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> Not required- but what would his rav advise the ani to do? < Acting *lifnim mishuras hadin*, I would think, is not subject to *p'saq*/asking a *sh'eila*; and if [...]
> > ... he explains that "Since pidyon haben is a mitzvah that is > performed only once in a great while and it is an occasion of great > [...]
My son Shuby (Yehoshua Asher), a 27 year old man with Down Syndrome, could not be woken Sunday morning. I can't learn, so reading Avodah emails to moderate the list [...]
I often wonder how much of any torah commentary was based on tradition and how much was based on the combination of the commentator?s DNA and life experiences. In my [...]
I always understood the use of the different names of HKBH similar to the understanding of HKBH gets angry ? it?s simply our perception. But what raised the question to [...]
. Rabbi Yisroel Pinchos Bodner, in his "Halachos of Brochos vol. 2", on page 37-38, he explains that "Since pidyon haben is a mitzvah that is performed only once in [...]
I was recently listening to a shiur on schar psiot which was discussing what level of tiebreaker is it? Should you walk to a farther shul even though the closer [...]
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The Churban Because They Didn't Say Birkat HaTorah, The Symbolism of 42 & בם, Anger in Chutz LaAretzFathom SummaryVIEW RECORDING - 25 mins (No highlights)Meeting Purpose To explore the spiritual significance of [...]
Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 13 Episode 12:The Mistake in the"Infallible Gedolim" Principlehttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/119967 [...]
Picture is AI generated based on the theme.Rav Kook for People who are not Adherents of Rav Kook's Thought: Orot part 77Orot HaTechiyah 43:Another of the (in)famous passages in Rav [...]
A second or two cut off at the beginning in which I began relating the webinar to the date of 20 Tammuz, Yom Churban Telshe and thus the yahrzeit of [...]
Moriah by Rabbi Dr Isaac Breuer - July 05VIEW RECORDING - 39 mins (No highlights)Meeting Purpose To explore Rabbi Breuer's concept of societal visions and the centrality of justice. Key [...]
Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 13 Episode 11:Chaviv Adam:The Creator's Endowment:Defining The Equality of Mankindhttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/119397 [...]
This was essentially the second part of the introductory material. Next time we get much more into tachlis.Fathom Summaries (two parts, because we lost the connection and had to start [...]
Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 13 Episode 10:Self Evident Truths:Getting a Read on the Foundershttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/119163 [...]
A recording for the BHP daily Halachic Whatsapp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS [...]
Moriah by Rabbi Dr Isaac Breuer - June 21Meeting Purpose To introduce Rabbi Dr. Isaac Breuer's philosophy on society from his book, Moriah. Key Takeaways Society is Essential for Human [...]
New weeklyTorah im Derech Eretz Shiur!Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us04web.zoom.us/j/73111682042?pwd=oOL1PoozH4dvpvvSvaExnpcpzm9Qgm.1Topic: Moriah by Rabbi Dr Isaac Breuer Time: Jun 21, 2026 09:30 AM [...]
Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 13 Episode 9:Basking in the Presence:National Anthems, Torch Songs, Athletic Achievement, and the Drafting of Post-Seminary Girlshttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/118862 [...]
Play EpisodeDownload EpisodeSupport This EpisodeRischa D'Araisa Season 13 Episode 8:Rabbinic Kings Declare War;Rischa Prize Finalistshttps://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/118729 [...]
A recording for the BHP daily Halachic Whatsapp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS [...]
Meeting Purpose Discuss how to implement Torah im Derech Eretz (TIDE) principles in the home. Key Takeaways TIDE's core principle is integration, not isolation. It's a mission statement for active [...]
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 [...]
The gemara on Berakhos 6a states something very intriguing: אָמַר רַבִּי אָבִין בַּר רַב אַדָּא, אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: מִנַּיִן שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַנִּיחַ תְּפִילִּין שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״נִשְׁבַּע ה׳ בִּימִינוֹ וּבִזְרוֹעַ עֻזּוֹ״. [...]
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 [...]
The Torah only uses the phrase “לֹא־טוֹב / it is not good” twice:Once when Hashem created Adam before Chavah — “לֹא־ט֛וֹב הֱי֥וֹת הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְבַדּ֑וֹ / It is not good for [...]
:רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר הַקַּפָּר אוֹמֵר: הַקִּנְאָה וְהַתַּאֲוָה וְהַכָּבוֹד מוֹצִיאִין אֶת הָאָדָם מִן הָעוֹלָם Rabbi Elazar haKappar said: envy, desire and [the pursuit of] honor take a person out of the world. [...]
Moving on from Shemoneh Esrei proper to Elokai Netzor, the first question is: If it’s not really part of Shemoneh Esrei, just what is Elokai Netzor? I think the prayer [...]
In Nusach Ashkenaz, there are two versions of the last berakhah of the Amidah — in the mornings we say “Sim Shalom” and Minchah and Maariv we say “Shalom Rav.”* [...]
Or: Modim, part IV Modim ends, “בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ הַטּוֹב שִׁמְךָ וּלְךָ נָאֶה לְהוֹדוֹת – … Your name is ‘The Good’, and it is pleasant to praise You.” Yes, I [...]
Or: Modim, part III In the last installment, I noted how in Modim we thank Hashem “al …”, for, four things. And how this is an example of something we [...]
Or: Modim, part II In part I, we looked specifically at the word “Modim“, and how R Hutner shows it means here both “thanks” and “admission”. That the berakhah isn’t [...]
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 [...]
The Way of G-d 2:6:2 1. G-d appears in each Sanhedrin and court, influences it, and sees to it that justice is served 1. Now, in some instances [...]
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 have started this post about 2 dozen times over the past 3 years and I never seem to get more than about 300 words written about why I stopped [...]
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 [...]