Tag: The Way

Parshas Vayera

Originally posted on Sefardi Beit Sefer:
Parshas Vayera Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person “goes up” to make a bracha [blessing] on the Torah Reading. 1st Aliya: The three angels appear to Avraham and foretell the…

Private Matters

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Private Matters Chapter 5, Laws 4-5 Law 4 “Even though one’s wife is permitted to him constantly, it is appropriate for the Torah scholar to act with holiness and not be found by his wife like a rooster, but rather from Friday night to Friday night (if he has…

Request for Rain

Originally posted on Sefardi Beit Sefer:
Question: Can One Accustom Himself to Recite the Request for Rain in the “Blessing of the Years”? Answer: In the previous Halachot we have discussed the basic laws of requesting rain in the Amida prayer. We have also mentioned that one who completed the Amida prayer without requesting rain…

Rain in his Prayer

Originally posted on Sefardi Beit Sefer:
If One is Uncertain Whether or Not he has Requested Rain in his Prayer In the previous Halachot we have discussed the basic Halachot of requesting dew and rain in the “Blessing of the Years.” We have likewise mentioned that if one has completed the Amida prayer and remembers…

Daf Yomi

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The following Daf Yomi audio shiurim were just uploaded to realcleardaf.com: Tuesday, November 4, 2014: Yevamos 31  image of daf Monday, November 3, 2014: Yevamos 30  image of daf

Yevamos 28-30 for Shabbos

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Yevamos 28   Yevamos 29   Yevamos 30 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.…

Free Weekly Download: Rav Wolbe on Chumash

Originally posted on The Official ArtScroll Blog:
Rav Shlomo Wolbe zt’l — “The Mashgiach” — was one of the towering Torah personalities of the twentieth century, the quintessential educator who helped take the torch of the pre-war Mussar Movement and reignite it in the modern world. His teachings and his many sefarim, including Alei Shur,…

Lech-Lecha

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Synopsis of  Lech-Lecha First Reading After humanity’s dispersion from the Tower of Babel, the original traditions of morality and monotheism were only preserved by select individuals. Responding to Abraham’s efforts to restore the world’s monotheism, G-d informs him that he has been selected to found the chosen people and…

The Perennial Battle

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Pirkei Avos Chapter 5, Mishna 11(c) By Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld “Pestilence comes to the world for death penalties mentioned in the Torah which are not in the hands of the courts [to administer] and for [the forbidden use of] Sabbatical year produce. The sword comes to the world for…

“The Blessing of the Years”

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Tonight (Thursday night), during Arvit prayers of the Seventh of Marcheshvan, we shall begin to request rain in the Amida prayer (in the Land of Israel; the law for those outside of Israel will be discussed further). Let us therefore review some of these pertinent laws. The Enactment of…

“The Way of G-d”

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Part 1: “The Fundamental Principles of Reality”  Ch. 4: “Human Responsibility” Paragraph 7 There are two sorts of activities over-all 1: the ones you do because God Himself rules that you must, which encompasses all of His mitzvahs; and the ones you do for one personal reason or another,…