This issue features many interesting and informative articles that touch on a wide variety of relevant issues that are of interest to every rav.

Among the articles featured is an exclusive interview with Harav Moshe Kupetz, internationally known lecturer, mentor and head of the RESHET outreach program. Rabbi Kupetz speaks about enriching our people during the time of matan Torah and all year round.

In his article, “Shavuos – When the Machmirim Are Actually Meikil,” Rabbi Leonard E. Book offers enlightening insights on how the concept of tosefes Yom Tov applies to Shavuos and sefiras ha’omer.

Rabbi Yitzchok Fingerer, dynamic and inspiring lecturer, educator, bioethicist, rabbi, and author of the popular book Search Judaism, writes about the critical importance of allowing our children to ask questions. In his article, “Are We Ignoring Our Kids’ Hashkafah Questions?” he stresses that discouraging children’s questions compromises the integrity and even the authenticity of our mesorah. This is in no way necessary, as he explains, for Judaism has all the answers!

Everyone can benefit from tips for taking charge of one’s moods. The article “Researchers Identify Five Factors That Boost Happiness” offers simple, practical tips for bolstering ourselves and others. And Rabbi Yitzchak Reuven Rubin, in his article “A Haven of Sweetness and Serenity,” has some compelling tips of his own to offer on turning bitterness into the sweetest inspiration.

In “Attacking Dogs,” Rabbi Yaakov Branfman shares insights into the menaces of galus that we face day after day.

These and other pithy and inspiring articles make this issue of The Rabbinical Forum important and powerful reading for anyone involved in community service.

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