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Hundreds of Attendees at Shalom Bayis Lectures in Pico-Robertson and the Valley A crowd of over 250 women were treated to an outstanding lecture on the topic of intimacy on Monday, July 16th, at Congregation Adas Torah. The following night, over 200 men assembled to…

The Dodgers are all Home Runs with Chai Lifeline Families Children living with serious illnesses, their families, and volunteers from Chai Lifeline West Coast, a health support network which provides emotional, social, and financial support to children with life-threatening or lifelong illnesses and their families,…

Is the sin of bringing a premature offering punishable by lashes? Rabbi Shmuel Wise, Magid Shiur at realcleardaf.com This issue came up in the Daf this week on 114. The anonymous first opinion in our mishnah rules that someone who offers a premature sacrifice (e.g.…

Dear Readers, Elul in the beginning of August? They seem opposite. Elul is a serious and reflective period, and summer has a relaxed tone to it. Is there anything we can learn from a calendar like this year’s when Labor Day is more than three…

Busting Modesty Myths Sarah Pachter Modesty is a complicated topic, addressed all too often in a superficial way. Some suggest that it only needs to be practiced by one gender. It’s often assumed that practicing modesty involves merely clothing, that it’s intent is to diminish…

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning! Rebecca Klempner Generally speaking, my husband loves me—just not before 9 a.m. Why? Because I am a morning person. Fortunately for me, he only found out at 7 a.m. the day after our wedding. (Who knows what he would have…

Dear Readers, There’s a saying attributed to the holy Reb Zusha: “After 120, when I’m tried in the court of truth, they won’t ask me how come I wasn’t like Avraham, Yitzchak, or Yaakov. They will ask, ‘Zusha, how come you weren’t like Zusha!’” Typically,…

Scooters Are Everywhere! Are They Legal? Michael Rubinstein, Esq. Scooters: You’ve seen them. They’re all over the place. And every day, more and more of them are showing up out of nowhere. Scooters are making a comeback in a big way in Los Angeles and…

Three Local Investors Participate in Warren Buffett’s Israel Bonds Event Yehudis Litvak At an exclusive event hosted by the world-renowned investor and billionaire Warren Buffett in Omaha, Nebraska, three investors from Los Angeles committed to a minimum of a million-dollar investment into Israel Bonds, also…

Let’s Have a Heart to Heart Conversation Some of them beat. Others are beaten. A young, innocent heart beats. Da-dum. Da-dum. Da-dum. And then it stops beating. It can stop beating for many reasons. Trauma. Overdose. Depression. Alcohol. Abuse. Suicide. Too much can overwhelm a…

What happens to the bones of a korban olah? Rabbi Shmuel Wise, Maggid Shiur at RealClearDaf.com We discussed this question in the daf this week on 85b-86a. The mishnah on 85b rules that the bones of a korban olah may be burned along with the…

Miracles: The Extraordinary Life of Frieda Bassman, One Woman’s Inspiring Account of Courage, Faith, and Hope, by Michael Lesher and Malky Feig. Feldheim Publishers, 368 pp. Reviewed by Devorah Talia Gordon Just hearing the title of the book Miracles: The Extraordinary Life of Frieda Bassman…

Preventing Addiction and Overdose: Aleph Institute and Project Tikvah Bring the Community Together for a Common Goal Yehudis Litvak A diverse crowd filled Kanner Hall on June 14th as the local community came together to combat the epidemic of drug abuse and overdose. Among the…