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The strict requirement for lighting candles on Friday evening before Shabbath in honor of Shabbath, is to light...
Friday, August 6, 2010/Ab 26, 5770
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Maran Yoseph Karo z"l states in the Shulhan 'Arukh that just thinking about one's business on Shabbath is...
Friday, July 30, 2010/Ab 19, 5770
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There is a difference of opinion concerning the reading of Waykhullu on Friday night after the 'Amidah. The most...
Friday, July 23, 2010/Ab 12, 5770
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Rabbenu Yis-haq Luria Ashkenazi, more commonly referred to as the Ari z"l, passed away on the fifth of Ab. Many...
Friday, July 16, 2010/Ab 5, 5770
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הבו לכם אנשים חכמים . . . ואשימם בראשיכם "Provide for yourself men who are wise . . ....
Thursday, July 15, 2010/Ab 4, 5770
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A person must be very careful to avoid anger altogether, at all times. Our Rabbis of Blessed Memory told us,...
Tuesday, July 6, 2010/Tammuz 24, 5770
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צרור את המדינים והכיתם אותם "Harass the Midianites and smite them". What is the necessity...
Thursday, July 1, 2010/Tammuz 19, 5770
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Whenever a Minyan (quorum of ten men) is required, all the ten must be together in one place with the Hazzan. If...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010/Tammuz 18, 5770
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The Seventeen of Tammuz is a fast day and the first of the twenty two days of the saddest period in the Jewish...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010/Tammuz 18, 5770
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On Shabbath, one is not permitted to cut one's nails either by hand or with an instrument. Part of the preparation...
Friday, June 18, 2010/Tammuz 6, 5770
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The story of Qorah and his followers reveals to us the power embedded within each one of us.
Who ignited...
Thursday, June 10, 2010/Siwan 28, 5770
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As, I think, everyone is aware by now, yesterday we lost one of our holiest sages and a great Rabbinic leader, HaRab...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010/Siwan 26, 5770
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Making Birkath Hammmazon (Grace after meals), after eating the required quantity of bread, is a positive commandment...
Sunday, June 6, 2010/Siwan 24, 5770
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"And the man Moses was exceedingly humble ('Anaw), more than any man on the face of the earth". Moshe Rabbenu, 'a"h,...
Thursday, May 27, 2010/Siwan 14, 5770
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Hakham Yoseph Hayyim, 'a"h, states in Ben Ish Hai that before reading the Shema' one should have in mind that he is...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010/Siwan 13, 5770
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Can we change our habits and improve our natural inclinations? While there may be a range of opinions, Hakham Yoseph...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010/Siwan 13, 5770
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"Yaer H' Panaw Elekha Wiyhonnekka" (G-d will shine His Countenance upon you and be gracious to you [Bamidbar 6:...
Friday, May 21, 2010/Siwan 8, 5770
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It says in the Torah that when the laws of the Passover were given, there were those who were unable to keep it...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010/Iyyar 13, 5770
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Ribbi Aqabia says: "...Know where you are going to..." (at the end of your days). Hakham Yoseph Hayyim, 'a"h, in his...
Thursday, April 22, 2010/Iyyar 8, 5770
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Rabbenu the Hida, 'a"h, writes that any meal that one has during the week (excluding Shabbath) must be only what is...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010/Iyyar 6, 5770
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Ribbi Tarfon says: ..."The reward is great." (Pirqe Aboth 2,15)
Hakham Yoseph Hayyim 'a"h expounds on this...
Thursday, April 15, 2010/Iyyar 1, 5770
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