by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the S’fas Tamim Foundation The unvarnished truth is that any society that deifies a Charles-Manson-like mass-murderer instead of seven murdered victims including a 14 year old child has so turned morality upside down that it should no longer be entrusted to educate children.  The reaction of schools throughout the entire […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com About 14 years ago, Dr. Spencer Johnson wrote a book titled Who Moved My Cheese? It’s a parable about four mice that had it all, but then their world collapsed when their cheese disappeared. There are profound moral lessons in that book. In the past 14 months, the wholesale […]

It was probably because he could not find another place to Daven Mincha that could afford him an atmosphere where people would not find him strange.  Either that or the other possible venue had a tznius problem.  Regardless, the Muslims found it a beautiful thing.  The video was posted by Nouri Sardar on Twitter and […]

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the S’fas Tamim Foundation This week’s parsha discusses that apogee of Hashem’s Divine Providence to Klal Yisroel – the exodus from Mitzrayim. In regard to the actual sending out of the nation of Israel from Mitzrayim, the Yalkut Shimoni (Tehillim 819) cites Rabbi Pinchas in the name of Rabbi Hoshiyah:  […]

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman The pasuk in regard to Moshe Rabbeinu states, “Vayar b’sivlosam.”  Watch this 2 and 1/2 minute video – not to forget the Kedoshim hy”d who fell this past Shabbos evening.

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com In the past twelve months, the wholesale cost of potato kugel for Yeshivos and shuls has doubled in price.  Last year, Yeshivos paid $30 for an 18 by 26 large pan of kugel.  Now the price is $60 or more.  For shuls that pay for their own kiddushes – […]

The footage is set to SWAT Music written by Barry De Vorzon in 1975 and performed by Rhythm Heritage

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times You come home, it is late. Generally, in New York, when you come home late there is literally no parking within blocks of your home. But Boruch Hashem, you are one of the lucky ones. You have a driveway. You turn onto your block and, […]

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Our question, of course, is what is the halacha? Do we make a bracha on it or not?  But first, let’s discuss the topic.  According to Newsweek, as reported this morning, Italian photographer, Rebecca Paviola has just captured footage of an extremely rare atmospheric phenomenon called Mother-of-Pearl Clouds, or […]

by Aiyal Golamsky In a new development, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, both the United States and Germany have agreed to provide tanks to Ukraine, in its battle to regain stolen territory taken by Russia. The M1 Abrams from the US and Germany’s  Leopard 2 are both modern, heavily-armored main battle tanks that […]