cRc Beth Din News

Mazal Tov to this year’s winners of the cRc Rebbetzin Shoshana Schwartz, a”h, Torah Research Project: First Place Winner: Mussi Hecht (Lubavitch Girls High School) for her essay “Halakhic Directives as Regards to Jewish Soldiers Fighting in War,” and Leah Gitty Rand (Bais Yaakov High School of Chicago) for “Redeeming Captives.” Second Place Winners: Nava Dreytser…

cRc Shavuos Divrei Torah 5785

Articles include:

When did Rus Covert? – by Rabbi Yona Reiss
Standing for Torah Teachers – by Rabbi Shalom Baum
Shavuot: The Forgotten Holiday 5785 – By Rabbi Louis Lazovsky
Shavuos: The Happiest Yom Tov? – By Rabbi Meir S. Moscowitz 

Click HERE to listen to Rabbi Reiss speak about “Every shul has one” – dealing with the person who disturbs everyone

At the recent RIETS Dinner     Click HERE to watch and listen to the recording of Rav Reiss’ shiur on International Law in Halacha האם יש מושג בהלכה של משפט בינלאומית בנוגע למלחמה בעזה? The following article was published this year from his talk at the conference last year on the topic of היתר עגונות בעקבות…

cRc Pesach Divrei Torah 5785 Articles include: The Minhag of “Not Mishing”  Not Eating Out on Pesach – By Rav Yona Reiss Karpas as the Conduit for Connection – Rabbi Yechiel Bresler The Symbolism of the Egg – By Rabbi Daniel Fox The Hardest Words to Say:  “I Was Wrong” – By Rabbi Akiva Males…

Divrei Torah – Purim 5785   Divrei Torah include: Rav Yona Reiss – Purim Meshulash Rabbi Dovid D. Flinkenstein – When Shushan Surpassed Sinai Rabbi Elisha M. Prero – Simcha on Purim    

To listen to Members Meeting Shiur by Rav Yona Reiss on Purim Meshulash click here To view Marei Mekomos download the PDF here

For Chicago Rabbinical Currents Volume 1, click->Here<-  Volume 2 | Issue 4  Iyar 5785 Personal Beliefs and the Conversion Process – By Rabbi Aaron Kraft Does Maple Syrup Need Hashgacha – By Rabbi Yochanan Schnall   Volume 2 | Issue 3  Nissan 5785 Zabla Panels and Courts – By Rav Yona Reiss Matzah – Part 2…

For more than two decades, the Chicago Rabbinical Council has sponsored an annual essay contest open to seniors in local high schools and yeshivot who plan to continue their Torah studies during the following year in Israel. For many years the contest was sponsored through the generosity of our Chaver Rabbi Harold Karp, z”l. In…