Subscribe to Receive PDF Table of Contents 📅 Today in Jewish History 📅 Yehoshua Takes Leadership: The Spies, Rahab, and the Preparation to Cross the Jordan[1] – Year 2488 from Creation After the passing of Moshe, the mourning period for him of thirty days was completed on the 7th of […]
🔥Daily Tanya Chapter 39 Part 1: Tzaddikim versus Angels in Gan Eden (Wednesday 7th Nissan)
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📜Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Tzav – Revi: The inauguration of Aaron and his sons (Wednesday 7th Nissan)
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📄Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 14: Return, Healing, and Lasting Redemption
Subscribe to Receive PDF Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 14: Return, Healing, and Lasting Redemption Final Judgment and the Turning Point Hoshea 14 opens with a blunt declaration of guilt against Samaria for rebelling against her G-d. The violence described is extreme and unsettling, making clear that the destruction Israel […]
📖 Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Teshuvah – Chapter 3: Judgment According to Deeds, the Balance of Merit and Sin, and the World to Come (Wednesday 7th Nissan)
Subscribe to Receive PDF Hilchos Teshuvah – Chapter 3: Judgment According to Deeds, the Balance of Merit and Sin, and the World to Come Halachah 1 — Righteous, Wicked, and Beinoni Every person has merits and sins. One whose merits exceed his sins is righteous. One whose sins exceed his merits is […]
📚 Daf Yomi Summary – Menachot 73: Menachos (Wednesday 7th Nissan)
📖 Daf Yomi Summary – Menachot 73: Menachos Menachos 73 – Daf Yomi Summary Eating the Remainders of Menachos Is a Torah Mitzvah The daf opens with a foundational principle: There is a Torah obligation (mitzvat aseh) for Kohanim to eat the shirayim (remainders) of most meal‑offerings This mitzvah is […]
⚖️ Daily Halacha: Medicine and vitamins – Must it be Kosher for Pesach & Links for Medicine list
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✍️ From the Rav’s Desk: From the Rav’s Desk: What Should One Use for the Four Cups at the Pesach Seder if One Cannot Drink Wine?
What Should One Use for the Four Cups at the Pesach Seder if One Cannot Drink Wine? Question Dear Rav, I have a medical condition that makes it dangerous for me to consume alcohol, and therefore drinking wine for the Four Cups on the night of the Pesach Seder is […]
🔥Daily Chassidus: The level of the soul of Adam
Subscribe to Receive PDF The level of the soul of Adam:[1] It states in the book of Gilgulim that prior to the sin of the tree of knowledge, Adam had a soul on the level of Neshama of Neshama of Atzilus. Prior to the sin, Adam was on such a […]
🗓️ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 6th Nissan
Subscribe to Receive PDF Table of Contents 📅 Today’s Yahrzeits 📅 Today’s Yahrzeits– 6th Nissan[1] 🕯️ Rabbi Shmuel Yehudah ben Rabbi Meir Katzenellenbogen of Venice 🕯️ Rabbi Chaim ben Rabbi Moshe Abulafia of Tiberias — rebuilder of the Jewish community of Tiberias 🕯️ Rabbi Aharon Shmuel ben Rabbi Yehudah Assaad […]
🔥Daily Tanya Chapter 38 Part 5: Human versus animal Kavana (Tuesday 6th Nissan)
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📜Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Tzav – Shelishi: The Karban Shelamim (Tuesday, 6th Nissan)
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📄Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 13: Self‑Destruction, Failed Kingship, and Inevitable Judgment
Subscribe to Receive PDF Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 13: Self‑Destruction, Failed Kingship, and Inevitable Judgment From Reverence to Ruin (Verses 1–2) When Ephraim once spoke with humility, he was exalted in Israel. But when he turned to Baal, he spiritually “died.” Instead of stopping, Israel: Continued sinning Crafted idols […]
📖 Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Teshuvah – Chapter 2: The Nature of Teshuvah and the Ways by Which It Is Achieved (Tuesday 6th Nissan)
Subscribe to Receive PDF Hilchos Teshuvah – Chapter 2: The Nature of Teshuvah and the Ways by Which It Is Achieved Halachah 1 — Complete Teshuvah Complete Teshuvah is achieved when a person encounters the same situation in which he previously sinned, has the ability and desire to sin again, and nevertheless […]
📚 Daf Yomi Summary – Menachos 72: The Harvesting of the Omer (Tuesday 6th Nissan)
Subscribe to Receive PDF Menachos 72 – Summary Harvesting Before the Omer Normally, harvesting grain is forbidden before the Omer offering is brought on the 16th of Nisan. The Mishnah teaches important exceptions: Harvesting is permitted before the Omer when done for a mitzvah, such as: Clearing space for a […]
⚖️ Daily Halacha: Kosher for Pesach products, Kitniyus, Medicines – Summary & Review – Part 11
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✍️ From the Rav’s Desk: Does Baking Soda Need a Kosher‑for‑Pesach Hechsher?
Subscribe to Receive PDF Does Baking Soda Need a Kosher‑for‑Pesach Hechsher? Question Baking soda has a regular kosher hechsher, but it does not have a special kosher‑for‑Pesach certification. Can I still use it for Pesach? Answer Yes. 100% pure baking soda [in contrast to baking powder] has no concern […]
🔥Daily Chassidus: The mystical reason for why it is forbidden to eat before Davening
Subscribe to Receive PDF The mystical reason for why it is forbidden to eat before Davening: [1] It is stated in the Talmud and Poskim[2] that it is forbidden for one to eat prior to prayer. Mystically, the reason behind this prohibition is as follows: The entire purpose of eating […]
🗓️Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 5th Nissan
Subscribe to Receive PDF Table of Contents 📅 Today’s Yahrzeits 🕯️ Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apt — author of Ohev Yisrael🕯️ Rabbi Shneur Zalman Fradkin of Lublin — author of Torat Chesed🕯️ Rabbi Malkiel Tzvi ben Rabbi Yonah HaLevi Tennenbaum of Lomza — author of Divrei Malkiel🕯️ Rabbi Tzvi […]
🔥Daily Tanya Chapter 38 Part 4: The advantage of Kavana over Maaseh (Monday 5th Nissan)
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📜 Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Tzav – Sheiyni: The Karban Chatas and Asham (Monday 5th Nissan)
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📄Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 12: Ephraim Chasing the Wind, and the Call to Return to G-d
Subscribe to Receive PDF Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 12: Ephraim Chasing the Wind, and the Call to Return to G-d Ephraim: Deceit, Instability, and False Security (vv. 1–2, 8–9, 15) Lies and Wind (vv. 1–2) Ephraim is described as: Surrounded by lies and deceit Chasing wind, especially the east […]
📖 Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Teshuvah – Chapter 1: The Mitzvah of Repentance and Confession (Monday 5th Nissan)
Subscribe to Receive Daily PDF Hilchos Teshuvah – Chapter 1: The Mitzvah of Repentance and Confession Halachah 1 — The Mitzvah of Teshuvah and Verbal Confession When a person transgresses any mitzvah of the Torah—whether positive or negative, intentionally or unintentionally—repentance requires verbal confession before God. This confession is itself a positive […]
📚 Daf Yomi Summary – Menachos 71: The Harvesting of the Omer (Monday 5th Nissan)
Subscribe to Receive PDF Daf Yomi Summary – Menachos 71: The Harvesting of the Omer Menachot 71 (71a–71b) Harvesting Before the Omer for Non‑Food Purposes The Mishnah opens by teaching that although grain is generally forbidden to be harvested before the Omer, there are specific exceptions: Harvesting before the Omer […]
⚖️ Daily Halacha: Biur Chametz – The laws of Pesach – Summary & Review – Part 9
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✍️ From the Rav’s Desk: What Should One Do on Pesach With a Porcelain or Enamel Sink That Cannot Be Kashered?
Subscribe to Receive Daily PDF What Should One Do on Pesach With a Porcelain or Enamel Sink That Cannot Be Kashered? Question I recently moved into a new home, and the kitchen sinks are made of porcelain rather than stainless steel. As is well known, porcelain sinks cannot be kashered. […]
🔥Daily Chassidus: Does G-d truly not know whether to desire the actions of the righteous versus the actions of the wicked
Subscribe to Receive Daily PDF Does G-d truly not know whether to desire the actions of the righteous versus the actions of the wicked?[1] The Midrash Raba on Bereishis writes on the verse, “Vayehi Or/And there shall be light,” that “these are the actions of the righteous, although at this […]
🔥 Daily Chassidus: The superiority of femininity in the future
Subscribe to Receive PDF The superiority of femininity in the future Scripture states “Hakol Kol Yaakov/and the voice is the voice of Yaakov.” In today’s times, the voice comes from the man, from the aspect of masculinity. Man is the giver, the Mashpia, and the woman is the receiver, the […]
✍️ From the Rav’s Desk: How to wash hands in morning and for bread if medically forbidden
Subscribe to Receive PDF Washing Hands When Medically Prohibited Question I have a question regarding my daughter, who is under the age of Bas Mitzvah and is currently suffering from a medical skin condition (such as eczema). Her doctor has strictly forbidden her from getting her hands wet for several […]
⚖️ Daily Halacha: Mechiras Chametz – The laws of Pesach – Summary & Review – Part 10
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📚 Daf Yomi Summary – Menachot 70: The Five Species of Grain (Sunday 4th Nissan)
Subscribe to Receive PDF Daily Daf – Menachot 70 (70a–70b) Todays daf shifts from unresolved edge‑cases to classification and definition, asking which grains and growths are halachically significant for challah, chadash, tithes, and offerings, and how subsequent growth affects obligation. The Five Species of Grain The daf identifies the five grains […]
📖 Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Avodat Kochavim – Chapter 12: Prohibited Grooming, Bodily Markings, and Pagan Mourning Practices (Sunday 4th Nissan)
Hilchos Avodat Kochavim – Chapter 12: Prohibited Grooming, Bodily Markings, and Pagan Mourning Practices Halachah 1 — Shaving the Corners of the Head It is forbidden to shave the corners of the head (the temples) in the manner of idolaters. Each corner is a separate prohibition; shaving both incurs two sets […]
📄Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 11: Divine Love, Human Rebellion, and the Turning Point of Compassion
Subscribe to Receive PDF Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 11: Divine Love, Human Rebellion, and the Turning Point of Compassion Israel as God’s Beloved Child (Verses 1–2) Hashem opens by recalling Israel’s infancy: “When Israel was young, I loved him, and from Egypt I called My son.” This evokes the […]
📜Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Tzav – Rishon: Terumas Hadeshen and the Mincha offering (Sunday 4th nissan)
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🔥Daily Tanya Chapter 38 Part 3: The need of Dveikus, Kavana to attach to Hashem when doing Mitzvos and Davening (Sunday 4th Nissan)
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🗓️Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 4th Nissan
Subscribe to Receive PDF Table of Contents 📅 Today’s Yahrzeits 🕯️ Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Hirsch HaKohen of Ostraha — author of VeTzivah HaKohen 🕯️ Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi of Mecklenburg – author of HaKetav VeHaKabbalah, of blessed memory. 🕯️ Rabbi Yochanan Twersky of Rachmistrivka – son of the holy Rabbi Mordechai […]
📚 Daf Yomi Summary – Menachot 69a–69b: Shtei Halechem (Shabbos, 3rd Nissan)
📖 Daf Yomi Summary – Menachot 69a–69b: Shtei Halechem Daily Daf – Menachot 69 (69a–69b) Today’s daf moves away from settled halacha and into a series of conceptual and borderline cases concerning the Omer, the Two Loaves of Shavuot, and the definition of what counts as “new produce.” Many of the […]
📖 Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Avodat Kochavim – Chapter 11: Prohibited Imitation of Gentile Practices and the Rejection of Superstition and Occult Arts (Shabbos, 3rd Nissan)
Subscribe to Receive PDF Hilchos Avodat Kochavim –Chapter 11: Prohibited Imitation of Gentile Practices and the Rejection of Superstition and Occult Arts Halachah 1 — Not Imitating Gentile Statutes It is forbidden to follow gentile customs in dress, grooming, behavior, or architecture. Jews must remain distinct in appearance, conduct, ideals, and character. […]
📜Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Vayikra – Shevi: The Karban Asham (Shabbos, 3rd Nissan)
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🔥Daily Tanya Chapter 38 Part 2: The concealment of the G-dly energy is equal in both the body and soul (Shabbos 3rd Nissan)
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🗓️Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 3rd Nissan
Subscribe to Receive PDF Table of Contents 📅 Today in Jewish History 📅 A Day of Purification for All Israel In the year of the erection of the Mishkan, on this very day, the ashes of the Red Heifer were sprinkled for the first time upon the entire Jewish people, […]
Parshas Vayikra – Summary, Torah Or, Likkutei Sichos, Video Shiurim; Halachos
The Complete Parsha Companion Download PDF Purchase Parsha Companion Read all Articles online Pshat on The Parsha Parshas Vayikra-Summary of Parsha 1) The Mitzvah of Karbanos; 2) The cow Olah offering; 3) The sheep and goat Olah offering Click Here Parshas Vayikra-Parsha Bee Click Here Parshas Vayikra-Parsha Insights Click Here […]
🕯️Hilchos Shabbos Table Learning: Drying a Kiddush Cup on Shabbos
Hilchos Shabbos Table Learning A Weekly Guide to Shabbos Laws for Personal Study and Family Discussion 🛠️ Melacha Corner 🛠️ 🍷 Drying a Kiddush Cup on Shabbos — Issues of Sechitah (Squeezing) Drying a cup on Shabbos can raise questions of Sechitah, especially when using a cloth or towel. Below […]
📚 Daf Yomi Summary – Menachot 68a–68b: Chadash Laws (Friday, 2nd Nissan)
Subscribe to Receive PDF 📖 Daf Yomi Summary – Menachot 68a–68b: Chadash Laws Daily Daf – Menachot 68 (68a–68b) This daf continues the laws of chadash (new grain) and examines how the Torah and the Sages prevent accidental violations, comparing chadash to other Pesach‑related prohibitions and analyzing why safeguards differ from […]
📖 Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Avodat Kochavim –Chapter 10: Covenants, Residence, and Social Relations with Idolaters (Friday, 2nd Nissan)
Subscribe to Receive PDF Chapter 10: Covenants, Residence, and Social Relations with Idolaters Halachah 1 — No Covenant or Mercy Toward Idolaters It is forbidden to make a covenant with idolaters that allows them to continue idol worship. hey must renounce idolatry or be opposed. One may not show mercy by […]
📜Daily Chumash & Rashi Vayikra – Shishi: The Chatas sin offering of an individual (Friday, 2nd Nissan)
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🔥Daily Tanya Chapter 38 Part 1: Speech versus thought of a Mitzvah (Friday, 2nd Nissan)
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🗓️ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 2nd Nissan
Subscribe to Receive PDF Table of Contents 📅 Today in Jewish History 📅 Elazar ben Aharon HaKohen Burns the Parah Adumah[1]Elazar ben Aharon HaKohen burned the Parah Adumah in order to purify Bnei Yisrael from ritual impurity, preparing them to bring the Korban Pesach. This act of purification was essential […]
Daily Chassidus: Why the date of the holidays are dependent on the Jewish people’s sanctification of the New Month
Subscribe to Receive PDF Why the date of the holidays are dependent on the Jewish people’s sanctification:[1] In contrast to the Shabbos which is set to the seventh day of the week, the holidays are set according to the dates of the Jewish month. Now, while the dates themselves are […]
From the Ravs Desk: Flying from Israel to America on Friday When Shabbos Begins in Israel
Subscribe to Receive PDF Flying from Israel to America on Friday When Shabbos Begins in Israel Question Due to the current situation in Israel, flights are extremely limited. I have the opportunity to fly from Israel to Los Angeles on Friday, arriving in Los Angeles before Shabbos begins there, but […]
Daily Halacha: Birchas Ilanos: Laws, Customs, & Background
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📚 Daf Yomi Summary – Menachos 67a–67b (Thursday, 1st Adar)
Subscribe to Receive PDF 📖 Daf Yomi Summary – Menachot 67a–67b Main Topic: Chadash and the Omer The daf continues the discussion of חדש (chadash) — grain from the new harvest that is forbidden to eat until the Korban Omer is brought on the 16th of Nisan. When Exactly […]
Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Avodat Kochavim – Chapter 9: Commercial Relations with Idolaters and Prohibitions Related to Their Festivals and Worship (Thursday, 1st Nissan)
Subscribe to Receive PDF Hilchos Avodat Kochavim – Chapter 9: Commercial Relations with Idolaters and Prohibitions Related to Their Festivals and Worship Halachah 1 — Business Near Gentile Holidays It is forbidden to buy, sell, lend, borrow, repay loans, or accept payment from idolaters within three days before their festival (in […]
Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 10: Prosperity Without God, False Confidence, and the Final Call to Repent
Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 10: Prosperity Without God, False Confidence, and the Final Call to Repent Prosperity That Fed Sin (Verses 1–2) Israel is compared to a luxuriant vine—but one that produces fruit only for itself, not for God. As blessing increased: Altars to idolatry multiplied Pillars to […]
Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Vayikra – Chamishi: The Chatas sin offering of a Kohen Moshiach (Thursday, 1st Nissan)
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Daily Tanya Chapter 37 Part 8: Only the study of Torah has ability to draw G-d below to be with the person (Thursday 1st Nissan)
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🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 1st Nissan Rosh Chodesh
Subscribe to Receive PDF Table of Contents 📅 Today in Jewish History 📅 The Sixth Day of Creation and the Formation of Adam Harishon According to Rebbe Yehoshua (Year 0) The Talmud records a classic dispute (Rosh Hashanah 10–11) about when the world was created: Rabbi Eliezer holds that creation […]
Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 29th Adar – Erev Rosh Chodesh
🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 29th Adar Today in Jewish History – 29th Adar[1] Blood Libel and Memory in Ashkenaz: A Chronicle of Persecution in 1096 In the grim year of 1096, as the armies of the First Crusade swept across Europe, the Jewish communities […]
Daily Chassidus: The small Aleph of Vayikra versus the big Aleph of Adam
The small Aleph of Vayikra versus the big Aleph of Adam:[1] We find something very interesting in the beginning of the Parsha, that the word Vayikra is traditionally written with a small Aleph. This is in contrast to the book of Divrei Hayamim in which we find that the word […]
From the Rav’s Desk: Germania Shel Edom: Did Chazal Foresee a World‑Threatening Power of Nazi Germany?
Germania Shel Edom: Did Chazal Foresee a World‑Threatening Power of Nazi Germany? Question I heard that there is a source in the Gemara which states that Germany has the power to destroy the world. I have always wondered—God forbid—what would have happened if Nazi Germany had won World War II. […]
Daily Halacha: Laws relevant to the month of Nissan (Wednesday, 29th Adar)
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📚 Daf Yomi Summary – Menachos 66a–66b (Wednesday, 29th Adar)
📖 Daf Yomi Summary – Menachot 66a–66b Menachos 66 (66a–66b) – Detailed Summary This daf continues and deepens the discussion of the Omer offering and Sefirat HaOmer, shifting the focus from when the Omer is brought to how the counting is defined and practiced. Further Rejection of the Baytusian […]
Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Avodat Kochavim – Chapter 8: Objects Worshiped Without Human Modification, and the Laws of Nullification (Bitul) of Idolatry (Wednesday, 29th Adar)
Hilchos Avodat Kochavim – Chapter 8: Objects Worshiped Without Human Modification, and the Laws of Nullification (Bitul) of Idolatry Halachah 1 — Natural Objects Worshiped: Generally Permitted; “Human Act” Creates Prohibition Anything not made or altered by human action remains permitted even if worshiped (e.g., mountains, hills, naturally existing trees, public […]
Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 9: The End of Joy, Exile from the Land, and the Withering of Israel
Subscribe to Receive PDF Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 9: The End of Joy, Exile from the Land, and the Withering of Israel Forbidden Joy and the Loss of Blessing (Verses 1–2) Israel is commanded not to rejoice like the other nations, even at times of harvest and celebration. Their […]
Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Vayikra – Revi’i: The Shlomim sacrifice from cattle (Wednesday, 29th Adar)
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Daily Tanya Chapter 37 Part 7: The main purpose are the practical Mitzvos (Wednesday, 29th Adar)
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🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 28th Adar
Today in Jewish History – 28th Adar[1] The Day the Decrees Were Annulled — A Festival in Megillat Ta’anit[2] Today is recorded as a festival day in Megillat Ta’anit (chapter 12), because joyful news reached the Jewish people that they would not be severed from the Torah. The ruling empire had […]
From The Rav’s Desk: The Definition of Matzah Ashirah and Whether One Can Fulfill the Mitzvah with Egg Matzah on the Night of Pesach
The Definition of Matzah Ashirah and Whether One Can Fulfill the Mitzvah with Egg Matzah on the Night of Pesach Question I was discussing with a friend whether one can fulfill the mitzvah of eating matzah on the night of the 15th of Nissan with egg matzah. I stated, in […]
Daily Halacha: Laws of Matzah – Summary – Part 2 – Matzah Ashira, Machine made, Kefulos and Nefuchos
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Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Avodat Kochavim – Chapter 7: The Destruction of Idolatry and the Prohibition of Deriving Benefit from It (Tuesday, 28th Adar)
Hilchos Avodat Kochavim – Chapter 7: The Destruction of Idolatry and the Prohibition of Deriving Benefit from It Halachah 1 — Positive Command: Destroy Idolatry It is a positive commandment to destroy idols, their accessories, and all places of idolatrous worship. In Eretz Yisrael, one must actively pursue and eradicate idolatry; […]
Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 8: Empty Cries, False Kings, and the Harvest of the Wind
Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 8: Empty Cries, False Kings, and the Harvest of the Wind The Alarm of Imminent Judgment (Verse 1) The chapter opens with urgency: “To your palate a shofar!” The shofar signals immediate danger. An enemy descends like an eagle upon the House of Hashem, because […]
Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Vayikra – Shelishi: The Mincha offering, Salt, and Bikurim
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Daily Tanya Chapter 37 Part 6: The greatness of Talmud Torah over all Mitzvos even Tzedaka (Tuesday, 28th Adar)
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🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 27th Adar
🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 27th Adar 📅 Today’s Yahrzeits[1] 🕯️ Rabbi Rafael Moshe Bula — Author of Get Mekushar 🕯️ Rabbi Yosef Shaul Halevi Nathenson — Author of Shoel Umeishiv 🕯️ Rabbi Shlomo Elyashiv — Author of Leshem Shebo Achlama Their Background[2] 🕯️ Rabbi […]
From the Ravs Desk: How Does One Calculate the Onah Beinonis? Day 30 or 31 from the Period?
How Does One Calculate the Onah Beinonis? Day 30 or 31 from the Period? Question Does the calculation of the Onah Beinonis include the day on which the woman saw her period, or does the counting begin only from the following day? I am confused about how to calculate the […]
Laws of Matzah-Summary – Part 1 – The Mitzvah-Matzah Shmura, Rasham/Rashi/Chaiy Melicha/Shulchan
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Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Avodas Kochavim – Chapter 6: Forbidden Occult Practices, Molech Worship, and Pagan Ritual Structures (Monday, 27th Adar)
Avodat Kochavim – Chapter 6: Forbidden Occult Practices, Molech Worship, and Pagan Ritual Structures Halachah 1 — The Practices of Ov One who knowingly performs the practices of an ov is liable to karet; if warned by witnesses, he is stoned. These practices include incense and incantations that create the illusion of voices […]
Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 7: Self‑Deception, Political Chaos, and False Turning
Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 7: Self‑Deception, Political Chaos, and False Turning Healing Reveals, It Does Not Conceal (Verses 1–2) Hashem begins with a striking statement: when He seeks to heal Israel, the full depth of their sin becomes visible. Instead of repentance, what emerges is: Falsehood and deception Theft […]
Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Vayikra – Sheiyni: The bird Olah and Mincha offering (Monday, 27th Adar)
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Daily Tanya Chapter 37 Part 5: Tzedaka is the greatest Mitzvah that has ability to elevate the world and animal soul (Monday 27th Adar)
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🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 26th Adar
🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 26th Adar 📅 Today’s Yahrzeits[1] 🕯️ Rebbetzin Sarah Schenirer — Founder of Beis Yaakov Their Background[2] 🕯️ Rebbetzin Sarah Schenirer (1883–1935) Founder of the Beis Yaakov Movement Rebbetzin Sarah Schenirer was a visionary Jewish educator and the founder […]
From the Rav’s Desk: The Origin, Basis, and Extent of the Original Ashkenazic Custom Not to Eat Kitniyot on Pesach
Question I was wondering when the Ashkenazic custom of not eating kitniyot first began and where is it first mentioned in Jewish halakhic literature? Additionally, were there differing levels of stringency among Ashkenazic communities at the time of its inception? Answer The Ashkenazi practice of refraining from Kitniyus during Pesach […]
Daily Halacha: The laws of Pesach – Summary & Review – Part 7 – Bittul Chametz – Nullifying the Chametz
*The article below is an excerpt from the above Sefer *As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Buy in Paperback or Kindle Buy on Apple Books Buy on Website Hilchos Pesach Learning Course + Semicha Bittul Chametz-Nullifying the Chametz:[1] General laws: It is an institution of the sages […]
Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Avodas Kochavim – Chapter 5: The Laws of the Enticer, the False Prophet, and Speech Relating to Idolatry (Sunday, 26th Adar)
Hilchos Avodas Kochavim Chapter 5: The Laws of the Enticer, the False Prophet, and Speech Relating to Idolatry Six Core Mitzvot Highlighted in This Chapter (from Deuteronomy 13:2–12) This Chapter yields six key prohibitions concerning a mesit: Not to entice a single individual to idolatry Not to love the mesit […]
Daily Tanach – Hoshea Chapter 6: Superficial Repentance, Covenant Betrayal, and What God Truly Desires
A Call to Return—Framed as Hope (Verses 1–3) The chapter opens with Israel’s own words, calling one another to return to Hashem. They acknowledge that: Hashem wounds, but also heals He strikes, but binds up Restoration will follow suffering They speak confidently of revival—“on the third day He will set […]
Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Vayikra – Rishon: The Mitzvah of Karbanos (Sunday, 26th Adar)
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Daily Tanya Chapter 37 Part 4: The purpose of the descent of the G-dly soul is not for its own benefit (Sunday 26th Adar)
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Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Avodas Kochavim – Chapter 4: Liability for Idolatrous Worship and Its Forms of Service (Shabbos, 25th Adar)
Avodat Kochavim – Chapter 4: The Laws of the Apostate City (Ir HaNidachas) Halachah 1 — The Crime of Leading a City Astray Those who lead a Jewish city to idolatry are executed by stoning, even if they themselves did not worship. The inhabitants who were led astray are executed by decapitation if they […]
Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Vayakhel Pikudei – Shevi’i: Hashem instructs Moshe how to put together the Mishkan (Shabbos, 25th Adar)
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🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 25th Adar
🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 25th Adar Today in Jewish History – 25th Adar[1] 🗓️ The Date of Creation according to Rabbi Yehoshua The Talmud records a classic dispute (Rosh Hashanah 10–11) about when the world was created: Rabbi Eliezer holds that creation took place […]
Daily Tanya Chapter 37 Part 3: Each soul has its unique mission of elevating the world (Shabbos 25th Adar)
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Parshas Vayakhel Pikudei & Hachodesh – Summary, Torah Or, Likkutei Sichos, Video Shiurim; Halachos
The Complete Parsha Companion Download PDF Purchase Parsha Companion – Vayakhel Purchase Parsha Companion – Pikudei Read all Articles online Read all Articles online Pshat on The Parsha Parshas Vayakhel -Summary of Parsha Keeping Shabbos: Moshe gathered the entire Jewish people and told them that Hashem commanded as follows: Click […]
🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 24th Adar
🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 24th Adar Today in Chabad History – 24th Adar[1] 🗓️ The Rebbe Rayatz leaves Riga in route to the United States[2] On the 24th of Adar I, 5700, the Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (the Frierdiker Rebbe), departed from Riga on […]
Halachos for Shabbos Parshas Vayakhel Pikudei 25th Adar: Shabbos Mevarchim, Parshas Hachodesh
Table of Contents Parshas Hachodesh: When: When [the second day of[1]] Rosh Chodesh Adar falls on Shabbos, Parshas Hachodesh is read on the fifth Shabbos in Adar which is the 29th of Adar.[2] When [the second day of] Rosh Chodesh Adar falls on Monday or Wednesday, Parshas Hachodesh is read […]
Daily Halacha: Hilchos Shabbos Family Table Learning: 🍷 Preparing the Kiddush Cup – Kos Shel Bracha
Hilchos Shabbos Table Learning A Weekly Guide to Shabbos Laws for Personal Study and Family Discussion ✨This weeks Topic✨ 🍷 Preparing the Kiddush Cup – Kos Shel Bracha Using a cup for Kiddush and other mitzvos is not just about the wine — the cup itself must be prepared […]
Daily Rambam (1) Hilchos Avodas Kochavim – Chapter 3: Liability for Idolatrous Worship and Its Forms of Service (Friday, 24th Adar)
Avodat Kochavim – Chapter 3: Liability for Idolatrous Worship and Its Forms of Service Halachah 1 — Punishment for Idolatrous Worship One who worships false gods intentionally and defiantly is liable to karet; if witnesses warned him, he is stoned to death. If the worship was unintentional, he must bring a fixed […]
Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Vayakhel Pikudei – Shishi: The Meil, Kutones, Tzitz, Mishkan is Erected by Moshe (Friday, 24th Adar)
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Daily Tanya Chapter 37 Part 2: How all of the world becomes elevated as a result of Torah and Mitzvos (Friday 24th Adar)
*The article below is an excerpt from the above Sefer *As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Donate Buy in Paperback or Kindle Buy on Apple Books Purchase on our website Sign up for Daily Distribution Sponsor an Episode 24th Adar The Mitzvah’s also elevate the general physical […]
🗓️✨ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 23rd Adar
Today in Jewish History – 23rd Adar[1] The Seven Days of the Milu’im — Preparing for the Dedication of the Mishkan Today begins the seven days of inauguration (the Days of the Milu’im) preceding the dedication of the Mishkan, which took place on Rosh Chodesh Nisan. During these days, Moshe […]
From the Ravs Desk: Had to Go to a Bomb Shelter Right After I Poured My Wine for Kiddush – Does the wine become invalid?
Had to Go to a Bomb Shelter Right After I Poured My Wine for Kiddush Question I was about to make Kiddush when sirens suddenly went off. My entire family, myself included, immediately ran to the bomb shelter and remained there for approximately 40 minutes. We had left our phones […]
