I would like to ask for advice when in the following situation: Being in a cycle of having a habit to certain things that are forbidden, without the motivation to work on getting better. Basically, knowing that it is forbidden, having the animal soul repeatedly and naturally win. And not being m...

The Chofetz Chaim in Sefer Nidchei Yisroel makes some shocking statements about those born to parents who did not keep the halachos of Nidda. See beginning of chapter 41, where he assumes that these children will be evil and rebel against God. At the end of the chapter see here (middle of the fir...

To work out the exchange rate between the mishnayos/gemoroh money and nowadays to make the numbers more realistic.

After some discussion with some chavrusot, someone mentioned that there is a Rashi somewhere in Shas that discusses either the streets of Venice, or at least a city with "dry streets" surrounded by water. I cannot seem to locate a source for this using other methods. Has anyone heard of a mekor f...

If there are no kohanim in shul on shabbat, Ashkenazi practice is to give the first aliyah to a levi or yisrael, and the subsequent six aliyot to yisraelim. (See Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 135:6,9,10.) What happens if there are no kohanim and five or fewer yisraelim, with the rest of the minyan m...