Jun 23, 2026
Interesting Psak: Shabbos Kipa
Rav Bentzion Hakohen Kook, a rav in Petach Tikva and dayan in Jerusalem, recently discussed a halacha during his weekly shiur that it is recommended to not wear clothing on Shabbos that you wear during the week.
One of the attendees asked if practically one must have a unique clothing item designated for Shabos or can one wear clothes, such as a shirt, that he also wears during the week as long as it is laundered for Shabbos?
Rav Kook responded paskening that clothing that gets laundered regularly, such as shirts for example, can be worn on Shabbos after having be en laundered. There is no need to have unique shirts designated for Shabbos, just launder them for Shabbos. Clothing items that are not normally laundered regularly, such as tallis katan and a kipa, should be designated and unique for Shabbos.
Rav Kook mentioned that he himself saw this by Rev Elyashiv, his rebbi, and has been doing it himself since; Rav Elyashiv had a hanger with his Shabbos clothes prepared in the closet that held his Shabbos pants, tallis katan, kipa and a vest, all specifically designated for Shabbos. Rav Elyashiv did not have a shirt designated for Shabbos, but would change to a freshly laundered shirt before Shabbos.
According to Behadrei, since this psak was recently publicized there has been a run on kipas and tallis katan in the stiores as many people are running to get themsels new kipas and tallis katan that they would designate just for Shabbos use... When Rav Kook heard about this he gave his approval and said anyone who does thhings for the glory, the honor, of Shabbos will definitely receive the merit of the Shabbos providing protection for him and it will be a segula for protection, and will be given unlimited bounty (as promised in the gemara)....
Personally I have had a designated tallis katan for Shabbos for many years as an adult, for as long as I can remember. When I get a new tallis katan, I generally will rotate it in making the new one my "Shabbos tzitzis" and move my previous Shabbos tzitzis into my weekday lineup... I never had a special SHabbos kipa - maybe it is time to get one... back when I used to regularly wear a black hat, I did have a hat designated for Shabbos..
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Jun 21, 2026
The Land of Milk and Honey
Ben and Jerry's of Israel, a strong Zionist company that is no longer related to the anti-Israel American global company Ben & Jerry's, has produced a new flavor that just recently hit the shelves of our retail stores. The new flavor is called Chalav uDvash - Milk and Honey.
I have seen some people describe the flavor as basically vanilla, maybe vanilla chocolate chip, but I think it is better than that. We really like it in our house. It is at minimum a super enhanced vanilla chocolate chip. The honey makes a big difference in it not just being a shade of vanilla.
What makes this flavor unique is that it is produced from ingredients all locally sourced in southern Israel from the communities in the Gaza envelope. The milk comes from a dairy farm in the area, the honey is produced from bees in Yad Mordechai, the magen dovid, the six pointed Jewish star, shaped chunks of chocolate are made by a chocolatier in the area and the artwork on the container is from a local artist in the area. And it tastes great as well. And is also a mehadrin flavor, for those that only eat their mehadrin flavors. And profits (I do not know what percentage) from the sales of this flavor are donated to an organization that is involved in helping with the rebuilding of the affected communities...
the following videos are taken from the Ben and Jerry's website (again, the Israeli company, not the American global company)... and you can get more details about the production of this flavor there...
enjoy the new flavor, and feel good about eating ice cream knowing you are also supporting a good cause in the support of our southenr Gaza envelope communities.
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Jun 18, 2026
Picture of the Day
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| as seen in Monsey |
we have gone from Trump being possibly mashiach and davening for Donald ben Fred to Trump being a fehrd (a horse, colloquially in Yiddish, a fool)....
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Eichler's absurdity
Deputy Minister Yisrael Eichler has been part of a weird situation for the last several months....
Because of a dispute between Degel Hatorah and Agudat Israel, the two factions (not including the sub-factions) making up the political party Yahadut Hatorah regarding a rotation agreement that was supposed to be implemented moving Yitzchak Pindrus back into the Knesset for Degel, the beis din ajudicating the case came up with a solution ro resolve the issue. The solution was to have Yisrael Eichler be appointed as a Deputy Minister which would allow him to resign from the Knesset and open a spot for Yitzchak Pindrus under the "Norwegian Law".
Eichler became Deputy Minister in the government Ministry of Communications despite Yahadut Hatorah, United Torah Judaism, his party, having had left the coalition back in July 2025. This was an absurd situation in which UTJ was not part of the coalition due to their protesting the government's handling (or actually, not handling) of the draft law they wanted/needed but one of their members took and held a government position as Deputy Minister.
It now gets even more absurd.
Deputy Minister Eichler gives an interview to Mishpacha Magazine for this week's edition of the publication. The purpose of the interview is to talk politics and Eichler's work and the Day Care Law he is trying to get passed, among other things.
During the interview Eichler makes an interesting and absurd statement. He says, "I am not a partner in this government and I have not participated in any government meetings. [Being a Deputy Minister] is purely a technical matter."
I remember back in 2015 Yaakov Litzman took the position of Minister. That was the first time a UTJ representative took a ministerial position. Until 2015 the approach of UTJ was to not take ministerial positions in government saying this basically absolves them of any government decisions that might be against halacha such as chilul shabbos and the like. Since Litzman broke the ice, UTJ reps have regularly taken more and increasingly more ministerial positions. .jpg)
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So they used to avoid being a partner in the government by refusing to take ministerial positions, and now they take ministerial positions but still deny membership and responsiblity for government decisions. Absurd.
Further, taking a position as Deputy Minister is an expensive matter and it comes with great responsibility. There is important work to do both in the ministry and in the government. It comes with offices, advisors, car and driver, pension and all sorts of discretionary funds and budgets. Yet Eichler takes all that and is obviously, by his own admission, not doing his job. he does not participate in government meetings. It is just a technical appointment to satisfy the dispute between Degel and Agudah and get Pindrus back into Knesset.
Cynically, it is all just a matter of jobs to them to help themselves to a parnassa and not actually do anything they are supposed to be doing as a matter of representing their voters and the people of Israel (in ministerial positions especially, more so than just as Knesset members, they are supposed to be representing all of Israel not just their voters).
Absurd. Eichler is a Deputy Minister when his party is not a member of the government coalition and then claims even as Deputy Minister he is not part of the government that is doing things he does not agree with. It makes sense and fits very nicely with a government that does not take repsonsiblity for anything and blames everything on everyone else.
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