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• Bereishit 5784 (11/10/2023)
• מצוה ל"א - מצוה קידוש שבת בדברים
  • 12/10/2023 - Kiddush/Havdalah - (part 1)
  • 15/10/2023 - Havdala for Women - (part 2)
  • 16/10/2023 - Havdala for Women - (part 3)
  • 17/10/2023 - Is ברכת הנר of Havdala time-bound - (part 4)
  • 19/10/2023 - Is saying "Gut Shabbos" considered as Kiddush - (part 5)
  • 22/10/2023 - Doraysa and drabanan of Kiddush - (part 6)
  • 23/10/2023 - Can we make Kiddush in Chinese? - (part 7)
  • 24/10/2023 - Can one say Kiddush in English in China? - (part 8)
  • 26/10/2023 - Kiddush on wine: דרבנן or דאורייתא ? (part 9)
  • 29/10/2023 - Pasteurized or Cooked Wine for Kiddush - (part 10)
  • 31/10/2023 - Red, White, Grape Juice, Mevushal and other Kiddush Halachos - (part 11)
  • 05/11/2023 - Shiur of Rav Chaim Naeh vs. the Chazon Ish (part 12)
  • 06/11/2023 - Mentioning יציאת מצרים in Kiddush Friday night (part 13)
  • 07/11/2023 - Mentioning יציאת מצרים in Kiddush Friday night (continued) (part 14)
  • 09/11/2023 - Mentioning יציאת מצרים in Kiddush Friday night (continued) & stand or sit for Kiddush (part 15)
  • 12/11/2023 - Minhag vs. Halacha - Kiddush Standing vs. Sitting (part 16)
  • 13/11/2023 - Shabbos the Queen and/or Kallah - Sitting and Standing for Kiddush (part 17)
  • 14/11/2023 - Mentioning יציאת מצרים in Havdala (part 18)
  • 16/11/2023 - Kedusha Rabba - Raavid vs. the Rambam (part 19)
  • 19/11/2023 - Differences between the Rambam and Raavid regarding Kedusha Rabba (part 20)
  • 20/11/2023 - Can Women Eat before Making Kiddush (part 21)
  • 21/11/2023 - Making Kiddush on חמר מדינה (part 22)
  • 23/11/2023 - What is חמר מדינה and when can it be used for Kiddush (part 23)
  • 26/11/2023 - What Size Kiddush Cup for Scotch (part 24)
  • 27/11/2023 - Forgot to say Kiddush before שקיעה - what does one do? (part 25)
  • 28/11/2023 - Can one make Havdala for Kiddush (part 26)
  • 03/12/2023 - Bringing in Shabbos Early (part 27)
  • 05/12/2023 - Early Shabbos on Asara b'Teves (a) (part 28)
  • 18/12/2023 - Early Shabbos on Asara b'Teves (b) (part 29)
  • 19/12/2023 - Made Early Shabbos - Do you need to eat a כזית after צאת הכוכבים (part 30)
  • 24/12/2023 - Are you allowed to make Havdalah before Shabbos is over (part 31)
  • 25/12/2023 - Making Kiddush after Havdala? (part 32)
  • 26/12/2023 - I missed Kiddush Friday night - what do I do? (part 33)
  • 28/12/2023 - Kiddush for a קטן that became a גדול on Shabbos day? (part 34)
  • 31/12/2023 - Being מוציא a חיוב מצוה at a time that one is פטור (part 35)
  • 01/01/2024 - מזוזה - ספירת העומר - Bentching - קטן (part 36)
  • 02/01/2024 - The U-Turn of the מנחת חינוך regarding Kiddush (part 37)
  • 04/01/2024 - Missed Kiddush Friday Night (אנוס) - תשלומים vs. Original חיוב (part 38)
  • 08/01/2024 - What is the Mitzvah of חינוך? - the מגן אברהם vs the מרדכי (part 39)
  • 09/01/2024 - Being מוציא someone else in Kiddush (part 40)
  • 14/01/2024 - מצוות צריכות כוונה? (part 41)
  • 15/01/2024 - מצוות צריכות כוונה? (part 42)
  • 16/01/2024 - קידוש במקום סעודה - Part 1 (part 43)
  • 18/01/2024 - קידוש במקום סעודה - Part 2 (part 44)
  • 21/01/2024 - קידוש במקום סעודה - When and where (part 45)
  • 22/01/2024 - Kiddush in the Succah and Seuda in the House - קידוש במקום סעודה (part 46)
  • 23/01/2024 - Third Time Lucky making קידוש? (part 47)
  • 28/01/2024 - Responsibility - Woman to a Man - ערבות (part 48)
  • 29/01/2024 - רא"ש רבי עקיבא איגר ודגול מרבבה - Responsibility - Man to Woman - ערבות (part 49)
  • 30/01/2024 - דין ערבות - הלכה למעשה (part 50)
  • 01/02/2024 - Reb Moshe's Chiddush in דין מגילה - ערבות vs פירסומי ניסה (part 51)
  • 04/02/2024 - Two דרבנןs being מוציא One חיוב דרבנן - Part 1 (part 52)
  • 05/02/2024 - Two חיובי דרבנן with a קטן (part 53)
  • 06/02/2024 - חינוך הבנות (part 54)
  • 08/02/2024 - Is a father chayiv to mechanech his children (part 55)
  • 11/02/2024 - Do we answer Amen to a child's bracha? Halacha of a tumtum and an androgynous. (part 56)
  • 12/02/2024 - Halachot of Tumtum and Androgynous (part 57)
  • 13/02/2024 - טומטום and אנדרוגינוס being מוציא another טומטום and אנדרוגינוס (part 58)
  • 15/02/2024 - Why a טומטום cannot be מוציא even another טומטום (part 59)
  • 19/02/2024 - What is a חרש and can a חרש be מוציא others in Mitzvos (part 60)
  • 20/02/2024 - Is a deaf person chayiv in reading or hearing Megillah? (part 61)
  • 22/02/2024 - Difference between a חרש and someone who can hear, but just doesn't (part 62)
  • 25/02/2024 - Halachos Regarding Hearing Aids and other Devices (part 63)
  • 04/03/2024 - Dinim of a Person Who Can Speak But Not Hear; Dinim of a Chayraish (part 64)
  • 05/03/2024 - Halachos of using a Microphone for Megillah and other Mitzvos (part 65)
  • 07/03/2024 - Is a Blind person חייב in Mitzvos? (part 66)
  • 10/03/2024 - Which Mitzvos are Blind people חייב in - All? Only עשה? Only לא תעשה? (part 67)
  • 11/03/2024 - Blind people and the Mitzvah of Kiddush - are they חייב? (part 68)
  • 12/03/2024 - Is Kiddush on Yom Tov night דרבנן or דאורייתא (part 69)
  • 14/03/2024 - Is Havdalah after Yom Tov דרבנן or דאורייתא (part 70)
  • 17/03/2024 - Didn’t make Havdala on Motzei Yom Tov, can one say it until Wednesday (like Havdala for Shabbos) (part 71)
  • 18/03/2024 - I forgot havdalah on motzei Yom Tov (part 72)
  • 19/03/2024 - Is there תשלומים for Havdalah of Yom Tov - Rav Akiva Eiger / Shlomo Kluger (part 73)
  • 26/03/2024 - Yom Tov Havdala scenarios (part 74)
  • 28/03/2024 - תשלומים for Havdala that overlaps with another Yom Tov - and other cases (part 75)
  • 31/03/2024 - Are women חייב in Kiddush on Yom Tov? What about on Pesach/Seder night? (part 76)
  • 01/04/2024 - Making Kiddush in Shul on Friday Night - Is it still Done? (part 77)
  • 02/04/2024 - Can we force someone to make Kiddush (or other מצות עשה)? (part 78)
• Noach 5784 (18/10/2023)
• Lech Lecha 5784 (25/10/2023)
• Vayera 5784 (01/11/2023)
• Chayei Sara 5784 (08/11/2023)
• Toldot 5784 (15/11/2023)
• Vayetze 5784 (22/11/2023)
• Vayishlach 5784 (29/11/2023)
• Vayeshev/Channukah 5784 (06/12/2023)
• Channukah 5784 (07/12/2023) - Why 8 nights and not 7
• Channukah 5784 (10/12/2023) - Only 10 Candles - How many to Light Each night - Mehadrin Min Hamehadrin
• Channukah 5784 (11/12/2023) - Mitzvah to light the Candles or Ensure that they are Lit
• Channukah 5784 (12/12/2023) - Rav Shach vs. The Brisker Rav in Hiddur Mitzvah
• Vayigash 5784 (20/12/2023)
• Vayechi 5784 (27/12/2023)
• Shemot 5784 (03/01/2024)
• Vaeira 5784 (10/01/2024)
• Bo 5784 (17/01/2024)
• Beshalach 5784 (24/01/2024)
• Yitro 5784 (31/01/2024)
• Mishpatim 5784 (07/02/2024)
• Teruma 5784 (14/02/2024)
• Tezaveh 5784 (21/02/2024)
• Halachos of Purim Katan - Adar I (22/02/2024)
• Vayakhel 5784 (06/03/2024)
• Pre-Purim - Parshat Pekudei - 5784 (13/03/2024)
• Purim - Vayikra - 5784 (20/03/2024)
• Tzav 5784 (27/03/2024)
• Shemini 5784 (03/04/2024)
• Kedoshim 5784 (08/05/2024)
• מצוה ל"ב - שלא לעשות מלאכה בשבת
  • 09/05/2024 - Defining לא תעשה כל מלאכה אתה ובנך (part 1)
  • 12/05/2024 - Is a Father חייב if his child does מלאכה on Shabbos (part 2)
  • 13/05/2024 - Halachos of a Child on Shabbos (part 3)
  • 14/05/2024 - Continuing Halachos of a Child on Shabbos (part 4)
  • 16/05/2024 - Can one make Regular Shabbos when majority of your Shul is making Early Shabbos (part 5)
  • 19/05/2024 - Making early Shabbos out of Convenience? (part 6)
  • 20/05/2024 - Can a Wife make Regular Shabbos if her Husband makes Early Shabbos (part 7)
  • 21/05/2024 - Doing מלאכה for someone that made Early Shabbos (part 8)
  • 26/05/2024 - Introduction and parameters to בורר on Shabbos (part 9)
  • 27/05/2024 - Hilchos Shabbos Borer continuation (part 10)
  • 28/05/2024 - Hilchos Shabbos Borer continuation (part 11)
  • 30/05/2024 - Fruits with Pits - Can one separate before eating (part 12)
  • 03/06/2024 - Taking Bones out of a Fish to eat on Shabbos (part 13)
  • 04/06/2024 - Boney Fish Continued - Opinions of the Chazon Ish and Chofetz Chaim (part 14)
  • 06/06/2024 - Utensils - Which can and cannot be used on Shabbos - Peelers? Filters? Ladel? (part 15)
  • 09/06/2024 - Borer and Strainers (part 16)
  • 13/06/2024 - Filtering Liquids - Finicky vs. Doesn't Care (part 17)
  • 16/06/2024 - Is Straining Water/Liquids for Taste Borer? (part 18)
  • 17/06/2024 - Borer through a Secondary Person and other situations (part 19)
  • 18/06/2024 - Choleh on Shabbos (part 19)
  • 20/06/2024 - Pikuach nefesh - דחויי' או הותרה (part 20)
  • 23/06/2024 - Ribui shiurim (part 21)
  • 24/06/2024 - Assisting a Choleh on Shabbos: To What Extent? (part 22)
  • 25/06/2024 - More on ribui shiurim. (part 23)
  • 27/06/2024 - Even more on ribui shiurim. (part 24)
  • 30/06/2024 - More on: Assisting a Choleh on Shabbos: To What Extent? (part 25)
  • 01/07/2024 - Providing Meat for a Choleh: Shechitah or Nevelah? (part 26)
  • 02/07/2024 - Emotional needs of a choleh (part 27)
  • 07/07/2024 - The Amazing Chinuch Question - Part 1 (part 28)
  • 08/07/2024 - The Amazing Chinuch Question - Part 2 (part 29)
  • 09/07/2024 - The Amazing Chinuch Question - Part 3 (part 30)
  • 11/07/2024 - Does פיקוח נפש דוחה שבת apply just for an unborn child that might be in Danger (part 31)
  • 15/07/2024 - Can one be מחלל שבת for a Fetus (part 32)
  • 16/07/2024 - Why, When and How can one be מחלל שבת to save a Fetus (part 33)
  • 18/07/2024 - חיי שעה - Can one be מחלל שבת for someone who will not live to Keep another Shabbos (part 34)
  • 21/07/2024 - Pikuach Nefesh on Shabbos for During the week (part 35)
  • 22/07/2024 - BigMac versus Kosher Shechita - וחי בהם versus ושמרו (part 36)
  • 25/07/2024 - How far can we apply the דין of וחיי בהם on שבת (part 37)
  • 28/07/2024 - Being mechalel Shabbos for a terminally-ill patient (part 38)
  • 29/07/2024 - Who are we NOT mechalel Shabbos for? (part 39)
  • 30/07/2024 - Obligations of a doctor on Shabbos (part 40)
  • 01/08/2024 - Saving the spiritual life of a Jew on Shabbos (part 41)
  • 04/08/2024 - Being mechalel Shabbos to save someone else doing an aveira (part 42)
  • 05/08/2024 - Can one be מחלל שבת to save someone from בושה? (part 43)
• Emor 5784 (15/05/2024)
• Behar 5784 (22/05/2024)
• Shaving/Haircut on Erev Shabbos when Lag BaOmer is Motzei Shabbos (23/05/2024)
• Bechukotai 5784 (29/05/2024)
• Bamidbar 5784 (05/06/2024)
• Behaalotcha 5784 (19/06/2024)
• Shelach 5784 (26/06/2024)
• Korach 5784 (04/07/2024)
• Chukat 5784 (10/07/2024)
• Balak 5784 (17/07/2024)
• Pinchas 5784 (24/07/2024)
• Matot-Masei 5784 (31/07/2024)
• Chodesh Av: Mitzvah of building the Beit Hamikdash (06/08/2024)
• Devarim 5784 (07/08/2024)
• Chodesh Av: Who's building the 3rd Beit Hamikdash, Hashem or us? (08/08/2024)
• Chodesh Av: Maschiach times: natural or supernatural? (11/08/2024)
• Succot: (מצוה שכ"ה) Why do we sit/live in a Succah? (03/09/2024)
• Shoftim 5784 (04/09/2024)
• Succot: למען ידעו דורותיכם - What Kavana do we need for Succah (05/09/2024)
• Succot: How many tefachim in an amma and how is it measured (08/09/2024)
• Succot: When and how do we measure a tefach to be lechumra and lekula (09/09/2024)
• Succot: Are there different ways to measure a tefach (10/09/2024)
• Ki Tetze 5784 (11/09/2024)
• Succot: סוכה תחת סוכה - Which one is Kosher (12/09/2024)
• Succot: What is a סכה גזולה and can you you be יוציא using one (15/09/2024)
• Succot: 'Stealing' a beam or Secach for your own Succah - Hefker beit din hefker (17/09/2024)
• Ki Tavo 5784 (18/09/2024)
• Succot: Takanat hashavim - Is a Succah Kosher if the thief doesn't want to pay? (19/09/2024)
• Succot: Do all the laws of a stolen Sukkah apply only to the סכך or to the whole Sukkah (walls, ground, etc. (22/09/2024)
• Succot: Is there an issue of תעשה ולא מן העשוי with stolen סכך (23/09/2024)
• Succot: What is a סכה עקומה and how do we apply it to a stolen Sukkah (24/09/2024)
• Succot: Combining the Halachos לבוד - גוד אסיק - סכה עקומה (29/09/2024)
• Succot: Explanation of Two Types of Mitzvos (30/09/2024)
• Succot: (01/10/2024) מצוה הבאה בעבירה Difference between מצוה חיובית and מצוה קיומית
• Succot: Do the same הלכות of רשויות of שבת apply to a Sukkah (07/10/2024)
• Succot: Would stolen סכך make a space of air kosher for a Sukkah (08/10/2024)
• Yom Kippur (09/10/2024)
• Succot: Using someone else's Sukkah without their permission - Building a Sukkah on public property (10/10/2024)
• מצוה כ' - ברית מילה
  • 03/11/2024 - What is the Mitzvah of Bris Milah (part 1)
  • 04/11/2024 - Why did Abraham wait to have Bris Milah - Who is חייב to do the Milah (part 2)
  • 05/11/2024 - Does a father obligation for Bris Milah remain after the boy turns Bar Mitzvah (part 3)
  • 07/11/2024 - Difference of obligations of פדיון הבן and ברית מילה once the boy becomes Bar Mitzvah (part 4)
  • 10/11/2024 - Are mothers also חייב to do ברית מילה on their sons (part 5)
  • 11/11/2024 - Is Bris Milah a מצוה שהזמן גרמה - how does it differ than the Mitzvah of Chinuch of a child (part 6)
  • 12/11/2024 - Is the Mitzvah of Milah of on the baby and the responsibility is on the Father OR is the Mitzvah of Milah on the father (part 7)
  • 14/11/2024 - Is Bris Milah a one time Mitzvah or a Mitzvah for the rest of one's life (part 8)
  • 17/11/2024 - מצות עשה שהזמן גרמה - how it applies to the day and night obligation of Bris Milah (part 9)
  • 19/11/2024 - Why are women exempt from מצות עשה שהזמן גרמה - what about Mitzvot that can be sone through a שליח (part 10)
  • 21/11/2024 - Are women חייב in מצוות לא תעשה שהזמן גרמה (part 11)
  • 24/11/2024 - Are Non-Jews obligated to have a Bris Milah (part 12)
  • 25/11/2024 - Rashi and the Ramban - which Non-Jews are obligated in Bris Milah (part 13)
  • 26/11/2024 - Do we follow רוב by Bris Milah - What about by Conversion (part 14)
  • 28/11/2024 - If רוב does not apply to Non Jews - why don't they all have a Bris Milah out of Doubt that they are חייב (part 15)
  • 01/12/2024 - Should we be applying the rule of כל קבוע כמחצה על מחצה דמי for Non Jews regarding Bris Milah (part 16)
  • 02/12/2024 - Does the rule of מצוות עשה שהזמן גרמה apply to בני קטורה by Bris Milah (part 17)
  • 03/12/2024 - Do we really need to apply רוב or מיעט by בני קטורה - just ask them (they are still doing it) (part 18)
  • 05/12/2024 - When is a person חייב for not having a ברית מילה - the רמב"ם and ראב"ד (part 19)
  • 08/12/2024 - According to the רמבם, how does anyone get כרת if they don't do Bris Milah after 120 (part 20)
  • 10/12/2024 - פושע and אונס on a mitzvah (part 21)
  • 12/12/2024 - Difference between Oines and Maizid (part 22)
  • 15/12/2024 - רמבם, שלחן ערוך והרמא - Who lights and how many candles are lit on Chanukah (part 23)
  • 16/12/2024 - Learning הידור מצוה of Chanukah Lighting from Bris Milah - Brisker Rav (part 24)
  • 17/12/2024 - When does הידור מצוה take place/apply? Before - During - After the Mitzvah? (part 25)
  • 19/12/2024 - Does one make a Beracha on הידור מצוה - Can we learn נר חנוכה from ברית מילה for הידור - the חזון איש (part 26)
  • 22/12/2024 - Why is נר חנוכה the only Mitzvah that discusses מהדרין and מהדרין מן המהדרין (part 27)
  • 23/12/2024 - Only 3 Candles on the 2nd night - Does one light or not - if Yes, How many? Brisker Rav - Beis Halevi - Chazon Ish (part 28)
  • 02/01/2025 - Can a Bris be done before the 8th Day (part 29)
  • 05/01/2025 - How do we fulfill מצות תשביתו - passively or actively - שב ואל תעשה or קום עשה (part 30)
  • 06/01/2025 - Bris Milah, Tzitzis and Destroying Chametz - קום ועשה/ מבטל עשה (part 31)
  • 07/01/2025 - More on Bris Milah on exactly the 8th day (part 32)
  • 13/01/2025 - Bris done before the 8th day - Bris done at night after the 8th day (part 33)
  • 14/01/2025 - Why would a Bris done before the 8th Day be "better" than after the 8th day at night - נציב ובית הלוי (part 34)
  • 16/01/2025 - Milah after the 8th day and done at night - any issues? (part 35)
  • 19/01/2025 - Difference between doing a Bris before the 8th day because of סכנה by a Jew vs. a Non-Jew (part 36)
  • 20/01/2025 - Milah without פריעה - what about בני קטורה? (part 37)
  • 21/01/2025 - What status did בני ישראל have by יציאת מצרים in regards to Milah? What about בני לוי? (part 38)
  • 23/01/2025 - Is Bris without טבילה enough for a Ger to become a Jew? (part 39)
  • 30/01/2025 - Is טבילה without Bris enough for a Ger to Keep Shabbos? Is a Goy allowed to keep Shabbos? (part 40)
  • 02/02/2025 - Gerut not under their control. (part 41)
  • 03/02/2025 - Does a גר who "protests" need another Bris and/or טבילה if he wants to do גרות again (part 42)
  • 04/02/2025 - Can a גוי perform a Bris on a Jew? Can they be a שליח to perform a Bris on a Jew? (part 43)
  • 09/02/2025 - The laws of bris mila for an IVF baby and a caesarian section (part 44)
  • 10/02/2025 - Bris done on Shabbos against Halacha (part 45)
  • 11/02/2025 - Can a mechallel-Shabbos be a mohel? (part 46)
• פרשת לך לך תשפ"ה - Making a better YOU (06/11/2024)
• פרשת וירא תשפ"ה - Never Give Up Davening (13/11/2024)
• פרשת חיי שרה תשפ"ה` Fighting and Overcoming the two types of - והסר שטן מלפנינו ומאחרינו יצר הרע (20/11/2024)
• פרשת תולדות תשפ"ה - A true גיבור (of Restraint) - יצחק אבינו (27/11/2024)
• פרשת ויצא תשפ"ה Make Sure They Know and Feel That You Love Them 100% (04/12/2024)
• פרשת וישלח תשפ"ה - (11/12/2024)
• פרשת וישב תשפ"ה Preparing for galus (18/12/2024)
• הידור and כיבוד המצוה - What type of oils and wicks/candles should be used (24/12/2024)
• הידור and כיבוד המצוה - What type of oils and wicks/candles should be used (24/12/2024)
• פרשת מקץ - חנוכה תשפה (25/12/2024) - Bringing Out the קדושה
• Does one have to re-light if it goes out before the Zman - what if you know it will go out? (26/12/2024)
• Pirsumei nissa on Chanukah to goyim (30/12/2024)
• Saying the wrong על הניסים on Chanukah/Purim - do you have to go back (31/12/2024)
• פרשת ויגש - חנוכה - תשפ"ה Against All Odds (01/01/2025)
• פרשת ויחי תשפ"ה part 1 (08/01/2025)
  פרשת ויחי תשפ"ה part 2
• פרשת שמות תשפ"ה Self Worth - The Key to Redemption (15/01/2025)
• פרשת וארא תשפ"ה - Three Levels of Emunah (22/01/2025)
• פרשת בא תשפ"ה - Action before thought (29/01/2025)
• פרשת בשלח תשפ"ה - Super-natural results of yedidut (05/02/2025)
• פרשת יתרו תשפ"ה (13/02/2025)
• מצוה י"א ביעור חמץ
  • 23/02/2025 - Introduction - שלא ימצא חמץ ברשותנו בפסח (part 1)
  • 24/02/2025 - ביטול חמץ How is this done? רשי ותוספות (part 2)
  • 25/02/2025 - Is בדיקת חמץ enough alone or do you also need ביעור חמץ (part 3)
  • 27/02/2025 - Found חמץ on Pesach - A proper בדיקה was before פסח - What happens now (part 4)
  • 02/03/2025 - What is considered a "Proper" בדיקה - Is there any איסור of eating/getting benefit from חמץ on Erev Pesach (part 5)
  • 04/03/2025 - Is chametz issur gavra or issur cheftza? (part 6)
  • 06/03/2025 - Selling Chometz in America while in Israel - In Israel and selling in America (part 7)
  • 11/03/2025 - אור לארבעה עשרה - When is the best time to start בדיקת חמץ (part 8)
  • 17/03/2025 - Selling Your Chometz - Chometz Not Sold before Pesach (part 9)
  • 18/03/2025 - Does the Chometz you sell have to be Outside Your House - Can one sell their whole house (part 10)
  • 20/03/2025 - Mechiras Chametz after Pesach (part 11)
  • 23/03/2025 - Does giving your Chometz as a Gift to a Goy on Condition that it be Retuned Work? (part 12)
  • 24/03/2025 - Difference of מתנה על מנת להחזיר and Giving your Chometz without any "Conditions" (part 13)
  • 25/03/2025 - Different levels of chametz (part 14)
  • 27/03/2025 - Erev Pesach that falls on Shabbos (part 15)
• פרשת תרומה תשפ"ה Measurements of the keilim of the mishkan in our lives (26/02/2025)
• פרשת תצוה תשפ"ה The Balance of Power (05/03/2025)
• Seudas Purim that falls on Erev Shabbos - פורס מפה (09/03/2025)
• Erev Pesach falls on Shabbos - How and when is בדיקת חמץ done (10/03/2025)
• פרשת כי תשא תשפ"ה Stop Making Calculations (12/03/2025)
• פרשת ויקהל תשפ"ה (19/03/2025)
• פרשת פקודי תשפ"ה (26/03/2025)
• מצוה ש"ו ספירת העומר
  • 28/04/2025 - ספירת העומר - לעומר או בעומר (part 1)
  • 29/04/2025 - Is counting the Days and Weeks One Mitzvah or Two Separate Mitzvos (part 2)
  • 01/05/2025 - Has one fulfilled their obligation if they only count days and not weeks? What about weeks and not days? (part 3)
  • 04/05/2025 - In חו"ל, why are two days not counted each night out of ספק? Does counting two days out of doubt work? (part 4)
  • 05/05/2025 - Flying into different time zones during Sefira - International Date Line (part 5)
  • 06/05/2025 - What is the purpose of Counting and why do we count Up and not Down (part 6)
  • 08/05/2025 - Various timing issues (part 7)
  • 11/05/2025 - Can I be yotzei sefira counting from somebody else? (part 8)
  • 13/05/2025 - שומע כעונה (חלק א) (part 9)
  • 15/05/2025 - "Tonight is Lag BeOmer." Can I still count the Omer? (part 10)
  • 18/05/2025 - When a sofek is itself a sofek (part 11)
  • 19/05/2025 - Is ספירת העומר a מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא? (part 12)
  • 20/05/2025 - Bar mitzvah in the middle of the omer - Part 1 (part 13)
  • 25/05/2025 - Bar mitzvah in the middle of the omer - Part 2 (part 14)
  • 26/05/2025 - Doing Mitzvos as a child that work for after Bar Mitzvah too (part 15)
  • 27/05/2025 - An eved who became free during sefirat haomer (part 16)
• פרשת תזריע-מצורע תשפ"ה (30/04/2025)
• פרשת אחרי מות-קדושים תשפ"ה (07/05/2025)
• פרשת אמור תשפ"ה (14/05/2025)
• פרשת בהר בחוקותי תשפ"ה (21/05/2025)
• פרשת במדבר תשפ"ה (28/05/2025)
• (29/05/2025) Eating milky foods on Shavuot night
• מצוה שפ"ו ציצית
  • 03/06/2025 - Introduction (part 1)
  • 05/06/2025 - Which fabrics need Tzitzis? (part 2)
  • 08/06/2025 - Wool vs. cotton tzitzis (part 3)
  • 09/06/2025 - Why would cotton tzitzis be better? (part 4)
  • 10/06/2025 - Wearing tzitzis inside or outside (part 5)
  • 12/06/2025 - Tzitzis over or under the clothes (part 6)
  • 15/06/2025 - How big must a בגד be to be חייב ציצית for a טלית קטן (part 7)
  • 16/06/2025 - Size of a בגד for ציצית - the חזון איש and רב חיים נאה (part 8)
  • 17/06/2025 - Should/can one be a wearing ציצית less then the required size (part 9)
  • 19/06/2025 - Is there a מצווה of חינוך for ציצית if the בגד is not the right size (part 10)
  • 23/06/2025 - Understanding the מצווה of חינוך and how it applies to ציצית (part 11)
  • 24/06/2025 - Is Shatnez allowed to be worn as a בגד for ציצית (part 12)
  • 26/06/2025 - Can wearing ציצית on Shabbos? Issue of Carrying? (part 13)
  • 29/06/2025 - Are ציצית meant to be enjoyed? (part 14)
  • 30/06/2025 - Pasul ציצית on Shabbos (1) (part 15)
  • 01/07/2025 - Pasul ציצית on Shabbos (2) (part 16)
  • 03/07/2025 - Fixing tzitzis (part 17)
  • 06/07/2025 - Mitzvah of Tzitzis with Shatnez - דחויה או הותרה (part 18)
  • 07/07/2025 - Does one fulfill a Mitzvah when wearing Tzitzis with Shatnez - מצווה הבאה בעבירה (part 19)
  • 08/07/2025 - מצוה חיובית ומצוה קיומית - How it applies to tzitzit (part 20)
  • 14/07/2025 - Do Tzitzis need כוונה when making them (part 21)
  • 15/07/2025 - What is לשמה when making Tzitzis (part 22)
  • 17/07/2025 - Machine spun Tzitzis (part 23)
  • 20/07/2025 - Difference of לשמה by making Tzitzis and making Matza (part 24)
  • 21/07/2025 - Is the Mitzvah of Tzitzis a מצות ממון or a מצות גברא (part 25)
  • 22/07/2025 - What Bracha is made on Tzitzis (part 26)
  • 24/07/2025 - Is the Mitzva of Tzitzis a מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא - Is a woman חייב in wearing Tzitzis (part 27)
  • 27/07/2025 - May a woman tie tzitzit? (part 28)
  • 28/07/2025 - Women making Tzitzis - Is it better for a קטן to tie Tzitzis - what about during war time (part 29)
  • 29/07/2025 - Does one wear Tzitzis and Tefillin on 9 Av - if yes, when? (part 30)
  • 31/07/2025 - Can I use someone's tzitzit without permission? (part 31)
  • 23/10/2025 - Is a 5+ (and less than 4) corner garment obligated to have tzitzit (part 32)
  • 26/10/2025 - What is considered a בגד and where do corners have to be (part 33)
  • 28/10/2025 - Does one fulfill the מצוה of ציצית if they put on a 5th string (part 34)
  • 02/11/2025 - תכלת - how may strings? How is it tied? (part 35)
  • 03/11/2025 - What do you do if you only have white strings and no תכלת? What if only תכלת and no white strings? (part 36)
  • 06/11/2025 - The loss of תכילת and the Radziner's attempted discovery of it. (part 37)
  • 09/11/2025 - The loss and history of תכלת - Part 2 (part 38)
  • 10/11/2025 - The loss and history of תכלת - Part 3 (part 39)
  • 11/11/2025 - How many strings are required on each corner for tzitzis? Is there a minimum/maximum? (part 40)
  • 13/11/2025 - Summary of הלכות תכלת - what/how many/don't have/mitzvah/etc ... (part 41)
  • 16/11/2025 - Can a Jew buy tzitzis from a non-Jew? Can a Jew sell tzitzis to a Non-Jew? (part 42)
  • 17/11/2025 - Can one believe and trust what is written on a package - reputation vs. source of merchant (part 43)
  • 18/11/2025 - Tzitit from a Gentile (part 44)
  • 23/11/2025 - Does one have an obligation to wear tzitzis? Is there anything wrong with not doing so? (part 45)
  • 24/11/2025 - The power of wearing tzizis. (part 46)
  • 25/11/2025 - Halachos of kissing and looking at tzitzis (part 47)
  • 27/11/2025 - Why do we hold and kiss the tzitzis by ברוך שאמר (part 48)
  • 30/11/2025 - Is one חייב to put Tzitzis on a borrowed בגד with four corners? (part 49)
  • 02/12/2025 - A borrowed tallis - do you make a bracha? (part 50)
  • 04/12/2025 - Using the shul's tallis (part 51)
  • 07/12/2025 - A different colour tallis - what colour tzizit? (part 52)
  • 08/12/2025 - Wearing an atara, for and against (part 53)
  • 09/12/2025 - Kovod for the mitzvah (part 54)
• Elul / Yamim Noraim
  • 24/08/2025 - The shofar during Elul (part 1)
  • 25/08/2025 - Judgement on Rosh Hashana - for what? (1) (part 2)
  • 26/08/2025 - Judgement on Rosh Hashana - for what? (2) (part 3)
  • 28/08/2025 - Two dinim of Rosh Hashana: olam hazeh & olam haba (part 4)
  • 31/08/2025 - The message of the shofar (part 5)
  • 01/09/2025 - Blowing, listening or both? (part 6)
  • 02/09/2025 - Someone blowing vs. someone listening for me (part 7)
  • 04/09/2025 - Why does the tokea and those listening both have to have intent to fulfill the obligation? (part 8)
  • 07/09/2025 - Making Kiddush and eating before blowing Shofar. What horn cab be used for a Shofar. (part 9)
  • 08/09/2025 - Can only a ram's horn be used for Shofar blowing, or are other animals good as well? (part 10)
  • 09/09/2025 - Why we don't blow shofar on Shabbos. (part 11)
  • 14/09/2025 - המתעסק במצוה פטור - So why don't we blow shofar on Shabbos (part 12)
  • 18/09/2025 - How to blow תרועה and שברים (part 13)
  • 21/09/2025 - Halachos of Shofar for a deaf mute (חרש) and women (part 14)
  • 28/09/2025 - ‎יזכור on Yom Kippur and שלש רגלים (part 15)
  • 29/09/2025 - Additional ענינים about saying יזכור on Yom Kippur (part 16)
  • 30/09/2025 - How to do תשובה when dealing with the רבים. Mitzvah of eating on Erev Yom Kippur. (part 17)
• פרשת נשא תשפ"ה (04/06/2025)
• פרשת בהעלותך תשפ"ה (11/06/2025)
• פרשת שלח תשפ"ה (18/06/2025) Look Around and Pay Attention
• פרשת קרח תשפ"ה (25/06/2025) Listening to your wife's advice just might save your life
• פרשת חקת תשפ"ה (02/07/2025)
• פרשת פנחס תשפ"ה (16/07/2025)
• פרשת מטות-מסעי תשפ"ה (23/07/2025) Making sure your Priorities are Straight
• פרשת דברים תשפ"ה (30/07/2025) Reconnecting our father/son relationship with Hashem on 9 Av
• פרשת שופטים תשפ"ה (27/08/2025)
• פרשת כי תצא תשפ"ה (03/09/2025) Remember Amalek
• פרשת כי תבוא תשפ"ה (11/09/2025) Bringing Simcha into our lives, Avodah and Rosh Hashanah
• פרשת נצבים תשפ"ה (17/09/2025)
• פרשת נח תשפ"ו (22/10/2025)
• פרשת לך לך תשפ"ו (29/10/2025)
• פרשת חיי שרה תשפ"ו (12/11/2025)
• פרשת תולדות תשפ"ו (19/11/2025)
• (26/11/2025) - פרשת ויצא תשפ"ו Seeing and believing that Hashem is running the world from יעקב הצדיק
• (03/12/2025) - פרשת וישלח תשפ"ו
• (10/12/2025) - פרשת וישב תשפ"ו
• (14/12/2025) חנוכה תשפ"ו Why is there barely any mention of Chanukah in Mishna/Gemara.
• (15/12/2025) חנוכה תשפ"ו If one has two entrances, does one have to light in both? With or without a beracha?
• (16/12/2025) חנוכה תשפ"ו The power of מסירת נפש of חנוכה
• מצוה שע"ח ברכת כהנים בכל יום
  • 22/12/2025 - Introduction (part 1)
  • 23/12/2025 - Does a Kohen have a daily obligation to say ברכת כהנים? Is there a trigger that creates an obligation for the Kohen? (part 2)
  • 25/12/2025 - Why, if you have a mitzvah d'orayta, do the small d'rabanans prevent you from fulfilling it? (part 3)
  • 28/12/2025 - Does a Kohen in the middle of שמונה עשרה have to stop and do ברכת כהנים? (part 4)
  • 29/12/2025 - Is one allowed to say יישר כח to the Kohen? Can the Kohen respond? When do the Kohenim "go down"? (part 5)
  • 01/01/2026 - Who calls out "כוהנים"? Can a Kohein do ברכת כהנים if they didn’t say ברכת התורה? (part 6)
  • 04/01/2026 - Is a single cohen a mitzvah d'orayta or d'rabanan? (part 7)
  • 05/01/2026 - To what lengths must one go to hear birkat kohanim? (part 8)
  • 06/01/2026 - Do Non-כהנים get a mitzvah for receiving the ברכת כהנים? (part 9)
  • 08/01/2026 - Does the שליח ציבור answer אמן after the Beracha and each Pasuk of ברכת כהנים? What about someone in the middle of שמונה עשרה? (part 10)
  • 19/01/2026 - What is one supposed to be doing during ברכת כהנים? (part 11)
  • 20/01/2026 - Should the kohen cover his hands? (part 12)
  • 20/01/2026 - Should the kohen cover his hands? (part 13)
  • 22/01/2026 - Halachos of shoes and socks for Birchas Kohanim (part 14)
  • 25/01/2026 - Can a Kohein do ברכת כהנים while wearing shoes? What about an amputee kohen? (part 15)
  • 26/01/2026 - Is there any איסור for a non Kohein to do ברכת כהנים (part 16)
  • 29/01/2026 - How are Non-kohanim are able to bless others and their children with the words of ברכת כהנים. (part 17)
  • 02/02/2026 - Half kohen, half israel - Can/should that person do ברכת כהנים? (part 18)
  • 03/02/2026 - Unusual cases of kohanim. (part 19)
  • 05/02/2026 - Does one make a ברכה on a ספק דרבנן? (part 20)
  • 08/02/2026 - Why does a kohen wash his hands - part 1. (part 21)
  • 10/02/2026 - Why does a kohen wash his hands - part 2. If a Kohein did not have their hands washed can they still do ברכת כהנים? (part 22)
  • 12/02/2026 - Are לויים obligated to wash hands of כהנים? Do the לויים have to wash their own hands first? (part 23)
  • 15/02/2026 - Who washes the hands of the כהנים if there are no לויים? How loud must the כהנים say ברכת כהנים? (part 24)
  • 16/02/2026 - Can one כהן do ברכת כהנים for all other כהנים - can we apply שומע כעונה? (part 25)
  • 17/02/2026 - Which way does a כהן face and turn while saying the ברכה of ברכת כהנים? What does אהבה require from the כהן? (part 26)
  • 19/02/2026 - Does the chazzan or the כהנים start with יברכך? When does the קהילה say אמן? (part 27)
  • 22/02/2026 - When does one answer אמן if the Kohein extends the end of the פסוק? (part 28)
  • 23/02/2026 - Must כהנים go up to do ברכת כהנים, or can they stand on ground level? (part 29)
  • 26/02/2026 - ברכת כהנים in לשון הקודש and in different pronunciations. (part 30)
  • 01/03/2026 - Can a Kohein who was a מומר or is מחלל שבת בפרהסיה do ברכת כהני? (part 31)
  • 05/03/2026 - Why a Kohein who is מחלל שבת would be able to do ברכת כהנים? (part 32)
  • 08/03/2026 - Can a Kohein who killed still do ברכת כהנים? Does it make a difference if it was ברצון אונס שוגג מזיד? (part 33)
  • 09/03/2026 - Can a kohen who killed someone at war do ברכת כהנים? (part 34)
  • 10/03/2026 - Can a Kohein who killed someone in a car accident do ברכת כהנים? (part 35)
  • 12/03/2026 - Is a Kohein who is married to a divorcee allowed to do ברכת כהנים? What about a Kohein who is מלבין פני חברו ברבים? (part 36)
  • 15/03/2026 - A kohein who becomes tamei to meitim, and a kohein who is a doctor. (part 37)
  • 16/03/2026 - Must a kohein have a beard in order to do ברכת כהנים? Is a kohein allowed to be drunk and do ברכת כהנים? Is there a difference between wine and alcohol? (part 38)
  • 17/03/2026 - Birchas kohanim on a fast day. (part 39)
• (24/12/2025) פרשת ויגש תשפ"ו How to give over the proper תוכחה
• (31/12/2025) פרשת ויחי תשפ"ו Bringing the geulah through unity
• (07/01/2026) פרשת שמות תשפ"ו The real key and essence of a name
• (21/01/2026) פרשת בא תשפ"ו Three messages of Rosh Chodesh.
• (28/01/2026) פרשת בשלח - פרשת המן - תשפ"ו Don't work do hard.
• (04/02/2026) פרשת יתרו תשפ"ו
• (11/02/2026) פרשת משפטים תשפ"ו The laws of Derech Eretz within Chosen Mishpat
• (18/02/2026) פרשת תרומה תשפ"ו Putting the אש into each Mitzvah
• (15/02/2026) פרשת תצוה תשפ"ו Don't judge a person by their label
• (11/03/2026) פרשת ויקהל-פקודי תשפ"ו Don't judge a person by their label
• (18/03/2026) פרשת ויקרא תשפ"ו Elevating our Avodas Hashem