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From time to time collections are made for people who are (Heaven forbid) very ill. If someone pledges to give a...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012/Shebat 22, 5772
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It is a very great honor to be the Sandaq (the one who holds the baby in his lap) during a Milah. There is an...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012/Shebat 1, 5772
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Eliyahu Hanabi Zakhur LaTob (Elijah the Prophet) visits every Milah that takes place around the world and then...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012/Tebeth 29, 5772
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It is a Miswah (commandment) upon a man to do a Milah (circumcision) for his son. If he is not proficient at it he...
Monday, January 23, 2012/Tebeth 28, 5772
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During the Minha prayer of Shabbath a Qaddish is read after 'Uba LeSion' before the Sefer Torah is taken out....
Friday, January 6, 2012/Tebeth 11, 5772
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The Shabbath candles allude to the abundance that women, through their Tefilloth (prayers), can infuse into the...
Friday, December 2, 2011/Kislew 6, 5772
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There are those who say that if a woman's husband is in town (Ba'alah Ba'ir), even though he is not physically...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011/Tashri 27, 5772
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Since there are complications with the recitation of Sheheheyanu during the 22 days (See
During the period of distress (the 22 days from the 17th of Tammuz till the 9th of Ab) one should avoid saying the...
Monday, July 18, 2011/Tammuz 16, 5771
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We mentioned on a previous occasion that there is a difference of opinion whether a woman should say the Berakha...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011/Iyyar 27, 5771
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There are those who have the custom of not wearing new clothes that require the Berakha (blessing) of Sheheheyanu,...
Monday, May 2, 2011/Nisan 28, 5771
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Men are not permitted to cut their hair or shave on Hol Hammo'ed (the intermediate days of a holiday). Even one...
Friday, April 22, 2011/Nisan 18, 5771
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Periodically, someone will come to me in a very disturbed state about a dream that he or she had. They always...
Sunday, February 20, 2011/Adar A 16, 5771
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When someone leaves on a trip he must make sure not to separate from his friend while crying. Crying is a danger...
Sunday, November 14, 2010/Kislew 7, 5771
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עצת עני תבישו כי י' מחסהו: מי־יתן מציון ישועת ישראל "You shame the...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010/Kislew 2, 5771
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The fast of Tish'ah BeAb (9th of Ab) starts at night and ends the following day after the emergence of three...
Monday, July 19, 2010/Ab 8, 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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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 Hazan must be very particular not to speak at all between the silent 'Amidah and the Hazarah (repetition). Of...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010/Siwan 27, 5770
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In the summer months, some go to the sea and wish to eat bread or a sandwich which requires Netilath Yadayim (the...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010/Siwan 19, 5770
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The Shulhan 'Arukh states that one may not do Netilath Yadayim (the ritual washing of hands) in water whose...
Monday, May 24, 2010/Siwan 11, 5770
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For those of us who live outside the Land of Israel, the question arises whether one should do a Limmud (learning...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010/Siwan 5, 5770
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The Shabbath meals require Lehem Mishneh (two loaves of bread) to be brought to the table . This is because of the...
Friday, April 30, 2010/Iyyar 16, 5770
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If there is a dispute between two Jewish individuals in a civil matter which they cannot resolve themselves, they...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010/Nisan 30, 5770
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In Pirqei Aboth (Ethics of the Fathers) Yose Ben Yohanan says, "Let your home be open wide". One's body is also...
Friday, April 9, 2010/Nisan 25, 5770
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The Shulhan 'Aruch states that making a sound on Shabbath with a musical instrument is forbidden. However, to knock...
Thursday, January 21, 2010/Shebat 6, 5770
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If someone dips his cookie into a cooked liquid, such as into a cup of tea or coffee, he must first do Netilath...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009/Heshwan 10, 5770
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It is forbidden to pray in front of a mirror, even if one closes one's eyes, because it appears as if one is bowing...
Monday, October 26, 2009/Heshwan 8, 5770
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There are some differences between the customs of Ashkenzim and Sephardim when it comes to cutting one's nails.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009/Heshwan 2, 5770
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It says in Ben Ish Hai, based on the writings of the Zohar, that on the night of Hosha'na Rabba, at midnight, the...
Wednesday, October 7, 2009/Tashri 19, 5770
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A recent Torah Minute, Reassembling an item on Shabbath generated a lot of questions. A...
Thursday, September 3, 2009/Elul 14, 5769
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Under normal circumstances we would assume that another person would be happy if we borrowed an item of theirs...
Sunday, August 2, 2009/Ab 12, 5769
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Normally, on a fast day, we say Widdui (confession) and Tehinna (supplications). On Tish'ah BeAb (the 9th of Ab),...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009/Ab 7, 5769
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From where do we know that utensils that are used for the preparation of food require immersion in a Miqweh?
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009/Iyyar 12, 5769
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We spoke on a previous occasion how a person should not go barefoot -- meaning he should not walk around without...
Thursday, November 13, 2008/Heshwan 15, 5769
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When praying it is important to remember that one must not pray while he is sad. When a person prays there is a...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008/Heshwan 13, 5769
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If the night of the wife's ritual immersion falls on the night Rosh Hashana, she should go as usual to the...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008/Elul 23, 5768
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