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Wednesday, December 14, 2011/Kislew 18, 5772
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011/Kislew 17, 5772
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Monday, December 12, 2011/Kislew 16, 5772
Cutting Fingernails and Toenails (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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Friday, November 11, 2011/Heshwan 14, 5772
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011/Elul 1, 5771
Squeezing wet hair on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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Friday, August 26, 2011/Ab 26, 5771
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
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Sunday, April 25, 2010/Iyyar 11, 5770
Serving food to someone who will not say the blessing (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Maran states in the Shulhan 'Arukh that one should only give food to a person if he knows that he will recite a...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010/Shebat 25, 5770
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Monday, February 8, 2010/Shebat 24, 5770
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Friday, January 29, 2010/Shebat 14, 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
Women and the blessings of Baruch Sheamar and Yishtabah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Are women permitted to say the Berachoth (blessings) connected with the Pesuqei DeZimra, of Baruch Sheamar and...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010/Tebeth 20, 5770
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Monday, January 4, 2010/Tebeth 18, 5770
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Thursday, December 10, 2009/Kislew 23, 5770
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Thursday, December 3, 2009/Kislew 16, 5770
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Monday, November 30, 2009/Kislew 13, 5770
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Sunday, November 22, 2009/Kislew 5, 5770
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009/Heshwan 30, 5770
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009/Heshwan 24, 5770
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009/Heshwan 3, 5770
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Thursday, September 17, 2009/Elul 28, 5769
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009/Elul 6, 5769
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