This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com Chapter 3: The Seder of bringing the Torah to the Bima 1. The prayer of Keil Erech Apayim:[1] The prayer of Keil Erech Apayim is recited on Mondays and Thursdays prior to taking out the Sefer Torah.[2] Fast day: Some[3] […]
Chapter 2: The Torah portion that is to be read & The Law if it was not read
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com Chapter 2: The Torah portion that is to be read & The Law if it was not read 1. The Shabbos morning reading: *For the history and background of the divisions of the 53 Parshiyos of the Torah, see the […]
Chapter 1: The Mitzvah of Kerias Hatorah & its general laws
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com Chapter 1: The Mitzvah of Kerias Hatorah & its general laws 1. The Mitzvah and its days of reading:[1] Moshe Rabbeinu established for the Jewish people that they are to read from the Torah scroll on Shabbos, Yom Tov, Yom […]
Summary & Checklist of Kerias Hatorah
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com Checklist for receiving an Aliyah By an Ashkenazi Minyan, provide your and your father’s Hebrew name to be called up for the Aliyah. If you are unaware of your father’s name, or if one is a convert, simply say […]
Is Rosh Chodesh a Biblical holiday? The scriptural sources for the holiday of Rosh Chodesh and it’s Biblical status
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com The holiday of Rosh Chodesh in scripture: The commemoration of Rosh Chodesh as a joyful day is brought in scripture in the verse[1] “Ubeyom Simchaschem Ubemoadeichem Ubiroshei Chodsheichem.” This verse lists the day of Rosh Chodesh together with Shabbos […]
Is Rosh Chodesh a Biblical holiday? The scriptural sources for the holiday of Rosh Chodesh and it’s Biblical status
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me here or on Amazon.com See source sheet below The holiday of Rosh Chodesh in scripture: The commemoration of Rosh Chodesh as a joyful day is brought in scripture in the verse[1] “Ubeyom Simchaschem Ubemoadeichem Ubiroshei Chodsheichem.” This verse lists the day of Rosh […]
The history of Rabbi Yosef De Larayna: His documented story [Hebrew]
Rabbi Yosef De Larayna was a famous Tzefat Kabbalist in the early 16th century. His life and story are clouded in mystery, and he is known for having tried to forcibly bring along the redemption through the use of G-d’s names and the practice of Kabbalah. The result was not […]
Sefer Shoftim-Chapter 21: The rehabilitation of the tribe of Binyamin
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy now on Amazon.com Chapter 21: The rehabilitation of the tribe of Binyamin 1. The Jewish people gather together and bemoan the loss of Binyamin: The oath not to marry into Binyamin: The Jewish people took an oath by the city of […]
Sefer Shoftim-Chapter 20: The vengeance against Binyamin-A civil war begins and Binyamin is decimated
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy now on Amazon.com Chapter 20: The vengeance against Binyamin-A civil war begins and Binyamin is decimated 1. The Jewish people gather to discuss what to do with Binyamin: All the Jewish people went out from their cities and gathered as one […]
Sefer Shoftim-Chapter 19: Pilegesh Begivah-The rape and death of a concubine
This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy now on Amazon.com Chapter 19: Pilegesh Begivah-The rape and death of a concubine 1. A Levite man attempts to retrieve his concubine who left him: In those days there was no king amongst Israel. Taking the concubine: A Levite man who […]