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Reading the Torah if not Everyone is Fasting (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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A Hazzan who is not Fasting (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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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
Who must fast on the four fast days? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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Sunday, July 17, 2011/Tammuz 15, 5771
Eating peeled onion left overnight in a salad (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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Monday, May 9, 2011/Iyyar 5, 5771
Leaving peeled garlic or onions overnight (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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לב יודע מרת נפשו ובשמחתו לא יתערב זר "The heart knows the bitterness of its soul and...
Monday, January 31, 2011/Shebat 26, 5771
Repeating G-d's name when reading the Torah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
As part of not transgressing the prohibition of "you shall not take the Name of the L-rd your G-d in vain", the...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011/Shebat 21, 5771
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Sunday, December 12, 2010/Tebeth 5, 5771
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Monday, June 28, 2010/Tammuz 16, 5770
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