cRc Beth Din

Students Visit cRc Beth Din

Rabbi Reiss met with Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel and his students from The Chabad Campus for Jewish Life and Living in Champaign, Illinois this past Sunday, April 19.


Divrei Torah for Shavuos 5786

cRc Shavuos Divrei Torah 5786

Articles include:

– The Mitzva of Loving a Ger – by Rabbi Yona Reiss
– When Salvation Is Not Yet Success – A Shavuos Reflection on Hallel – by Rabbi Dovid Flinkenstein
– Get Your Head Out of the Clouds: Receiving Torah in the Digital Age – by Rabbi Shaanan Gelman
– COUNTerintuitive – by Rabbi Joel Gutstein


Purim 5786

Divrei Torah – Purim 5786   Divrei Torah include: Rav Yona Reiss – Shoshanat Yaakov: A Rose by our Name Rabbi Noach Goldstein – Sirtut of Megillat Esther and the Underlying Meaning of Purim Rabbi Yochanan Posner- The Mound, the Ditch, and a Partial Explanation of the Mystery of Antisemitism    


Rabbi Reiss and Rabbi Hertz at the Community Menorah Lighting

Click HERE to read the online article about the community Menorah lighting.


cRc Divrei Torah – Chanukah 5786

  cRc Divrei Torah – Chanukah 5786 Contents: There is No Other Choice – Rav Yona Reiss The Spiritual DNA of the Jewish People – Rabbi Michael Myers Chanukah: A Clarion Call for Clarity– Rabbi Chaim Pollock Money May Talk, but Listen to the Chanukah Gelt – Rabbi Yochanan Posner


Eating in the Rain – Guidelines for Contending with Rainfall on the First and Second Nights of Sukkos 5786

By Rav Yona Reiss, Av Beis Din, cRc Generally, there is no obligation to eat in the Sukkah when it rains to the degree that the soup would get ruined. This is based on the exemption of “mitztaer” – that a person who is significantly uncomfortable need not eat in the Sukkah. The Torah says…


Chadashot – The Year in Review – 5786/2025

Chadashot 5786


Divrei Torah for Shavuos 5785

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 


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…


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…