Is One Allowed to Distort the Truth for Peace? Does Applying Chassidus Rob It of Its Purity? Can People Really Change? What is the Contemporary Relevance of Yud Beis Tammuz? • MyLife Episode 123 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

The Schwartz family from Eretz Yisroel is visiting their friends, the Goldsteins. On Shabbos morning, Mrs. Schwartz is helping Mrs. Goldstein set the table for the Shabbos seudah. “The cutlery?” Mrs. Schwartz asks. “Sure,” Mrs. Goldstein replies, opening her utensil drawer • Watch

Before pursuing a shidduch we should ascertain that the candidate is actually Jewish, is halachically considered single, and is not one of the pesulei chittun. Written by Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, member of the Badatz of Crown Heights • Full Article

Humor opens up people’s hearts and can lighten a heavy mood. We all can appreciate a good joke and sharp wit, but is humor always appropriate? Can non-Jews study Torah? Should I always trust my Mashpia’s advice? • MyLife Episode 122 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

The AT”O organization together with Rabbi Eliyahu Y. Binyomisohn are proud to release the Sicha of Shabbos Korach – 3rd of Tammuz 5751 with a linear English translation for the first time ever • Download

Websites can generate income by hosting advertisements; when a visitor clicks on an ad, the site owner receives a small payout from the advertiser. Written by Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, member of the Badatz of Crown Heights • Full Article

In the summer weeks it can be difficult to dress in accordance with Halacha, many times it is due to the lack of knowledge in the Halacha. We present you a part of a Sicha from the Rebbe on this topic • Full Article

Once upon a time the camel, horse and donkey were the primary means of transport for both men and women. There are guidelines for men: they may not ride an animal bareback—they are required to use a saddle. There are guidelines for women, as well • Watch

Someone lays claim to another’s possessions. “The majority of poskim rule in my favor,” the claimant avers. The current owner counters that there is a halachic opinion in his favor, and majority or minority is irrelevant: “Kim li—I am of this opinion!” Written by Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, member of the Badatz of Crown Heights • Full Article

What should our attitude be towards those with attitude? To what extent should things be pinned on parental influence? • MyLife Episode 120 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

When confronted by a foolish person, Mishlei warns us, “Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest even you become like him.” The very next pasuk seemingly advises the opposite, “Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he see himself as a wise person in his [own] eyes” • Watch

Standing in Shul at the hot water urn between Mincha and Maariv, a Styrofoam cup of tea in my left hand and a clean plastic spoon in my right, I’m ready to dig into the jumbo-sized sugar bowl, when I stop in my tracks Written by Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, member of the Badatz of Crown Heights • Full Article

If there was a pill that guaranteed self-control…, what is the virtue of effort and taking the initiative? How does one ensure that spiritual growth isn’t compromised during summer? • MyLife Episode 119 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

There are myriad potential issurim associated with brushing teeth on Shabbos, even with a manual toothbrush. Different poskim propose one or more of the following restrictions • Watch

In honor of Shabbos Parshas Bamidbar and Shavuos, “Hamachon L’Hafatzas Torahso Shel Moshiach” is publishing for the first time a Maamer the Rebbe said fifty years ago, 5726 • Download

The following points were distilled from a series of public shiurim that were delivered by Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, member of the Badatz of Crown Heights • Halachos, Download

A brachah rishonah (preliminary blessing) is required prior to the consumption of even the minutest amount of food or drink. What if a person begins to eat and then realizes they forgot to recite a brachah? • Watch

How can I balance my talents and the need to earn a living? Temptation: Is walking with my eyes closed the solution? When, if ever, is it my place to rebuke someone? • MyLife Episode 118 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

If a community suffers the misfortune of an av beis din shesarach (a Rabbi who sinned), whose wrongdoing would be cause for the common man to be excommunicated. Written by Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, member of the Badatz of Crown Heights • Full Article

A new volume of the much heralded new set of ‘Sefer Hamamorim’, the Rebbe’s Mamorim organized by Parsha and time of year, was just released. This volume contains the Mamorim on Rosh Chodesh. The Sefer can be purchased at 770 and in local Crown Heights book stores • Full Story

This question is especially pronounced in the current backdrop of our society’s admirable attitude to the physically impaired, as reflected in many of today’s laws, like the USA’s Americans with Disabilities Act, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability in employment • MyLife Episode 117 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

It is the prevailing custom in many Jewish communities for each participant to recite Hamotzie on their individual slice of challah or bread when sitting down to a meal – and not meeting their obligation by being included in the host’s brachah. Written by Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, member of the Badatz of Crown Heights • Full Article

We seem to be experiencing a serious vacuum in leadership? People cannot even agree on an authority to trust. With various issues arising, like the recent controversy around building an eiruv in Crown Heights – how are we to find any clarity today? • MyLife Episode 116 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson • Watch

This past Shabbos, the 13th of Iyar was the Yartzeit of the Rebbe’s younger brother Reb Ysiroel Aryeh Leib. We present our readers with a short biography on his outstanding life • Full Story

B’ hashgacha pratis, you encounter someone who is not yet shomer Torah u’mitzvos. You feel that this Jewish neshamah would appreciate a Torah thought, but you are in a quandary: “May I teach this person Torah if they have not recited Birchas HaTorah?” • Watch