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Saying Me'ein Sheba in a House (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
The Shulhan Arukh states that the blessing of 'Me'ein Sheba'' in the Friday night prayer, is not recited in the...
Friday, January 20, 2012/Tebeth 25, 5772
Minha Shortcuts (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
People often say that the most difficult prayer during the week is Minha. It has to be prayed at specific times...
Sunday, January 1, 2012/Tebeth 6, 5772
Verses Read before Taking Out the Sefer Torah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
According to the Sephardi custom, on Shabbath morning, before taking out the Sefer Torah, the verses of 'Attah...
Friday, December 16, 2011/Kislew 20, 5772
Affixing a Mezuzah on Multiple Doors (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
When one attaches a Mezuzah onto multiple doors, only one Berakha (blessing) is recited and it covers all the...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011/Kislew 18, 5772
Mezuzah During Construction & Repair (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
If one were to attach a Mezuzah to a doorway, and then attach the doorway with the Mezuzah to a building, it is...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011/Kislew 17, 5772
Who's Way is Right? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
Continuing with the question of touching the Tefillin Shel Rosh after Yoser, we mentioned previously that...
Friday, November 25, 2011/Heshwan 28, 5772
Cutting Fingernails and Toenails (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
One should be particular to cut one's fingernails and toenails every Friday ('Ereb Shabbath). If the nails do not...
Friday, November 11, 2011/Heshwan 14, 5772
Habdalah: Standing or Sitting? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
The Shulhan 'Arukh states that Habdalah should be recited while seated. The Rama comments in his gloss that there...
Friday, May 27, 2011/Iyyar 23, 5771
Don't believe others' compliments (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
It says in Mishlei: אל תהי חכם בעיניך ירא את יהוה וסור מרע "Be not wise in your own...
Sunday, October 24, 2010/Heshwan 16, 5771
Prayer for the Rain on Shemini 'Asereth (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
The prayer for the rain is said just before the Musaf prayer of Shemini 'Asereth. From that time and until the...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010/Tashri 21, 5771
Why the Ben Ish Hai cried (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
The nephew of Hakham Yoseph Hayyim (the Ben Ish Hai) tells of how one 'Ereb Shabbath he went to see his venerable...
Monday, August 23, 2010/Elul 13, 5770
New clothes and shoes (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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
Weddings and engagements during the 22 days (the three weeks) (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
The custom is not to hold weddings from the seventeenth (17th) of tammuz till the ninth of Ab. This applies even...
Sunday, July 4, 2010/Tammuz 22, 5770
What may one who is not fasting do or not do? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
On the four public fasts, as long as there are six or seven members of the congregation who are fasting...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010/Tammuz 17, 5770
Emor: G-d is constantly giving (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) כי תבאו אל הארץ אשר אני נתן לכם וקצרתם את קצירה (When you enter the Land that I...
Thursday, April 29, 2010/Iyyar 15, 5770
The correct time to pray Musaf (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) The Musaf (additional) prayer can technically be prayed throughout the day. However, the correct time is right after...
Thursday, March 25, 2010/Nisan 10, 5770
What places must be included in the Bediqah (search for leaven)? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Any place where Hamess (Hametz - leaven) was known to have been taken, must be checked. Not only that, but any...
Monday, March 8, 2010/Adar 22, 5770
Bediqah (search for leaven) in multiple locations and with others' help (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) The Berakha (blessing) that one recites before the Bediqath Hamess (Hametz - search for the leaven) can cover his...
Sunday, March 7, 2010/Adar 21, 5770
Reading the Meghillah in a foreign language (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) If someone who does not speak Hebrew hears the Meghilla read in Hebrew, from a Kosher scroll written in Hebrew, he...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010/Adar 9, 5770
When must the Meghilla be read? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Everyone is obligated to hear the Meghilla twice on Purim, once at night and once during the day. Contrary to what...
Sunday, February 14, 2010/Shebat 30, 5770
What blessing on vegetables grown in water? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Nowadays, there are certain vegetables such as lettuce, that are grown in water and not in the earth, and are...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010/Tebeth 26, 5770
Erasing writing on one's hand on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) There are those who write notes and messages on their hand. If someone does this before Shabbath, he should remember...
Thursday, December 31, 2009/Tebeth 14, 5770
A Pidyon HaBen that falls on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) It is a commandment upon every man to redeem his son if he is a first born of the mother, unless either parent is...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009/Tebeth 6, 5770
Cutting hair and nails on Thursday (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) There is an opinion that nails and hair should not be cut on Thursday. The reason, as mentioned by the Taz, is that...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009/Heshwan 3, 5770
Building a Sukkah on Hol Hammo'ed (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Since we are commanded to keep Sukkoth for seven days and dwell in booths, there is a question in the Gemarra whether...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009/Tashri 11, 5770
Tashlikh on Shabbath When the first day of Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbath, there are those who do Tashlikh (the symbolic casting of one's...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009/Elul 26, 5769
Returning a stolen item that dropped in value (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) If someone stole an item worth, let us say $100, and the value of that item drops to say $50, does he have to return...
Tuesday, September 8, 2009/Elul 19, 5769
Parashath Ki Thabo (Ki Tavo): Blessings will happen against all logic (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) It says in the Parasha of Ki Thabo, "And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you listen to...
Friday, September 4, 2009/Elul 15, 5769
Playing with Lego and puzzles on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) A recent Torah Minute, Reassembling an item on Shabbath generated a lot of questions. A...
Thursday, September 3, 2009/Elul 14, 5769
If a blessing said on your behalf was not done correctly (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) When a group of people eat bread together, and only one person actually recites the blessing, when saying the...
Wednesday, September 2, 2009/Elul 13, 5769
Parashath Re-eh: We must be happy (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) It says in Parashath Re-eh, "Wehayeetha Akh Sameyah" (and you shall be totally happy). We see from this how dear...
Friday, August 14, 2009/Ab 24, 5769
Opening in competition with another Jew (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) If a person wishes to open a store in a certain area where there already is an existing store in the same line of...
Wednesday, August 5, 2009/Ab 15, 5769
Using someones Sissith (Tallith Gadol) and Tefillin without permission (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) 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
Netilath Yadayim after Tish'ah BeAb (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) On Tish'a BeAb (the 9th of Ab) we are only permitted to do Netilath Yadayim (the ritual washing of hands) up to the...
Thursday, July 30, 2009/Ab 9, 5769
The final meal before Tish'ah BeAb (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) The final meal before the fast of Tish'ah BeAb (Se'uddah Mafseqeth) cannot be eaten sitting on regular chairs or even...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009/Ab 8, 5769
Making clothes and shoes from Rosh Hodesh Ab (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Sewing and the like is forbidden during the week of Tish'ah BeAb, and the custom is to forbid it from Rosh Hodesh. A...
Sunday, July 26, 2009/Ab 5, 5769
Avoiding legal dealings from Rosh Hodesh (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) 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
How close must we be to the Habdalah (Havdalah) candle? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) How close does one have to be to the candle when making the blessing of Borei Meorei HaEsh for Habdalah...
Thursday, July 9, 2009/Tammuz 17, 5769
Understanding the first blessing of the 'Amidah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) We are continuing with the Kawwanoth (intents) that we should have when reciting the 'Amidah. The very first Berakha...
Sunday, June 28, 2009/Tammuz 6, 5769
Qaddish should really be read for twelve months (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) The Gaon Hida, 'a"h, writes that according to the Ari z"l, the Qaddish also helps the soul rise in...
Sunday, June 21, 2009/Siwan 29, 5769
Shelah Lekha: Obsessing about clothes (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) And they shall make fringes (Sissith [Tzitzith]) on the corners of their garments ('Al Kanfei Bighdeihem),...
Friday, June 19, 2009/Siwan 27, 5769
Entering a Synagogue, but not for prayer (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) If someone needs to enter a Synagogue or a Beth Midrash (study hall), for a purpose not connected with prayer or...
Sunday, June 14, 2009/Siwan 22, 5769
If a Jew or a non-Jew cooks on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) If a Jewish person cooks food deliberately on Shabbath, knowing that it is forbidden (this excludes cooking in the...
Thursday, June 11, 2009/Siwan 19, 5769
Sheheheyanu by men and women on Yom Tob (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) When making Qiddush on the night of Shabu'oth (in the Land of Israel, or both nights outside the Land of Israel),...
Sunday, May 24, 2009/Siwan 1, 5769
Etiquette at the table (contd.) (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) It says in Ben Ish Hai that anyone who is a glutton is considered to be trapped in the thicket of the Evil...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009/Iyyar 26, 5769
Ribbi Shim'on Bar Yohai (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Lagh La'Omer (the 33rd day of the 'Omer) is, of course, the day in which the great Tanna, Ribbi Shim'on...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009/Iyyar 18, 5769
Hair cutting on the 33rd, 34th or 49th day of the 'Omer (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) We mentioned previously, the custom of both Sephardim and Ashkenazim, of performing weddings on Lagh La'Omer (Lag...
Monday, May 11, 2009/Iyyar 17, 5769
Pirqe Aboth 4: A necklace missing some precious stones (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) 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
Sitting and dressing appropriately at table (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) When eating a meal, we must sit in an honorable manner at the table and be dressed appropriately. Just like one would...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009/Iyyar 4, 5769
Can women count the 'Omer and recite a Berakha (Blessing)? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Men are obligated to count the 'Omer every night with a Berakha ([Bracha] blessing), provided, of course, they...
Monday, April 13, 2009/Nisan 19, 5769
Mah Nishtannah. Why is this exile longer than the others? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Mah Nishatanah Halayla Hazzeh. The 'Oleloth Ephraim says that the word night refers to the exile (Galuth). So we...
Wednesday, April 8, 2009/Nisan 14, 5769
Afiqomen: It's purpose and minimum quantities (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) The Afiqomen has to be eaten at the end of the meal because it is in memory of the Qorban Pesah (the Passover...
Monday, March 30, 2009/Nisan 5, 5769
Wayiqra: Passion for the spiritual just like the physical (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) "When a man from among you (Mikkem) brings an offering to G-d".
Our lives are a balance between the...
Friday, March 27, 2009/Nisan 2, 5769
About the blessings in Birkath Hahamah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
In order to say the Birkath Hahama (Blessing on the Sun) with Shem Umalkhuth (G-d's name) the Berakha...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009/Adar 28, 5769
Bediqath Hames, which blessings we do and don't say (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) The night before Pesah, of course, is when we have to do the Bediqath Hames (the search for the leaven). Before you...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009/Adar 21, 5769
Bediqath Hames: Returning home before your Shaliyah has completed checking (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Let is consider a case where somebody could not be at his home on the eve of the fourteenth of Nissan in order to do...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009/Adar 15, 5769
Who gives Mishlowah Manoth and to whom? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Both men and women are obligated to send two portions to a friend. Specifically two types of foods, each type of food...
Sunday, March 8, 2009/Adar 12, 5769
Zakhor: How 'Amaleq's name will be destroyed from under "Shamayim" (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) "Timheh eth Zekher 'Amaleq Mittahath Hashamayim - Lo Tishkah" - You shall erase the remembrance of...
Friday, March 6, 2009/Adar 10, 5769
Removing Cobwebs from the house (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) It is appropriate to remove and clean away cobwebs from one's house every Ereb Shabbath (Friday, during the day)...
Thursday, February 26, 2009/Adar 2, 5769
When do we stand for the elderly and Torah Scholars (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) At what point do we have to stand for an elderly person or Torah Scholar? The answer is, once they enter the room in...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009/Shebat 17, 5769
When not to say Sheheheyanu on an Ethrogh (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
When eating the fruits on Tu Bishbat, if one eats a fruit that one has not had that season then, obviously, one...
Monday, February 9, 2009/Shebat 15, 5769
Tu Bishbat: What foods should be eaten? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) It says in "Peri 'Es Hadar" that according to the Mequbbalim (Kabbalists), there are ten types of...
Sunday, February 8, 2009/Shebat 14, 5769
Squeezing juices into food on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) The Torah forbids us from squeezing olives or grapes on Shabbath, because it is considered to be a derivative of the...
Thursday, February 5, 2009/Shebat 11, 5769
Mixing some bad produce with good for resale (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Sometimes when going to the marketplace, you notice that after you've bought some fruits or other produce, that...
Monday, February 2, 2009/Shebat 8, 5769
Answering prayers while reciting Yishtabbah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) The praises that are recited in the blessing of Yishtabah are very great. There are those that say that it was...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009/Tebeth 18, 5769
The fourth Shabbath meal with two loaves (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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On Mosei Shabbath it's important to have Se'uddah Rebi'ith, which is the fourth meal...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009/Tebeth 17, 5769
Interrupting Barukh Sheamar to answer other prayers (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Once one has started reciting the blessing that is in Baruch Sheamar and has mentioned G-d's name (Shem...
Monday, January 12, 2009/Tebeth 16, 5769
Not leaving the synagogue after prayers while there is still a Minyan present (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) You should not leave the Synagogue, if this is at all possible, till there is no longer a Minyan there. In...
Monday, December 29, 2008/Tebeth 2, 5769
Hanukkah: Why olive oil is best (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) The Shulhan 'Arukh states that we may use any kind of oil to light the Hanukkah candles. The Rama adds that using...
Wednesday, December 24, 2008/Kislew 27, 5769
Friday night: kissing one's parents' hands (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) On Friday night after synagogue, the man should go straight home, and when he enters his home he should say loudly...
Friday, December 19, 2008/Kislew 22, 5769

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