Rather than abandon prayer in the face of tragedy, Judaism asks us to deepen it. We do not pray to overturn nature but to find strength within the divine natural order.

Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (RSZA): In order that our living in it should not seem like a burden עול since we are commanded about it, rather the opposite. We are happy and craving to settle our ...

This is the time for “leaving Egypt” in every area of life. Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach was one of the greatest rabbis, scholars, and halachic authorities of this generation. As Passover ...

It follows the halachic principles outlined by Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt”l, ensuring that movement occurs only after a brief delay. The mechanical hand brakes function like those on a ...

He would confer with Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, he said, and report back to her. Rav Shlomo Zalman ruled that, for now, she should wear a head-covering for all matters of sanctity, such as ...

Who were the skeptics, I asked? It named three high-profile Haredi rabbis — (Shmuel) Kamenetsky, (Chaim) Kanievsky and Shlomo Zalman Auerbach. But it’s untrue. Kamenetsky told people to ...

Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Z”L had a very special custom. Shortly after a relative, friend or close student would move into a new home, he would ask to visit. Although he would only stay for a ...

The importance of vaccines is so significant and clear that the great medical halacha experts of the twentieth century, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg, permitted ...

Legend has it that Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, z’’l, had a special custom when it came to receiving mishloach manot (gifts) on Purim. He would taste from the items no matter what the ...

And he did so without ego, personal interests or agendas. Like his saintly father-in-law, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt”l, Rav Zalman Nechemia was a posek with tremendous sensitivity and a ...

The eulogy further noted that "he was the son in law of the great Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach but he earned his own greatness. "He was the ultimate embodiment of humility, piety and Torah scholarship.

This is the guidance of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, a great halachic authority of our generation. The most important thing, Levin said, is to have a personal spiritual mentor, a mashpia rabbi ...