All Torah Minutes
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Ordinarily, the blessing said on wine covers all other drinks also. There is a difference of opinion, however,...
Monday, October 31, 2011/Heshwan 3, 5772
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One who finished his meal and did Mayim Aharonim may no longer eat or drink. If he wishes to eat or drink further,...
Sunday, October 30, 2011/Heshwan 2, 5772
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אמר רבי יהושע בן לוי. בכל יום ויום בת קול יוצאת מהר חורב ומכרזת...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011/Iyyar 28, 5771
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"Asarah Nissim Na'asu LaAbothenu Bebeth Hamiqdash" (Ten miracles were wrought for our forefathers in the Temple)....
Wednesday, May 25, 2011/Iyyar 21, 5771
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הקנאה והתאוה והכבוד מוציאין את האדם מן העולם "Jealousy, desire and honor,...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011/Iyyar 14, 5771
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מעשרות, סיג לעשר "Tithes are a fence for wealth". Even though the human mind tells us that a person...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011/Iyyar 7, 5771
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Our Rabbis of blessed memory tell us that just as we are commanded to say something that will be heard...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011/Nisan 30, 5771
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"Let your house be wide open and let the poor be members of your household." This instruction comes to teach us...
Thursday, April 28, 2011/Nisan 24, 5771
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A person should not behave in a lightheaded manner when sitting at the dining table. Throughout the week the table...
Friday, February 4, 2011/Shebat 30, 5771
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In the work of responsa, Torah Lishmah, the following question is asked. Why is it that before Birkath HaMazon we...
Monday, January 24, 2011/Shebat 19, 5771
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Since the outer seal of our judgement is completed on Hosha'na Rabba (See
"The Sages taught in the language (style) of the Mishna".
Pirqei Aboth (Ethics of the Fathers) comprises,...
Sunday, May 9, 2010/Iyyar 25, 5770
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10 things were created on 'Ereb Shabbath Bein Hashemashoth (at twilight). One of them was the manna. Why was the...
Sunday, May 2, 2010/Iyyar 18, 5770
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There is a story about a king who asked his deputy, "What is your net worth, including all the money and land that...
Sunday, April 25, 2010/Iyyar 11, 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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"Receive (Meqabbel) all men with happiness". The Gematria (numerical value) of the word Meqabbel is equal to the...
Sunday, April 18, 2010/Iyyar 4, 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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In the Ethics of the Fathers it says: Da' Mah Lema'alah Mimmakh - Know what is above you; an eye that is watching and...
Sunday, April 11, 2010/Nisan 27, 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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Koh Thebarkhu Eth Benei Yisrael (Thus shall you bless the Children of Israel). For what reason did the Jewish people...
Friday, June 5, 2009/Siwan 13, 5769
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"Ish 'Al Dighlo BeOthoth Lebeth Abotham Yahanu Benei Yisrael". Each man of the Children of Israel shall...
Sunday, May 17, 2009/Iyyar 23, 5769
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'Asarah Nissim Na'asu La-abothenu Bebeth Hammiqdash (10 Miracles were wrought for our forefathers in the...
Thursday, May 14, 2009/Iyyar 20, 5769
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Ben 'Azzai says you should run to perform a smaller commandment, just as you would run to do a major one.
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Friday, May 8, 2009/Iyyar 14, 5769
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"Habibin Yisrael, SheNittan Lahem Keli Hemdah" (the Jewish people are much beloved, because a valuable item...
Thursday, April 30, 2009/Iyyar 6, 5769
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It says in the Parasha of Taharoth, "Two live, clean birds shall be taken for the person being purified"....
Friday, April 24, 2009/Nisan 30, 5769
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Ribbi Tarfon tells us in Pirqei Aboth (Ethics of the Fathers): "Wehassakhar Harbeh" (and the reward is...
Thursday, April 23, 2009/Nisan 29, 5769
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Ribbi Tarfon says:" The day is short and the work is vast..." (Pirqe Aboth).
Hakham Yoseph Hayyim...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009/Nisan 28, 5769
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