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• What foods should one eat at the seuda ha’mafsekes (last meal) on erev Yom Kippur?
  Prof. L. Levine: What foods should one eat at the seuda ha’mafsekes (last meal) on erev Yom Kippur?: Please see https://oukosher.org/halacha-yomis/foods-one-eat-seuda-hamafsekes-last-meal-erev-yom-kippur/?category=yom-kippur&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shsh%20Haazinu%205781%20%281%29&utm_content=&spMailingID=32573763&spUserID=MjM3MTAxNzY3NzIS1&spJobID=1784317155&spReportId=MTc4NDMxNzE1NQS2 What foods should one eat at the <em>seuda ha’mafsekes</em> (last meal) on <em>erev Yom Kippur</em>? | OU Kosher Certification<https://oukosher.org/halacha-yomis/foods-one-eat-seuda-hamafsekes-last-meal-erev-yom-kippur/?category=yom-kippur&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shsh%20Haazinu%205781%20%281%29&utm_content=&spMailingID=32573763&spUserID=MjM3MTAxNzY3NzIS1&spJobID=1784317155&spReportId=MTc4NDMxNzE1NQS2> Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 608:4) writes that on erev Yom Kippur, one should eat light […]
• Laws &amp; Customs: Month of Tishrei during the Corona period
  Prof. L. Levine: Laws & Customs: Month of Tishrei during the Corona period: For those in quarantine, davening by themselves or in outside Minyanim Please see https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/groupsioattachments/14569/76906693/102/0?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJECNKOVMCCU3ATNQ&Expires=1600431735&Signature=d1788QfnWQyWHF1xjnl7Zn59EJg%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3D%22Tishrei+During+Corona.pdf%22 YL
• [Torah Musings] Why Did the Holocaust Happen
  Micha Berger: [Torah Musings] Why Did the Holocaust Happen: A survey by R Gil Student. https://www.torahmusings.com/2020/09/why-did-the-holocaust-happen/ (And a couple of the comments on his post.) :-)BBii! -Micha Torah Musing Why Did the Holocaust Happen? Posted by: Gil Student Posts Sep 7, 2020 As I reviewed the weekly Torah reading for this past Shabbos, which includes […]
• Davening BiYehidut on Yom Kippur
  Aryeh Frimer: Davening BiYehidut on Yom Kippur: Has anyone seen litereature about the following Issues when Davening BiYehidut (1) saying Kol Nidrei - You need a Bet Din to be Matir Neder, but perhaps it can be said as a Notification for the future [a la Rabbenu Tam] - using the language "MiYom Kippur Zeh […]
• Aruch HaShulchan OC 62:4
  Akiva Miller: Aruch HaShulchan OC 62:4: . <wolberg at yebo.co.za> asked several questions about Aruch HaShulchan OC 62:4, who wrote: [...] Spoiler alert: I have several problems with this Aruch Hashulchan, and I suspect that (as R' Wolberg suspects), the AhS had ulterior reasons for writing this (such as the inroads that Reform was making […]
• Q. What is the minimum amount of shofar blowing that one is required to hear?
  Prof. L. Levine: Q. What is the minimum amount of shofar blowing that one is required to hear?: [...] A. In three different places the Torah commands us to blow shofar in the month of Tishrei: Twice in relation to Rosh Hashanah, and once in reference to Yom Kippur (Yovel – Jubilee). The Gemara (Rosh […]
• Davening BiYehidut on Yom Kippur
  Akiva Miller: Davening BiYehidut on Yom Kippur: . R' Aryeh Frimer asked: [...] No, I haven't seen any literature on it, but just off the top of my head: Even if Notification doesn't need a beis din, I would imagine that it certainly needs some degree of publicity. Maybe one's family will suffice. […]
• Which parts of Selichos must be omitted if a minyan is not present?
  Danny Schoemann: Which parts of Selichos must be omitted if a minyan is not present?: [...] I actually traced this back to its source - a new obsession of mine. It's a Tur in 565 (Hil. Ta'anis). "Rav Nosson writes there's no Minhag for an individual to say the 13 attributes." (Excuse the stilted word-for-word […]
• practical and detailed shir for Baalei tokaya and makri
  mcohen at touchlogic.com: practical and detailed shir for Baalei tokaya and makri: Very good. Starts basic, but gets better.. [...] https://zoom.us/rec/share/xyvl_GE2lRo5GmE02A0XVqL4TEp3Kq4RqYfPZ4zAbezsR4D1c7G8LaIToB8dxYbe.0vgzJDhv9dDlViCP
• Consumer Daf HaKashrus - Spices
  Prof. L. Levine: Consumer Daf HaKashrus - Spices: I normally do not send out messages with attachments, but I could not locate this online. [See <https://ouintranet.org/newsletters/files/Daf-Yomim-Noraim-5781.pdf> for attached PDF. -micha] From the pdf file [...] See the attachment for much more. […]