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When we state that the fruits of the seven species take precedence over the others, this applies only to the...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012/Shebat 15, 5772
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When one buys a new set of dishes that makes one happy, strictly speaking one should recite Sheheheyanu on them...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012/Shebat 7, 5772
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As mentioned previously, one may speak between the blessing and first blowings of the Shofar, about a matter that...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011/Elul 22, 5771
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When the Toqea' (the one who blows the Shofar) recites the blessings, he should blow without speaking between the...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011/Elul 21, 5771
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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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Both nights of Rosh Hashanah require the Berakha (blessing) of Sheheheyanu. In most communities, when the lady of...
Friday, August 27, 2010/Elul 17, 5770
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The prohibition of eating meat during the nine days (from Rosh Hodesh for Ashkenazim and from after Rosh Hodesh...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010/Ab 2, 5770
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Does someone who builds a new home need to say the Berakha (blessing) of Sheheheyanu or not?
Strictly...
Monday, January 18, 2010/Shebat 3, 5770
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Even though everybody lights at home, the Hanukkah lights are also kindled in the Synagogue between Minha and 'Arbith...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009/Kislew 22, 5770
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We must start the holy day (Yom Tob) of Yom kippur some time before sunset. On the eve of Shabbath we do this when we...
Sunday, September 27, 2009/Tashri 9, 5770
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There are Synagogues which have two different people to blow the Shofar every year, one on the first day of Rosh...
Sunday, September 13, 2009/Elul 24, 5769
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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
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When we come to read the Meghillah on the night of Purim, we have to say three Berakhoth. We say the Berakha of...
Wednesday, March 4, 2009/Adar 8, 5769
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As we know, the Halakha is that everybody reads the Meghillah on the fourteenth of Adar, except for cities that had a...
Monday, March 2, 2009/Adar 6, 5769
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Normally you recite a Sheheheyanu over a new fruit that is the first of the season that you eat. However, if somebody...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009/Shebat 23, 5769
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In the Gemarra of Berakhoth, our Hachamim of blessed memory tell us that when a person makes (or purchases) a new...
Monday, January 19, 2009/Tebeth 23, 5769
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When lighting the Hanukkah candles we first say, of course, the Berakhoth (blessings) and then we light the candles....
Tuesday, December 23, 2008/Kislew 26, 5769
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(The complete version can be found on the video)
Hakhamenu z"l (our Rabbis of blessed memory) tell us...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008/Kislew 13, 5769
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As we know, when eating a new fruit from a new season, in addition to the main Berakha (blessing) that we must recite...
Sunday, November 16, 2008/Heshwan 18, 5769
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As we know, the Qiddush on both nights of Rosh Hashana contain the Beracha (the blessing) of Sheheheyanu.
It says...
Monday, September 22, 2008/Elul 22, 5768
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