cRc Beth Din

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: Roots and Resilience


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.  


Pictures from the cRc Pruzbul Signing 5

Above Pruzbul Signing at Congregation K.I.N.S. Below In Hamodia:


Sapprim #34

Click HERE to enjoy the latest issue of Sappirim. The entire series can be found at www.Sappirim.com. This issue includes: Sukkah Standards Chol Hamoed Sukkos After Shemittah Arab Minim Section  


Shemittah Newsletter #11

Issue #11 includes: Using Shemittah Produce – By Rabbi Dovid Cohen Shemittah on a Leap Year – By Rabbi Aaron Kraft     Shemitta Newsletter Vol # 11


Congratulations to the Winners of The Rebbetzin Shoshana Schwartz, ע”ה, Torah Essay Contest

The cRc wishes Mazal Tov to this year’s winners of the Rebbetzin Shoshana Schwartz, a”h, Torah Essay Contest: Donny Friedman (Fasman Yeshiva High School), winner of the Maintaining Halacha Through the Pandemic category (Read The Essay), and Amitai Kakon (Ida Crown Jewish Academy), winner of the TaNaCH category (Read the Essay). Mazal Tov also to:…


cRc Vegetable-Inspection Training Seminars

An introduction to Checking Fruits and Vegetables by Rabbi Langer (Download) Fruit and Vegetable Policy overview (Download) Fruit and Vegetable Policy (Download)



Epstein Hebrew Academy Students meet with Rabbi Reiss Shlitah.

Students from Epstein Hebrew Academy in St. Louis met with Rabbi Reiss in the Beth Din on Memorial Day 2022.