by Rabbi Shraga Simmons, Rabbi Chaim Gross

A hodge-podge of ingredients produces some complex rules.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons, Rabbi Yair Spolter

An unnecessary bracha is a problem of "saying God's Name in vain."

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

How to ensure that brachot are said with the correct spiritual intent.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons, Rabbi Yair Spolter

When two foods have different brachot, which bracha is said first?

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons, Rabbi Yair Spolter

A bracha includes whatever foods you intend to eat at the time you said the bracha.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons, Rabbi Yair Spolter

The bracha said at the beginning of the meal covers all foods normally consumed in a meal.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons, Rabbi Chaim Gross

A bracha on the primary food also covers the secondary food.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons, Rabbi Yair Spolter

When eating two foods that have the same bracha, we say the bracha over the more important food.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Fruit can be eaten as a main course, an appetizer, or for dessert.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons, Rabbi Yair Spolter

When you drink during a bread meal, when is a bracha required and when is it not?

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons, Rabbi Yair Spolter

Generally, when other foods are eaten with bread, the only bracha recited is Hamotzee.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Altering the state of bread can sometimes "downgrade" the bracha from Hamotzee to Mezonot.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

When eaten as meal, cake attains the status of bread and its bracha is Hamotzee.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

How bread differs from cake, and how cake differs from pasta.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

The special bracha said on satiating and nutritious grains.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Two key conditions for Ha'gafen to cover other beverages.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Juice is considered a separate entity from the fruit.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Altering the state of a food can also change its bracha.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Getting practical: The six basic brachot said on food.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

It is worse to eat without a bracha than it is to waste food.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Since eating is an act of pleasure, some situations are exempt from a bracha.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

The Jews are being blamed again.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Deconstructing the basic components of a bracha.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

The philosophy and inspiration behind the blessings.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

With the Iran nuclear deal, we must not let history repeat itself.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Three essential differences between Abraham and Bilaam.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

An argument for the Divine authorship of the Torah.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

On the importance of boundaries.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Ahmad Batebi bears witness to a brutal, untrustworthy regime.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

An overview of the Jewish Holidays of Hanukkah and Purim. Video of How to Light the Hanukkah Menorah.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

The Omer, Shavuot, modern Israeli holidays, Tisha B'Av and the Three Weeks.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

An overview of the Jewish Holidays of Tu B'Av, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

The Hebrew Months and the laws and customs of Passover

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Decades later, the pro-Israel Vivian Bercovici returns home. Aish.com exclusive.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

One of the holiest days, comes around every week.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

From the Holocaust to the Israeli flag, what is the deeper meaning of this six-pointed Jewish symbol?

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

The pressures of high-stakes entertainment news.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Not sure how to begin? Look no further!

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

The complete guide to a Jewish doorpost and how to put up a Mezuzah.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

All about kosher food. And why keep kosher in the first place?

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

What it takes to be the first one to jump in.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

For Dovid Winiarz, life was an outpouring of love and joy. His loss leaves a gaping hole in American Jewry.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Born in a Chinese refugee ghetto, Rabbi Chaim Walkin is today a legendary Jewish educator.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Is America letting the terrorists win?

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

A tribute to Charley Levine, the Israeli-Texan PR giant.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

At one California college, anti-Semitism repeatedly rears its ugly head.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Pivotal lessons from this week’s enigmatic parsha.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

You are the CEO of your life. It’s time to start acting like it.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

The clear-thinking, Academy Award-winning defender of Israel shares his thoughts with Aish.com.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

All about those powerful black boxes, placed on the head and arm.