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cRc Torah Achievement Award – 2023

cRc Torah Achievement Award Mazal Tov to this years’ winners of the cRc Torah Achievement Award. The award is given to a senior in each high school who will be studying in Israel during the 5784 school year and displays dedication to Torah and to the maintenance of high Middot standards. Ilan Blumenthal – Ida…


HF Hebrew Academy Visits the cRc

Rabbi Kraft and Rabbi Moscowitz spoke with students from HF Hebrew Academy from Missouri.


Congratulations to the Winners of The Rebbetzin Shoshana Schwartz, ע״ה, Torah Essay Contest – 5783

The cRc wishes Mazal Tov to this year’s winners of the Rebbetzin Shoshana Schwartz, a”h, Torah Essay Contest: Winner:  Liba Posner (Lubavitch Girls High School) with her essay entitled “A Single, Perfect Whole”. (Read The Essay) Runners up: Nechama Levi (Bais Yaakov High School of Chicago) Avi London (Fasman Yeshiva High School) Chaya Mushka Wolf…


cRc Shavuos Divrei Torah 5783

                Shavuos Divrei Torah 5783


Examining the Arbitration Agreement known as the “Halachic Prenup”

   Download as a PDF Examining the Arbitration Agreement Known as the “Halachic Prenup” Elka Blonder  Since the 1990s, a document known as the “Halachic Prenup” has been endorsed by many prestigious rabbis of the Jewish world.[1] While the Halachic Prenup was primarily initiated by rabbis associated with Yeshiva University, an institution at the center…


THE REBBETZIN SHOSHANA SCHWARTZ, ע”ה TORAH ESSAY CONTEST – 5783

Dear Seniors, Each year, the Chicago Rabbinical Council proudly sponsors the Rebbetzin Shoshana Schwartz Torah Essay Contest. The contest is open to all seniors studying in Orthodox Jewish high schools in the Chicago metropolitan area who will attend a yeshiva or seminary in Israel for the 5784/2023-2024 academic year. Our objective is to promote serious…


Pesach Divrei Torah 5783

cRc Pesach Divrei Torah 5783                   This cRc publication contains Divrei Torah from: – Harav Yona Reiss: Short Haggadah Insights. – Rabbi Eitan M. Allen: The One Not at the Seder. – Rabbi Menachem Linzer: The Deeper Meaning Behind Heseiba at the Seder – Rabbi Yehuda Meyers:…


Purim 5783

cRc Purim Divrei Torah 5783                   This cRc publication contains Divrei Torah from: Harav Yona Reiss: Don’t Give Up Hope. Rabbi Yosef Posner: Feel Free to Act Free Freely.  


Rabbi Reiss and Rabbi Kraft at the JCC and Or Torah

For Parshat Mishpatim, Rabbi Reiss and Rabbi Kraft spoke at YU Torah MiTzion Parsha and Pizza Groups at the JCC and at Or Torah. The Dayanim shared with the students how the Mitzvot in the Parsha are applied in Beth Din.


Harav Yona Reiss Shiur – Drinking On Purim

Listen to Drinking on Purim Shiur by Rabbi Yona Reiss on YUTorah.org Here.   Marei Mekomos: שכרות בפוריםבפורים – Rabbi Reiss (cRc Membership Shiur) 2.20.23