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Walking on Insects on Shabbat

Walking on Insects on ShabbatQuestion: May one walk in a place where there are ants on Shabbat? Answer: One of the forbidden works on Shabbat is “killing a live creature.” For instance, if one slaughters a chicken on Shabbat, one has transgressed the Torah prohibition of killing on Shabbat. It is therefore forbidden to kill any insect…

The Way

Jewish Christians who lived during Jesus’ lifetime. In the November/December 2012 issue ofBiblical Archaeology Review [1], Dead Sea Scrolls and early Christianity scholar Geza Vermes [2]explores the origin of Christianity by examining the characteristics of the Jewish Jesus movement to see how it developed into a distinctly gentile religion. In the New Testament, Jesus only preaches to a Jewish…

ABCs of Tisha B’Av & the Three Weeks

ABCs of Tisha B’Av & the Three Weeks by Rabbi Shraga Simmons The Jewish national period of mourning. » Click here for the complete Tisha B’Av section « View overview video: Crash Course on Tisha B’Av The “Three Weeks” between the 17th of Tammuz and the Tisha B’Av have historically been days of misfortune and calamity for the Jewish…

FIDF

Friend, The situation in Israel is escalating by the minute. Another 200 rockets were fired at Israel over the last 36 hours, and two IDF soldiers have been injured by a mortar round fired from Gaza yesterday evening. With Operation Protective Edge continuing, the Israeli military has sent us a list of requested items for…

TALMUD

The Mishna exists by itself but it is a part of the Talmud because the Gemara is commentary and exegesis on the Mishna. That being the case, you could say that the Gemara is the Talmud but I’ve never seen a Talmud that didn’t also contain the Mishna. Just to add to the complexity, the…

Daf Digest

Megilla 2 Megilla 3 Megilla 4 Daf Yomi Digest is compiled by members of the Ruben Shas Kollel, edited by Rabbi Ben-Zion Rand. Halachah Highlights is not intended to be relied upon for halacha l’maase. It is intended for interest and information. For actual psak consult your local rav.

Tannis Daf 31

The Mishna had stated in the name of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel: There were no holidays for Israel as the fifteenth of Av and as Yom Kippur. The Gemora asks that it is understandable that the Day of Atonement should be a day of rejoicing, because that is a day of forgiveness, and on…

Tannis Daf 30

The Mishna had stated that on the eve of Tisha B’Av, a man may not eat two cooked dishes, he may not eat meat, and he may not drink wine. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel maintains that he should change from his usual manner of eating. Rabbi Yehudah obligates upsetting the bed, and the Sages did…

Sfas Emes, Parshas Pinchos, 5631

Parshas Pinchas By Dr. Nosson Chayim Leff Sfas Emes, Zechuso Tagein Aleinu, Parshas Pinchos, 5631 It helps to see this ma’amar in its historical context. Pinchos had stopped the outburst of aveira (sin), and the ensuing plague. Accordingly, HaShem had promoted Pinchos to the status of full-fledged kohein. The parsha’s first Medrash Rabba…

Halacha Yomit

Opening a Door Which Has Electric Light Bulbs Attached to It Question: May one open the door or lid of a fish tank on Shabbat in order to feed the fish if there are light bulbs attached to the door? Answer: In the previous Halachot we have explained that one may not move a candle or any object that…

Chapter 19 – WORK STARTED BEFORE THE SABBATH

It is permitted to start a process before the Sabbath that will continue by itself on the Sabbath, even if this causes work to be done on the Sabbath, unless there are grounds for suspecting that someone will interfere with the process on the Sabbath, or unless the process is noisy and those who hear…

Daf Notes 29a

The Mishna had stated that on the ninth of Av it was decreed against our ancestors that they would not enter the Land. The Gemora inquires as to the source for that. We have learned in a braisa that on the twenty-ninth day of Sivan Moshe sent out the spies, and it is written: “And…