HaRav Binyomin Zev Horvitz is a Bnei Brak-based talmid chacham and author best known for his serious halachic work on modern-day Techeiles. In a subject that can get noisy very quickly — part Gemara, part mesorah, part archaeology, part chemistry, and part communal nerves — Rav Horvitz took the quieter route. He sat down with…
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כתיב (א) גדילים תעשה לך על ד׳ כנפי כסותך אשר תכסה בה בפרשת תצא ובפרשת שלח ועשו להם ציצית על כנפי בגדיהם לדורותם ותניא בסיפרי [שלח] ומביאה בפרק התכלת (מנחות דף מ״ב) ציצית אין לה שיעור למעלה אבל יש לה שיעור למטה ומהו שיעורה למטה אמר רב פפא [שם בדף מ״א] הלכתא ארבע בתוך שלש…
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The new rabbi of Mizrachi in Melbourne wears Techeiles. Mizrachi of Melbourne is the biggest shul of the city with thousands of members and multiple Shabbos minyanim (about 5). From https://rabbisacks.org/people/daniel-epstein/: Rabbi Daniel Epstein was the Senior Rabbi at The Western Marble Arch Synagogue in London’s West End from 2021-2025. Born and raised in London, Rabbi Daniel…
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Joel Guberman wrote in a private text: “I was zoche to give HaRav Druckman zt”l a tallit with techeilet after he was mesader kiddushin of my daughter… [he] received a tallit as a gift. It was tyed Raavad chinuch. His grandson said he wore the tallit on shabbat. When asked his opinion he was quoted…
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Itamar Ben-Gvir did not come into public life through the usual yeshiva-world track, and he did not arrive looking polished. He came in through protest, confrontation, and the nationalist right. Born on May 6, 1976, in Mevaseret Zion, he grew up in a secular Mizrahi family with Iraqi and Kurdish roots. During the years of…
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The Krechnif tying method is very similar to Belzer Chulyos, but the difference is that when looping the Shamash through the middle, one loops it twice over. It’s almost like a windsor tie knot versus half a windsor.
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The Magen Avraham of Trisk holds that the chulyos need to start full after each double knot, as opposed to completing the previous Chulya broken off. In Belz, there was an argument between R’ Yissachar Dov from Belz and his son, the succeeding Belzer Rav, when they do the Chulyos, do they do it 3-3-1…
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I saw in the booklet of the Ptil Tekhelet Association on Parashat Shelach, which included several articles about Tekhelet, and all of them are worthy of praise. However, one article seems to warrant critique. This is what my friend Rabbi Shlomo Teitelbaum, shlit”a, wrote regarding the number of threads. He wrote that one should follow…
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You don’t need to be in Brooklyn to learn from Rabbi Eli Mansour. But if you are, chances are you’ve heard him live—clear, steady, and straight to the heart. Born in 1968 and raised in Brooklyn’s Syrian Sephardic community, Rabbi Mansour’s path took him from local yeshivot like Magen David and Shaare Torah, to serious…
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You’ve probably heard it a dozen times at Yeshivat Kisse Rahamim in Bnei Brak: “Go to Rabbi Yehonatan Mazuz when you need clarity and fire in your learning.” He didn’t just stumble into teaching; you see right away that he’s after the guts of every sugyah. Whether he’s unpacking a halachah or tracing a Talmudic…
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