Saying Tehillim for the sick

Here is the source for saying Tehillim. I know it is difficult to accept, but it is unfortunately true. The Gemara and Shulchan Aruch say it is not allowed. Rabbi Abadi was very against it. You can study Tehillim. That is different, but saying it to help sick people...

Tisha Be’Av 2022

This year is a NIDCHEH, which means the fast day was postponed.  The actual fast day would have been Shabbat, and we don’t fast on Shabbat, so it was postponed to Sunday. It has the same level of stringency as the other fast days, like Taanit Esther and Tzom...

Oats now on the Pesach List

If you noticed, we added oat products to the list this year and we will approve them on product ingredients. if you look at our FAQ page, you’ll see that oats is not one of the five types of grains, and therefore cannot be Chametz. years ago we posted oat products and...

Why certain cheeses are a problem and others are not

Gevinat Akum includes some cheeses, but not others. How does that work? I’ve been asked this many times. Hopefully the following will explain it There’s a vast scale of what might be considered gevina. It spans from hard cheeses that are aged for years, to standard...