Covering Orakh Chaim, the parts of Yoreh Deah relevant at home, and selected topics from Eveh haEzer and Choshein Mishpat…. The halakhos of daily life from waking up in the morning to going to bed, from kashrus in the kitchen to honoring one’s parents to taharas hamishpachah to aveilus.
With the Arukh haShulchan’s analysis of how the halakhah came to be what it is.
Join us for the Second Cycle Starting Tuesday February 11th 2025 – 13 Shevat 5785
Exciting Arukh HaShulchan Development!!!
When we begin the second cycle of the Arukh HaShulchan Yomi, we will b’ezras Hashem also begin the first supplemental cycle of the rest of the Arukh HaShulchan!
We took the material not covered in the AhSY cycle and divided it into pieces to fit during the next two cycles. Two unrelated pieces to learn each day, but the daily material of the supplemental cycle will be less than half tbe text per day of the regular cycle.
At the end of the third cycle, you could be making a siyum on the entire Aruch HaShulchan!*
(* Original edition. Not including Nedarim nor Arukh HaShulchan He’Asid.)
The Arukh haShulchan Yomi is also included on our Luach page. (That Luach also offers halachic times for any location in a novel month-calendar format, as well Daf (Bavli) and Daf Yerushalmi Yomi. The Arukh haShulchan Yomi is provided as a link to a copy of the day’s text.
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llmdos.substack.com The truth about the Baal Ha-Turim's commentary on the Torah For five centuries you've been reading a gutted commentary and a gematria sideshow, mistaking the cut for the original [...]
On Beitza 32a Rashi defines a certain utensil as a flat blank plate. Tosfot does not like that definition because of a concern of a contradiction with a different gemara. [...]
Hilchot Teshuvah 10:1 “One should not say: I will fulfill the commandments of the Torah and engage in its wisdom in order to receive all the blessings written therein… or [...]
I was somewhat confused by a recent talk where R’ M Willig stated that one must follow his rebbi’s psak. Yet he also said that R’Moshe was the poseik hador [...]
From https://vinnews.com/2026/05/05/five-ways-of-reading-a-gemara-that-no-longer-matches-the-world-and-how-the-baalei-hatosafos-read-theirs/ R Y Hoffman The Rabbis were wrong. This is the most controversial of the five. Its earliest and most famous proponent is Rabbeinu Avraham ben HaRambam in his [...]
https://traditiononline.org/reconceiving-conceptualism/ Itamar Rosensweig-Reconceiving Conceptualism An interesting discussion of approaches to Talmud study. I was stopped short at the beginning of the article where R’ Rosensweig makes the case that one [...]
Anyone aware of any shiurim or write ups of the concept of Lfnim Mshurat Hadin (what are the parameters applications)? Not looking for a list of cases where gemara applies [...]
I recently heard a rabbi mention a “family minhag” of finding out the sex of a baby in utero and then lying about knowing that information. I’m curious about your [...]
Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Summer Special 2:Toxic Landscapes:Ideology, Antipathy, and Betrayal:The Israeli Electoral Systemhttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/121257 [...]
For example, if you were in doubt if you made a Borei Pri Ha'Etz you would say(with the Shem): וַיְבָרֶךְ דָּוִיד אֶת ה' לְעֵינֵי כָּל הַקָּהָל וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִיד בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה [...]
Fathom Summary: To trace the historical evolution of religion's relationship with the state. Key Takeaways Ancient Religion: A nationalized, state-sanctioned force with no conflict between religious and secular justice. Christianity: [...]
DafYerushalmi.com wishes Mazel Tov on the completion of Seder Moed this coming Shabbos! Click here for the FREE DOWNLOAD of the Schottenstein English Edition & Hebrew Edition Yerushalmi on the ArtScroll [...]
Fathom Summary:Moriah by Rabbi Dr Isaac Breuer Meeting Purpose Reviewing Rabbi Dr. Isaac Breuer's philosophy on the modern state. Key Takeaways The Sovereign State as a "Tower of Babel": Modern states [...]
Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 13 Finale:From Micro to Macro:Forgoing and Forgivingin our interpersonal relationships can change our whole societyhttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/120764 [...]
Uganda Shiur - July 27VIEW RECORDING - 34 mins (No highlights)Meeting Purpose To explore the historical significance and customs of Tu B'Av. Key Takeaways Tu B'Av (15th of Av) was [...]
Moriah by Rabbi Dr Isaac Breuer: Part 6, State vs Land & People, State Above AllMeeting Purpose To analyze Rabbi Dr. Isaac Breuer's philosophy of nation and state. Key Takeaways Nation [...]
Meeting Purpose Analyze the Book of Job's theological debate on suffering. Key Takeaways The Core Problem: The Book of Job challenges the mida k'neged mida (measure-for-measure) principle by depicting the [...]
This playlist has last year's (5785) introductions (audio) and this year's (5786) introductions (video) by Rabbi Eliyahu Wincelberg, the Mara d'Asra, and myself.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXhYlGVtIOa_00zsMYbaYaCIuu2g2mfGB [...]
Nephesh Hachaim 1:13 1. T The things we say can also link celestial worlds, rectify this one, and interconnect with the upper worlds, as we’ll now see. After all, we’re [...]
Da’at Tevunot 3:7 (¶ 118 [middle]) 1. We’d do well to take something into consideration, Ramchal adds here. It’s that just because something or someone is imperfect doesn’t mean [...]
The Way of G-d 2:6:4 1. G-d allowed for a prosecutor in His court, famously known as satan 1. His role is to argue against the accused, which them enables [...]
Nephesh Hachaim 1:12 1. R. Chaim already spoke 1 of the fact that we could only link celestial worlds, rectify this one, and interconnect with those upper worlds after we’d [...]
Da’at Tevunot 3:6 (¶ 118 [beginning]) 1. Ramchal reiterates here 1 that wrong is a created entity 2 that was only designed to last for as long as G-d wanted [...]
The Way of G-d 2:6:3 1. Given the above, the fact is that G-d doesn’t judge the world according to His foreknowledge but rather according to the way He wants [...]
Nephesh Hachaim 1:11 1. Following up on the thought offered in the last chapter that despite our being connected to physicality we’re nevertheless superior to angels, R’ Chaim now [...]
Da’at Tevunot 3:5 (¶s 116 [end] – 117) 1. Ramchal says that he’s going to expand upon things he’d said above 1 and reveal things that are “deep” about [...]
Nephesh Hachaim 1:10 1. Given all of the above concerning our makeup and capacities, it’s reasonable to wonder whether angels are loftier than we are or we’re loftier than they. [...]
Da’at Tevunot 3:4 (¶ 116 [beg.]) 1. Ramchal is about to offer something that will serve as a prelude to what’s to follow 1. It’s that even though G-d [...]
Derech Hashem 2:6:1 In the course of His interactions with the world 1, G-d arranged it so that phenomena that affect both the things that humankind brings about 2 and [...]
Nephesh Hachaim 1:9 1. Following through on the discussion of the previous chapter, R’ Chaim contrasts the situation of the generation that dwelt in the Sinai Desert 1 with that [...]
Da’at Tevunot 3:3 (¶’s 103- 115) 1. It seems logical, doesn’t it, that goodness would be a product of something that emanates goodness while wrongfulness would be a product of [...]
Da’atTevunot 3:2 (# 98 – 102) 1. Ramchal starts to explain the role of wrong and injustice in the world with a proposition derived from Rambam1. It’s that when G-d [...]
Nephesh Hachaim 1:8 1. R’ Chaim offers a rather complex discussion here about the positioning of the Cherubs in the Tabernacle and Holy Temple in order to illustrate his point [...]
The website 18FORTY has a fantastic and thoughtful multimedia post on OTD that is worth watching, reading, and listening to. If you are reading this then you know I don’t [...]
Spoiler, there isn’t much substance to I what have to say. Also, I am spoiling the end of the Skywalker saga. After reading an excellent essay by Rabbi Harry Maryles [...]
I checked my recent writing history today and the last legit post of mine was really 3.5 years ago. For some that’s a long chunk of time. In that time [...]
My wife’s comment on Simchas Torah pretty much summed it up, “I feel like this is the biggest tease for you.” You see, my mom a”h was niftar right before [...]
When today comes around I usually think about things my father missed since he has been gone. I decided that this year I’ll attempt to list a number of things [...]
Walking out of shul, the morning after Yom Kippur, a follow early Sunday morning riser casually said to me, “Back to normal, right?” I was taken off guard (and also [...]
I want to share something that Rav Efraim Twerski said at his Shabbos HaGadol drasha. After starting off with 10 questions Rav Twerski said over an amazing Torah from Rav [...]
So, tonight’s the 6th yahrtzeit for my dad, Avraham ben Zorach a”h (Al, of blessed memory). Like everyone else that has lost a parent I lit my 24 hour yahrzeit [...]
“WARMED BY THE FIRE OF THE AISH KODESH– Torah from the Hilulas of Reb Kalonymus Kalman Shapira of Piaseczna” by Rav Moshe Weinberger and adapted by Binyomin Wolf is more [...]
