About Ohr Of The Shore

A Critical Community Organization
Providing Critical Infrastructure For The Jersey Shore Community
If you are a member of the Jersey Shore community, you probably don't realize it, but you benefit daily from the work of the Ohr of The Shore and Ohr Halacha kollel.
It's easy to take for granted the stunning array of options the Jersey Shore offers to the kosher consumer, without recognizing the tremendous effort needed to bring the kashrut level up to the standards required by halacha.

The Engine Behind It All
The Ohr Halacha Kollel is the engine behind the seemingly effortless explosion in quantity and quality of kashrut in our community as well as many other resources and publications. Young rabbis being trained daily on the specifics of halacha as it pertains to the practical questions needed to ensure that foundational halachot can be put into practice for the good of our community.
What makes Ohr of The Shore and Ohr Halacha unique?
The Ohr Halacha Kollel is one of a kind in it's focus and outcomes. No other institution provides a path directly from learning to practice as clearly as Ohr Halacha.
Under the leadership of Rabbi Hayim Arking and Rabbi Binyamin Seruya, the kollel focuses its learning on questions coming up in every day life, on chats, in conversations, in live examples in a restaurant or home.
The rabbis in the kollel are capable of dissecting an issue with all its angles and coming up with the correct halachic answer, which requires a deep and extensive background in the material.

Instant Halacha Chat
Our rabbis are available during business hours to answer questions from the community. If you are in the need of halacha assistance, click here to start a chat and get an answer within a few hours.
Halacha FAQs
Our Kollel is also active in publishing material that will bring relevant halacha to the layman in an easy and appealing way. Many members of our community enjoy our timely Halacha FAQs, which can be viewed below:
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Yom Kippur FAQs 5786
Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi Are we required to eat bread on Erev Yom Kippur? There is a mitsvah to eat on Erev Yom Kippur. Hashem,...
Yom Kippur FAQs 5786
Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi Are we required to eat bread on Erev Yom Kippur? There is a mitsvah to eat on Erev Yom Kippur. Hashem,...
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Yom Tov FAQs
Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi May I use matches to light a fire? On Yom Tov, it is only permitted to light a fire from an...
Yom Tov FAQs
Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi May I use matches to light a fire? On Yom Tov, it is only permitted to light a fire from an...
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What is Pat Yisrael?
Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi Aseret Yeme Teshuva is an auspicious time to improve ourselves and reconnect on all levels to mitsvot. Most notably, Shulhan Aruch...
What is Pat Yisrael?
Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi Aseret Yeme Teshuva is an auspicious time to improve ourselves and reconnect on all levels to mitsvot. Most notably, Shulhan Aruch...
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Shofar FAQs
Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi The Rambam writes that the Shofar on Rosh Hashana alludes to a critical message: "awaken from your slumber; those who sleep deeply, rouse...
Shofar FAQs
Rabbi Hayim Asher Arking Rabbi Ezra Ghodsi The Rambam writes that the Shofar on Rosh Hashana alludes to a critical message: "awaken from your slumber; those who sleep deeply, rouse...
Sofer Center
In additional to becoming kashrut experts, the kollel trains rabbis to become sofrim (writers of religious documents, such as mezuzot, tefillin, and sifre torah). This fills a vital and ever growing need to provide the community with the mezuzot and tefillin that are required every day. These items are available for this website at our sofer center. [Click Here]
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Bar Mitzvah Package
Regular price $1,500.00 USDRegular priceUnit price / per -
Tefillin Check
Regular price $210.00 USDRegular priceUnit price / per
We Need Your Support
To keep our Kollel functioning, our budget is over $30,000 per month. As a supporter of this vital organization, you would be partnering in thousands of merits that occur every time someone is helped by one of our rabbis, which happens many times every day.