By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Taanis Bechorim (Fast of the Firstborn) is moved to Thursday this year to avoid fasting

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman It is a custom that is far older than many religions, including both Protestant Christi

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The Passover sacrifice (Korban Pesach) was something our ancestors ate when they entered the Midbar and later when the Beis HaMikdash  in Yerushalayim still stood. But why did they eat it? Because Hashem “passed over” (skipped over) the houses of our ancestors in Mitzrayim during the tenth plague, saving them while […]

an Op-Ed Today it was reported in VinNews that Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of international relations for Hamas applied to the European Union a request to remove Hamas’s status as a terrorist organization.  The claim was submitted to the UK home secretary, Yvette Cooper.  The lawyers presenting the claim are from Riverway law. Director […]

as reformulated by Rabbi Yair Hoffman The Plague of the Firstborn: Who Was Punished and Why?   During the final plague in Mitzrayim, Hashem struck down all the firstborn.

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman In February 2013, the papers and library of Chaim Grade, a once ben bayis by the Chazon Ish zt”l, comprising twenty thousand volumes, were jointly acquired by the National Library of Israel and YIVO Institu

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Observing Fast Days When Erev Pesach Falls on Shabbos Regarding when to fast: The authorities ar

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman There is a now famous quote from Rebbitzen Wein____

Restated by Rabbi Yair Hoffman    L’zecher nishmas R’ Tzvi Dovid ben R’ Moshe The Small Aleph and

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman There is a silent threat that is destroying people and families in our community and it is a threat that shou