All Torah Minutes
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After Tish'ah Be-Ab and the difficult period of 22 days are over, one soon forgets the fasting and the Abeluth...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011/Ab 10, 5771
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Ashkenzim in the Land of Israel and Sephardim everywhere, have the custom that the Kohanim perform the Birkath...
Tuesday, August 9, 2011/Ab 9, 5771
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Washing oneself on Tish'ah Be-Ab is forbidden, whether in hot or cold water. Even dipping one's finger in water is...
Monday, August 8, 2011/Ab 8, 5771
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We mentioned previously that the custom in many Ashkenazi homes is to have boys who will be Bar Miswah (thirteen)...
Sunday, August 7, 2011/Ab 7, 5771
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According to the Rama, one should not wear Shabbath clothes on Shabbath Hazon, but should continue wearing the...
Friday, August 5, 2011/Ab 5, 5771
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If one must wear clean clothes on the week of Tish'ah BeAb, they should be prepared from before Shabbath by...
Wednesday, August 3, 2011/Ab 3, 5771
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We are not permitted to dance during this time of year. Connected with this, musical instruments are forbidden (it...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011/Ab 2, 5771
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If a Milah takes place during the nine days between Rosh Hodesh Ab and Tish'ah BeAb, the custom is that the Mohel...
Monday, August 1, 2011/Ab 1, 5771
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As is well known, from Rosh Hodesh Ab till after Tish'ah BeAb, the custom amongst all Jews is not to eat meat and...
Sunday, July 31, 2011/Tammuz 29, 5771
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On each of the three Shabbaths between the 17th of Tammuz and 9th of Ab we read one of the three Haftaroth...
Friday, July 29, 2011/Tammuz 27, 5771
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During the nine days between Rosh Hodesh Ab and the ninth of Ab (Tish'ah BeAb), we should not plant or...
Monday, July 12, 2010/Ab 1, 5770
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One may not buy any garment that requires the Berakha (blessing) of Sheheheyanu from Rosh Hodesh Ab, even if one...
Sunday, July 11, 2010/Tammuz 29, 5770
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If one is listening to the news during the 22 days (the three weeks), and the station has musical breaks between...
Wednesday, July 7, 2010/Tammuz 25, 5770
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It says in the Haphtarah of Debarim (Shabbath Hazon): Aharei Khen Yeqarei Lakh 'Ir Hassedeq Qeriah Ne-emanah. Later...
Friday, July 24, 2009/Ab 3, 5769
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It says in the Gemarra of Ta'anith that if we have a court case or legal dealings with a non Jew, it should be...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009/Ab 1, 5769
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Because of the calamities that befell the Jewish people during the twenty two days from the Seventeenth of Tammuz...
Tuesday, July 7, 2009/Tammuz 15, 5769
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