Taking one's life to avoid suffering - v1 #6 by Rabbi Aaron Cohen
The 6th of Cheshvan, 5702 (October 27, 1941), was but two days prior to the liquidation of the Kovno ghetto. One of the respected members of the commu...
Siddur Kiddushin when the bride might not be able to go to the Mikveh - analysis of Lifnei Iver - v1 #4 by Rabbi Aaron Cohen
On the 12th of Tishrei, 5702 (October 3, 1941), a rumor spread that the Nazis were planning to round up and murder widowed women, whose husbands had a...
Using an incandescent bulb for Neros Shabbos & Havdala- v1 #11 by R' Aaron Cohen
The Jews in the Kovno Ghetto did not have the means to acquire conventional candles or oil for Shabbos candles and Havdala. Could they fulfill the Mit...
Can a deaf mute count in a Minyan & receive an Aliya - v3 #2 by R' Aaron Cohen
Rav Oshry presents a heart-wrenching question posed by R’ Moshe ben R’ Aryeh, who davened in Rav Oshry’s Bais Medrash. While on a work detail, he look...
Bishul on Shabbos in the Kovno ghetto - v1 #5 by R' Aaron Cohen
A student of Rav Oshry by the name of Yaakov, was given the opportunity to work in the kitchen where food was prepared for the Jews. This would allow ...
Erasing the numbers tatooed on one's arm - v4 #22 by R' Aaron Cohen
A young Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust was haunted by the horrors that she had experienced. Was she allowed to erase the numbers that the Naz...