to note every time Maharsha has something to say in his חידושי אגדות, but...

My mother made sure to teach me how to cook, a trait which served me well in various Shabbos-preparing situations. Spending Shabbos in a shu...

Over the years, I have heard some very, very good Torah speakers. Some have been more entertaining, some less. Some have offered deeper cont...

[ Haveil Havalim is here ! ] Our Daf Yomi is starting to learn Sotah. Sotah is mostly aggadata on a broad array of topics, and many key phil...

Hello, I have been asked to re-publish the transcript of R' Shirman's ruling in one piece instead of 9, so it is here, below. But fi...