If a person eats cereal with milk, the cereal constitutes the "Ikar" – the primary component of the mixture, whereas the milk is "Tafel" – secondary – as it is added merely to enhance the cereal. Therefore, one recites only one Bracha, over the cereal, and this covers both the cereal and the milk
Whenever one hears a Bracha, he must answer "Amen" to the Bracha – especially after one hears a Bracha for the purpose of fulfilling his obligation
The Gemara in Brachot (30) establishes the obligation of "Tefilat Ha’derech," the special Bracha recited when embarking on a trip. There is a debate
Dear friends!
At the suggestion of the young people of our community, a pilot edition of the book The Price of Jewish Happiness?! (New York, 2020
When one recites the Bracha of "Boreh Peri Ha’gefen" over wine, this Bracha covers all beverages that he intended to drink at that point. Thus, for
Dear Rabbi:
I have an elementary age son who’s obese. He doesn’t enjoy being active. Instead of going outside for recess, the rebbe tells me that he
Where do difficult problems arise now in the creation of young families? Why is it so often that young, beautiful, independent, well-educated
