by Aaron Abadi | Sep 20, 2025 | Modesty & Personal Issues, Shabbat & Yom Tov
These are some of the important halachot for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Keep them simple and meaningful, and don’t overdo it — the goal is connection and joy, not exhaustion. 🕍 Mikvah & Preparation Mikvah is optional. It’s a minhag, not a halachic requirement....
by Aaron Abadi | Sep 15, 2025 | Comments, Prayers & Blessings, Shabbat & Yom Tov
Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur Are Not Sad Days It’s time to retire the myth of the angry, punishing God. Every year, as the High Holidays approach, you can feel the tension rise. Sermons turn stern. Flyers talk about “judgment.” People start to panic about every...
by Aaron Abadi | Sep 7, 2025 | Prayers & Blessings
The practice of reciting Tehillim (Psalms) for the sick is not originally Jewish—it actually began in Christian liturgy. Early Christians would recite Psalms on behalf of the ill, and eventually replaced them with repeated “Hail Marys,” leaving the Psalms behind. In...
by Aaron Abadi | May 29, 2025 | Kashrut
Someone recently asked me this question, so I figured it would be a good idea to clarify for all. The concept of ChaNaN means that when a forbidden substance (like bacon) gets absorbed into a kosher food (like a meat stew), and there isn’t bitul b’shishim (a 1:60...
by Aaron Abadi | Apr 17, 2025 | Pesach Laws
Every year on Pesach I get a flood of questions: “What if a crumb of chametz falls into my coffee at Starbucks?” “What if there’s chametz in my salad or gluten-free soup?” And people are terrified — because on Pesach, chametz isn’t batel (nullified) even in...
