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Rabbi Reiss’ visits to New York and Israel

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…


Divrei Torah for Pesach 5785

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…


Purim 5785

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    


Chicago Rabbinical Currents Volume 2

For Chicago Rabbinical Currents Volume 1, click->Here<-  Volume 2 | Issue 3  Nissan 5785 Zabla Panels and Courts – By Rav Yona Reiss Matzah – Part 2 – By Rabbi Dovid Cohen   Volume 2 | Issue 2  Adar 5785 Matzah – By Rabbi Dovid Cohen  Kosher Witnesses – By Rabbi Yisroel Langer  Volume 2 |…


The Rebbetzin Shoshana Schwartz, a”h, Chicago Rabbinical Council Torah Research Project 5785

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…


cRc Divrei Torah – Chanukah 5785

cRc Divrei Torah – Chanukah 5785 Contents: Light and Darkness – Rav Yona Reiss Should the Branches of the Menorah Be Round or Straight? – Rabbi Yochanan Posner Hashem Loves the Righteous – Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi Garsek Shalom Bayit: Chanukah’s Rival or Chanukah’s Goal? – Rabbi Noach Goldstein


Chadashot – The Year In Review – 5785/2024

Chadashot 5785


cRc Torah Achievement Award – 5784/2024

cRc Torah Achievement Award Mazal Tov to this year’s 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 5785 school year and displays dedication to Torah and to the maintenance of high Middot standards. Eitan Frankenthal (Fasman Yeshiva…


Divrei Torah for Shavuos 5784

cRc Shavuos Divrei Torah 5784 Articles include: Eating a Dairy Meal on Shavuos  – by Rabbi Yona Reiss How the Torah was Given – by Rabbi Eitan Allen Understanding the Dual Nature of Observing Shavuos – by Rabbi Ari Marinelli What in the World are We Thinking… When We Learn Torah – By Rabbi Yosef…


Divrei Torah for Pesach 5784

cRc Pesach Divrei Torah 5784 Articles include: “Dayenu”: Exclamation or Exhortation?  – by Rabbi Yona Reiss The Winning Strategy – by Rabbi Joel Gutstein Concealing the Afikoman – by Rabbi Aron Wolf