Important torah law Information

Shavuot – Torah for everyone

My daughter, Dina, accepted a summer job here in Los Angeles last year. Before being hired, she explained that she was an observant Jew who would have to take off two days in early June to celebrate the holiday of Shavuot.

Opinion: If Passover is the question, Shavuot is the answer

Unlike other Jewish holidays, the Torah does not specify a date for Shavuot; it is celebrated on the 50th day (seven weeks) after Passover.

Kevin Bermeister: The Paradox of the Honey Bee

Honey is the only kosher product that comes out of a non-kosher producer. So what were Israel's greatest scholars and mystical thinkers trying to convey as to uniquely regard it in Jewish law?

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld: Mitt Romney's Pranks And Jewish Law

Are practical jokes or pranks on an unsuspecting person permitted according to Jewish law? What about teasing someone or calling them by a nickname?

PASSOVER AND SHAVUOT: What’s the Question? What’s the Answer?

Unlike other Jewish holidays, the Torah does not specify a date for Shavuot; it is celebrated on the 50th day (seven weeks) after Passover.

Netanyahu is seeking rapid passage of anti-monopoly law

But lobbyists for conglomerates will press MKs for delay.

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld: An Unorthodox Cure for Insomnia

I know so many people who have all the pillows they need and yet have trouble sleeping at night; they walk through their lives sleep deprived. What many don't realize is that the Torah already told them why they can't sleep.