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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Daf Yomi people recently learned (Chullin 123a) about the case of someone owning a tallis that became tamei, hanging it up (otherwise unchanged) as a villon, and suddenly now it’s [...]
I’d appreciate your insights on the following thought experiment: you walk into a modern orthodox synagogue for a summer weekday minyan. The rabbi and assistant Rabbi are in suits and [...]
https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/1182357 Rabbi Shay Schachter-Camp Simcha Campers Question and Answer Session With Rav Shay Schachter – Part 2 Very well done. Should be required listening for all those people who are [...]
What elements of Taoism (Daoism) are considered compatible with Orthodox Judaism? In the teacher/historian groups, I haven’t yet found someone knowledgeable about Taoism. Most people just know lite pop versions [...]
Since we had a recent topic about the חיי אדם. I noticed that he often seems to attack the מגן אברהם . Either proving him wrong or answering a question [...]
From R Rimon ג) תפלת “יזכור” (שבד’ המועדים) נתקנה לכל יחיד ויחיד, לאומרה לעי”נ הורים וקרובים, ותפלת אמ”ר נתקנה בשביל הש”ץ. כי על כן בתפלת יזכור אומר נשמת אבי או [...]
browsing here , i found a post by r micha , commenting that the tzemach tzedek attributed critique from the vilna gaon served to essential remove ‘avant-garde or anti-nomian elements’ [...]
A relative told me about something that happened to his family 2 weeks ago. A baby fell from a height of about 2 meters on Shabbat afternoon. A doctor looked [...]
Uganda Shiur - September 03VIEW RECORDING - 23 mins (No highlights)Meeting Purpose To explore the Gemara's teachings on post-mortem judgment and atonement. Key Takeaways Atonement Tiers: Most sinners face a [...]
Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 14 Episode 3: No "Strings" Attached!Insisting On Traditional Selichoshttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/122001 [...]
Uganda Shiur - August 31Meeting Purpose To explain the Rosh Hashanah judgment and its implications for the coming year. Key Takeaways Rosh Hashanah Judgment: On Rosh Hashanah, all people are [...]
This is a great chiddush!!!Avraham was born in 1948, so his bris at 99 was in 2047.זמיר is 200 (ר) times 10 (י) plus 47 (זמ). That is the meaning [...]
Moriah by Rabbi Dr Isaac Breuer - August 30VIEW RECORDING - 35 mins (No highlights)Meeting Purpose To analyze Rabbi Breuer's philosophy on early human history and the Jewish nation's role. [...]
Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 14 Episode 2: Modern Shortcuts:Scootering to Shul; Ozemping your Ta'avos; Micro-Gestures as Mussarhttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/121653orhttps://youtu.be/YjjQ33ff1Xc [...]
Meeting Purpose To explore Rosh Hashanah's Day of Judgment and how to influence one's fate. Key Takeaways Four Actions to Revoke a Bad Judgment: Charity, prayer, changing one's name, and [...]
https://stuyspec.com/article/unveiling-the-duel-handwritten-vs-typed-notesScienceUnveiling the Duel: Handwritten vs. Typed NotesHandwriting notes has been consistently shown to promote better learning, memory retention, and information recall compared to typing, as it engages the brain more [...]
Fathom SummaryMeeting Purpose To analyze Rabbi Dr. Isaac Breuer's philosophy on the state, religion, and the Jewish people's mission. Key Takeaways Modern State's Origin: The modern state's separation of church [...]
Meeting Purpose To study Rosh Hashanah 16b and Parashat Kitetzi. Key Takeaways Shofar's Purpose: The Shofar on Rosh Hashanah confuses the Satan, preventing prosecution by signaling our eagerness for God's [...]
Fathom Summaries:Uganda Shiur - August 10Meeting Purpose To study the Gemara's discussion on Rosh Hashanah judgment. Key Takeaways The Mishnah (Rosh Hashanah 16a) states four annual judgments: grain (Passover), fruit [...]
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: [...]
So far we looked at the bookends of birkhas Yotzeir Or. By the rules for writing a berakhah, they establish the central theme. At this point it appears to be [...]
Personal note: Two weeks after finishing sheloshim for one son, we attended the wedding of another. If the last post sounded like someone still grappling with why Hashem made room [...]
How a message for Cyrus the Great has meaning for us Cyrus the Great (“Koreish”, in Hebrew) was important to Jewish History. He conquered Bavel, ended the Babylonian Exile, and [...]
Last post I said that I find Devarim shebiQdushah to consistently be prayers that speak of Hashem’s inherent Holiness, and trying to bring ourselves and our world to a place [...]
Pivoting from Shemoneh Esrei to Qaddish to Shema and its berakhos, I will start with Borkhu. The segue raises the question of something Qaddish and Borkhu have in common. Both [...]
I was going to post something about “the fours” and about how I relate to numbers as symbols altogether. But as I am still in sheloshim, here’s something more on [...]
This post original began with the words “Last week”. However, two weeks ago we lost our son, Yehoshua Asher, generally known as Shuby. A 27 year old man with a [...]
The Amidah for Shabbos and Yom Tov end the day-specific berachah with a paragraph that includes: קַדְּ֒שֵֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתֶֽיךָ וְתֵן חֶלְקֵֽנוּ בְּתוֹרָתֶֽךָ …שַׂבְּ֒עֵֽנוּ מִטּוּבֶֽךָ וְשַׂמְּחֵנוּ בִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ … וְטַהֵר לִבֵּֽנוּ לְעָבְדְּ֒ךָ בֶּאֱמֶת [...]
I left off back in March, so here is a reminder of where we were up to:We were looking at Shabbos Minchah, and noted that Atah Echad follows the same [...]
The first thing you may notice about the middle, Shabbos-related, berakhah of Shabbos Minchah is that the opening parallels the berakhah immediately before it. אַתָּה קָדושׁוְשִׁמְךָ קָדושׁ!וּקְדושִׁים בְּכָל יום יְהַלְּלוּךָ [...]
Current events here in Israel have meant that I haven’t gotten a good night sleep between alarms and sirens, which translated to not writing here as often as I had [...]
Esther 8:16: לַיְּהוּדִ֕ים הָֽיְתָ֥ה אוֹרָ֖ה וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן וִיקָֽר׃ The Jews enjoyed light and joy, happiness and glory. The gemara (Megillah 16b) explains that each item on the list refers to [...]
Shabbos Mussaf The middle berakhah of Shabbos Mussaf begins with a rare acrostic — the Alef-Beis, but in reverse order: starting with ת and ending with א: תִּכַּנְתָּ שַׁבָּת רָצִיתָ [...]
Shabbos Morning Last time we looked at the opening of Friday night’s Amidah, today, the next Shacharis. (We will deal with the common portion of the middle berakhah for Shabbos [...]
Or: Starting Shabbos Now that I covered “the thoughts I have while davening Shemoneh Esrei the times I think while davening”, let’s move on to the Amidah for Shabbos. The [...]
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 [...]
