Author: Rabbi Cohen

THE OFFICIAL YESHIVA CHEVRUSA- MATCHING QUESTIONAIRE

Rabbi Shlomo Cohen www.hiqjew.com We have computerized your Chevrusa search. Please answer all questions as candidly as you dare. Name___________________              What does everybody call you ?   _ _ _ _ey Are you an in-towner___out-of-towner___? FFB___ BT___ FFBWSL___ [Frum From Birth With Some Lapses] How many years have you been in Yeshiva?_______ How many years have … Continue reading THE OFFICIAL YESHIVA CHEVRUSA- MATCHING QUESTIONAIRE

PART THREE – DO YOU REALLY WANT THIS MINHAG?

Given the lack of Hadracha given to most young men and women, we will now proceed to outline a basic approach. If nothing else, this should give you an idea of what is acceptable, what issues need be considered and what Sh’eilos need be asked. Too often, a new BT walks into Yiddishkeit with his/her … Continue reading PART THREE – DO YOU REALLY WANT THIS MINHAG?

PART TWO MINHAG AND MESORA – REINSTITUTING LAWS AND CUSTOMS THAT HAVE TERMINATED

Rabbi Shlomo Cohen www.HIQJEW.com As Part One of this paper took shape, a series of discussions ensued regarding a connected subject; in what instances may an Ashkenazi eat Chagovim [kosher locusts]? This, in turn, led to a series of interesting questions which, in turn led to a number of conversations regarding the status of Minhagim. … Continue reading PART TWO MINHAG AND MESORA – REINSTITUTING LAWS AND CUSTOMS THAT HAVE TERMINATED

Part one — Should We Wear T’chailes? Who’s a true-blue Jew ?

  Rabbi Shlomo Cohen WWW.HIQJEW.COM   Mazel Tov! After thirteen hundred years of being unable to perform a Mitzva in the best way possible, the special dye required for the blue string on the Tzitzis has been rediscovered…. Or has it?  Whether it is the real McCoy or not has some interesting ramifications in Halacha. … Continue reading Part one — Should We Wear T’chailes? Who’s a true-blue Jew ?

What You Really Ought To Know About The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

S. Cohen  10/04 www.hiqjew.com Stay Calm, but we just found out that the light at the end of the tunnel is really an oncoming train. Attention! Due to financial constraints the light at the end of the tunnel will be shut off until further notice. No wonder New Yorkers never smile. The light at the … Continue reading What You Really Ought To Know About The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

On the Applicability of the Snappir V’Kaskesses rule vis-a-vis the Gefilte Fish & the Lox

Shlomo Cohen www.hiqjew.com It is a well known fact that in order to be kosher a fish must exhibit two signs. It must have both fins and scales. The Gefilte fish – genus; Pikecarpus, species; Rokeachus  – and the lox – genus; smokedus, species; salmoniuos- are readily observed to have neither. {Other species in the … Continue reading On the Applicability of the Snappir V’Kaskesses rule vis-a-vis the Gefilte Fish & the Lox

A Scientific Analysis of the Densest Material Known To Man

Shlomo Cohen www.hiqjew.com An international team of top-flight physicists met at a forum to discuss progress in their field. The conference lasted several days and the ideas produced will be fueling speculation for years to come. After years of experimentation, the team of Prof. Seymour D’Tale, his grandmother, Lotta D’Tale  and Dr. Asher Yatzar have … Continue reading A Scientific Analysis of the Densest Material Known To Man

THE GAONESS BOOK OF WORLD JEWISH RECORDS

Rabbi Shlomo Cohen www.hiqjew.com While we are not interested in preventing bar fights, fights in the Bais Medrash are another story. These amazing records have been duly validated and are recognized by the World Board of World Records. If you wish to try for a record, the policy of the Board is that all dangerous … Continue reading THE GAONESS BOOK OF WORLD JEWISH RECORDS

WOW!!! The atom is smaller than I thought

  Rabbi Shlomo Cohen 4/22/04 www.HIQJEW.com The hydrogen atom is the smallest, lightest atom. It is composed of one electron circling one proton. Scientists have recently managed to clock the speed of the electron as it spins in its orbit around the proton. In doing so they needed to use a prefix to name the … Continue reading WOW!!! The atom is smaller than I thought

Use of the Dishwasher for Milgchig and Fleishig Dishes

Rabbi Shlomo Cohen www.hiQjew.com There are several possibilities that are apparent in permitting or prohibiting the use of a household dishwasher for both meat and dairy utensils. One possibility is that one may use the dishwasher,one load after another, without waiting at all between loads, as long as any real foodstuffs have been cleared from … Continue reading Use of the Dishwasher for Milgchig and Fleishig Dishes

Can a Kale Malei be said at Mincha when M’Vorachim HaChodesh was said at Shachris?

Rabbi Shlomo Cohen Feb.2014 www.hiqjew.com This question has been percolating in my Shul for several years. Someone asked me to make a Kale Malei at Shabbos Mincha since it couldn’t be said at Shachris due to the fact that it is not said when we are M’vorachim HaChodesh, among other times. I told him that … Continue reading Can a Kale Malei be said at Mincha when M’Vorachim HaChodesh was said at Shachris?

THE SHABBOS QUEEN MEETS THE HIGH TECH KING

  Technology and the spirit of Shabbos Rabbi Shlomo Cohen www.hiqjew.com From the time we initially received the Torah, until after World War I, technological innovation crept along at a snail’s pace.  Even for some time afterward, the average person did not have access to much that technology had to offer. A mere sixty or … Continue reading THE SHABBOS QUEEN MEETS THE HIGH TECH KING

The Great Cholov Yisroel Misunderstanding

Rabbi Shlomo Cohen www.HIQJEW.com Few people really understand the issue of Cholov Yisroel. Shidduchim have broken up over the issue. Those who keep it look down on those who don’t. Those who don’t, assume that they are totally in the right and only fanatics worry about it. To understand what is really involved requires a … Continue reading The Great Cholov Yisroel Misunderstanding

CHASUNA PREPARATIONS FOR THE KALLA

  A practical guide and checklist Edited and revised by Rabbi Shlomo Cohen www.hiqjew.com   First, a Mazel Tov! Congratulations on becoming a Kalla. You are entering a very special and exciting time in your life. Very suddenly, your time is filled with a hundred different things to do. This guide should assist you immeasurably. … Continue reading CHASUNA PREPARATIONS FOR THE KALLA

CHASUNA PREPARATIONS FOR THE CHOSON

A practical guide and checklist by Rabbi Shlomo Cohen www.hiqjew.com First, a Mazel Tov! Congratulations on becoming a Choson. You are entering a very special and exciting time in your life. Very suddenly, your time is filled with a hundred different things to do. This guide should assist you immeasurably. 1-Ohr Somayach has a set … Continue reading CHASUNA PREPARATIONS FOR THE CHOSON

THE 10 WORST MISTAKES PARENTS MAKE and how to avoid them

BY RABBI SHLOMO COHEN www.hiqjew.com Look around you. Secular society is falling apart at the seams and for all that, the Frum world says that they are maintaining their standards against the tide, it appears that there are major breaches in our defenses. Get a realistic view of what goes on in our schools. It’s … Continue reading THE 10 WORST MISTAKES PARENTS MAKE and how to avoid them

THE “LOST YEARS” HAVE BEEN FOUND

  Rabbi Shlomo Cohen www.hiqjew.com Feb. 2014 Secular scholars posit an additional 165 years in Jewish history, based on a list of Persian kings, which disagrees with Jewish history as given by traditional sources such as Seder Olam Raba, Tzemach Dovid or Seder HaDoros. Jewish chronology gives 410 and 420 years for the 2 Batei … Continue reading THE “LOST YEARS” HAVE BEEN FOUND