Rav Wolfson has a beautiful and inspiring approach to מודים דרבנן. This is the start of that piece.

We start to learn about מודים דרבנן

On Shavuos, everyone agrees that we must eat, drink, and celebrate through physical enjoyment. Why? What is the reason? Shouldn’t Shavuos be exclusively about Torah?

Rav Elya Lopian offers two beautiful explanations.

Hear About Rav Elya and How His Life Shaped Me.

haow do we get Avraham Avinu to daven with us? How do we get the Amoraim to learn with us bichavrusa?

We connect to the Avos with our davening

We need wings to make sure our Tefilla (and Torah and Mitzvos) can soar to Shomayim. We want to be אפרוחים and not ביצים. How do we get those wings?

Can you sweep or mop a floor on Shabbos?
Is applying lip balm to chapped lips permitted?
What exactly is considered עובדי דחול?

Join us as we answer your questions on halachic topics and see how Chazal and the Poskim guide everyday Shabbos living.

The Zohar says people are either the egg or the chick. What does he mean? What is the difference between the two?

Does the prohibition against arguing with a parent apply even to everyday, mundane, non Torah matters? Why or why not? What proof did the Rogatchover Gaon derive from Sefer Bereishis to argue against the positions of the Aruch HaShulchan and the Chayei Adam?

A discussion about the Pasuk that relates to your name which we say at the end of Shemona Esrei