Originally posted on Sefardi Beit Sefer:
Corrected and re-written Article from The Daily Mail. A 1,500-year-old papyrus is one of the earliest surviving Netzari TEFILLIN was re-discovered in the University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library It has laid largely unstudied in a university library for more than 100 years. But now the 1,500-year-old papyrus has been wrongly identified…
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Shmini Atzeret – שמיני עצרת
Originally posted on Sefardi Beit Sefer:
Shmini Atzeret – שמיני עצרת Wed, 15 October 2014 at sundown (22nd of Tishrei, 5775) Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 14:22 – 16:17 & Numbers 29:35 – 30:1 1: Deuteronomy 14:22-29 2: Deuteronomy 15:1-18 3: Deuteronomy 15:19-16:3 4: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 5: Deuteronomy 16:9-17 maf: Numbers 29:35-30:1 (6 p’sukim) Haftarah: I Kings 8:54…
Daf for Sunday, Tzom Gedalya – Chagigah 20
Daf Notes is currently being dedicated to the neshamah of Tzvi Gershon Ben Yoel (Harvey Felsen) o”h May the studying of the Daf Notes be a zechus for his neshamah and may his soul find peace in Gan Eden and be bound up in the Bond of life. Rav Mari proves from the Mishna that…
Don Fernando Aguilar’s Amazing Shofar
On August 2, 1492, a young sailor named Christopher Columbus departed Spain. As his ships sailed out of Seville’s harbor, he noted something curious: thousands of men, women and children were desperately cramming into boats and ships. That day was the final deadline for all Jews to leave the Spanish kingdom. King Ferdinand and Queen…
Daf Notes Chagigah Daf 16
Daf Notes is currently being dedicated to the neshamah of Tzvi Gershon Ben Yoel (Harvey Felsen) o”h The Gemora had stated that Rabbi Akiva entered Pardes; he ascended in peace and he left in peace. Upon him, it is written: Draw me, we will run after you. And Rabbi Akiva as well, the ministering…
Chagigah Daf 15
Daf Notes is currently being dedicated to the neshamah of Tzvi Gershon Ben Yoel (Harvey Felsen) o”h May the studying of the Daf Notes be a zechus for his neshamah and may his soul find peace in Gan Eden and be bound up in the Bond of life. The Gemora cites a braisa: Four…
Daf Notes Chagigah Daf 14
Daf Notes is currently being dedicated to the neshamah of Tzvi Gershon Ben Yoel (Harvey Felsen) o”h May the studying of the Daf Notes be a zechus for his neshamah and may his soul find peace in Gan Eden and be bound up in the Bond of life. The Gemora cites a braisa: Rabbi Shimon…
Chagigah Daf 13
Daf Notes is currently being dedicated to the neshamah of Tzvi Gershon Ben Yoel (Harvey Felsen) o”h May the studying of the Daf Notes be a zechus for his neshamah and may his soul find peace in Gan Eden and be bound up in the Bond of life. Rav Acha bar Yaakov said: There…
Rosh HaShanah
The Season of Teshuvah A special season known as Teshuvah, which in Hebrew means “to return or repent,” begins on the first day of the month of Elul and continues 40 days, ending with Yom Kippur. Thirty days into Teshuvah, on Tishrei l, comes Rosh HaShanah. This begins a final ten-day period beginning on Rosh…
Chagigah Daf 11
Daf Notes is currently being dedicated to the neshamah of Tzvi Gershon Ben Yoel (Harvey Felsen) o”h The Gemora cites a braisa: The laws of negaim (tzaraas) and oholos (corpse tumah transmitted by means of a roof) have few Scriptural allusions, but many halachos. The Gemora asks: Aren’t there many Scriptural passages regarding…
Daf for Shabbos – Chagigah 12
Daf Notes is currently being dedicated to the neshamah of Tzvi Gershon Ben Yoel (Harvey Felsen) o”h May the studying of the Daf Notes be a zechus for his neshamah and may his soul find peace in Gan Eden and be bound up in the Bond of life. Size of Adam The Gemora asks:…
Need a Reason to Repent?
Need a Reason to Repent? The Answer—No Matter Who You Are—Can Be Found Here The poem ‘Unetaneh Tokef’ reminds us that we can change our own character, even if we cannot completely control our future By Helen Plotkin|September 3, 2013 12:00 AM On the High Holidays, we read a poem known by its first two…
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