A. The title means preacher. It’s rarely used nowadays, but was more common in Eastern Europe in the 200 years leading up to the Holocaust. It can go either way.
Rebbe Dov Ber, the successor to ...
A. Of course not! In fact, on Shabbos Chanukah we had to kindly ask a reporter/photographer to leave and come back on a weeknight. Those pictures were taken before Shabbos, of the set-up or arrangements. Usu...
A. I do sometimes. First of all, from what I’ve seen, it’s not used in the Chabad community (not sure why not at this time). Secondly, on a personal level, holding out an extended object for a le...
A. On Shabbos we’re not allowed to stir food cooking “on the fire” because that assists with the cooking process. If we’d leave the Cholent “on the fire” (in the hot crock...
A. Of course it is possible, if his Bar-Mitzvah reading falls in the portion of Vayera, where this story is told. It’s usually read in November. In 1991 it was read on October 26th.