Touching Chametz on Pesach

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Dried Fruits and Touching Chametz on Pesach Today’s Halacha is dedicated in memory of the seven Sassoon children who perished in the horrific blaze this past Friday night. The entire Jewish nation joins in the intense pain of this family. We at Halacha Yomit send our deepest condolences to…

The highest of all revelations

Hebrews 1:1 Heb_1:1-14. The highest of all revelations is given us now in the Son of God, who is greater than the angels, and who, having completed redemption, sits enthroned at God’s right hand. The writer, though not inscribing his name, was well known to those addressed (Heb_13:19). For proofs of Paul being the author,…

Esther 1-2

BS”D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Esther 1-2 Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov ESTHER CHAPTER 1 In the public reading of the Torah in the synagogue, only one person at a time may read aloud to the congregation, because hearing more than one voice would be distracting to the listeners. However, so beloved is the story…

The Laws of Hearing Parashat Zachor

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On the Shabbat preceding Purim, which is this coming Shabbat, after the opening of the Holy Ark immediately following Shacharit prayers, two Sifrei Torah are removed; in the first one, we read the weekly Parasha (Parashat Tetzaveh) and in the second one we read the portion of “Zachor Et…

Purim 5775 and the Shemitta Year

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“When Adar Begins, Our Happiness Increases”-Purim 5775 and the Shemitta Year Today, the 30th of Shevat, is the first day of Rosh Chodesh Adar. This year, Purim (the 14th of Adar) will fall out on a Thursday. As we all know, Purim is celebrated everywhere on the 14th of…

Shabbat Shekalim / שבת שקלים

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Shabbat Shekalim (“Sabbath [of] shekels” שבת שקלים) read in preparation for Purim, requests each adult male Jew contribute half of a Biblical shekel for the upkeep of the Tent of Meeting. The Torah portion Exodus 30:11-16 is read. This Shabbat takes place on the Shabbat before the 1st of…

Yisro

Yisro – Hear no good, see no good, do no good | Sefaria Source Sheet Builder Hear No Evil See No Evil Speak No Evil

Tu Bishvat Customs

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Tu Bishvat Shevat is the name on the fifteenth day of the holiday is derived from the Hebrew date. “You” 15. Tu Bishvat is a relatively recent up to the name, adding that the numerical value of 9 and 6 theHebrew letters Tet and Vav, stands for; Date than…

Parsha Beshalach Palestinian with Jerusalem fragments

 Jonathan Ben Uzziel/Palestinian with Jerusalem fragments BESHALACH17 And it was when Pharoh had released the people, that the Lord did not conduct them by the way of the land of the Phelishtaee, though that was the near one; for the Lord said, Lest the people be affrighted in seeing their brethren who were killed in…

Parashat Beshalach / פרשת בשלח

UNIVERSAL TORAH: BESHALACH By Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum Torah Reading: Exodus 13:17-17:16 Haftara: Judges 4:4-5:31 (Sephardi ritual: Judges 5:1-31). INTO THE WILDERNESS Fairy tales may end happily ever after, but the Torah is an encounter with reality, in which progress and breakthroughs are frequently accompanied by reverses and obstacles. The climactic drama of the Exodus, related…

Haftorah – Parshas Bo

Parshas Bo Yirmiyahu 46:13 This week’s haftorah reflects the painful reality that people do not learn from the past and history will undoubtedly be repeated. The setting is the Babylonian destruction of the Egyptian Empire. The prophet Yirmiyahu states in the name of Hashem, “I will direct my attention to the multitudes of Alexandria and…

Prophecies Referring to Yeshua

Some of the prophecies referring to Yeshua: Where He would be born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICAH 5:2 He would be born a virgin birth . . . ….