By Daniel Malka, Certified Sofer STaM | Updated in 2026 Does your caravan, mobile home, campervan, or RV require a Mezuzah? A Sephardic halachic answer based on the Shulchan Aruch and the rulings of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef zt”l. 📋 Table of Contents The basic principle: What is considered a home? The caravan: With or without…
The Halacha of Tefillin Are women required to wear Tefillin, and may they choose to wear them voluntarily? The answer requires distinguishing between three levels: the basic obligation, the exceptional cases mentioned in the Talmud, and the practical ruling accepted by the halachic authorities. Practical answer: women are exempt from the mitzvah of Tefillin because…
Tefillin and Shabbat Tefillin are a daily mitzvah of immense holiness. Yet we do not wear them on Shabbat or Yom Tov. Halacha goes even further and prohibits wearing them on these sacred days. Why does a holier day remove the need for such a sacred mitzvah? The answer lies in the concept of the…