Hoshana Raba

Sukkot Chol ha-Moed Day 5 (Hoshana Raba) – סוכות יום ז׳ (הושנא רבה) Synagogue Customs Various customs have arisen owing to the day’s status as a time of Divine Judgment. Extra lights are lit in the synagogue. It is customary to remain awake and spend the entire night of Hoshana Rabbah reading from the Torah…

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Daf Yomi

The following Daf Yomi audio shiurim were just uploaded to realcleardaf.com: Wednesday, October 15, 2014: Yevamos 11  image of daf  

Joy!

Shemini Atzeret and Rosh Hashanah are parallel in many of the kavanot and higher yichudim. On Rosh Hashanah, though, these are in a mode of elevation and on Shemini Atzeret in a mode of elicitation from on High downward. On Rosh Hashanah man’s avoda is with supplication, submission and intense bitterness; On Shemini Atzeret it is…

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Take a Look Around

We are between Rev 6 7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, “Come!”*n7.1 8 And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hell*n8.1 followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with…

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Real Clear Daf Latest Shiurim

The following Daf Yomi audio shiurim were just uploaded to realcleardaf.com: Tuesday, October 14, 2014: Yevamos 10  image of daf Monday, October, 13, 2014: Yevamos 9  image of daf

Parshas Bereishis

Parshas Bereishis By Nosson Chayim Leff Bereishis, 5631 (1871) Let us begin from the beginning, the first ma’amar of the Sfas Emes on Parshas Bereishis. The Sfas Emes starts by quoting Rashi’s comment on the posuk (Bereishis, 2,2) “Vayechal Elokim … ” Says Rashi: “Ma haya ha’olam chaseir? Menucha! Bah Shabbos, bah menucha. Kalsa nenigmera…

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Chag sameach listeners!

Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.     Chag sameach listeners! Kol Cambridge is celebrating Sukkot with a specially themed show. Tune in as we transport you back thousands of years to a time of wandering in the desert, together with all your favourites songs of the festival.   Playlist: Perach HaMidbar – Daklon & Sagiv Cohen…

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Daf Yomi audio shiurim

The following Daf Yomi audio shiurim were just uploaded to realcleardaf.com: Sunday, October 12, 2014: Yevamos 8  image of daf Shabbos, October 11, 2014: Yevamos 7  image of daf Friday, October 10, 2014: Yevamos 6  image of daf Thursday, October 9, 2014: Yevamos 5  image of daf

New Prayer Bulletin

NEW PRAYER BULLETIN: PAKISTAN: MORE APPEALS October 08, 2014 Dear Friends: A new Prayer Bulletin entitled “Pakistan: More Appeals” has been added. Asia Bibi’s appellate hearing scheduled for Sept. 9, 2014, was again postponed, this time at the request of her husband, Ashiq Masih. Asia Bibi was arrested in June 2009 and sentenced to death…

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Dvar Torah – Sukkos

D’var Torah Sukkos Miraculously the Streak Continues By Rabbi Label Lam For a seven day period you shall dwell in booths. Every resident among the Israelites shall live in booths, in order that your generations should know that I had the Children of Israel live in booths when I took them out of the Land…

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Yevamos 5-15

Daf Digest wishes you a wonderful Sukkos! Yevamos 5 Yevamos 6 Yevamos 7 Yevamos 8 Yevamos 9 Yevamos 10 Yevamos 11 Yevamos 12 Yevamos 13 Yevamos 14 Yevamos 15 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…

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Shulchan Aruch

The Calandar and the New Moon A month is either 29 or 30 days long; in the latter case, the New Moon is celebrated on the 30th day of the month as well as the first day of the next month. The year is usually 12 months long, but in seven out of every 19…

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