Author: Rabbi Cohen

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

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?