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The Minor Fasts and Their Laws
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | tamoz 5761
Who Can Be Counted in a Minyan?
Chapter Two-part three
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
The Laws of Fast Days
Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Zt"l | 5765
The Tenth of Tevet - A Compendium of Laws
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5764
The First Yeshiva in Egypt
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 6 Tevet 5786
Moreshet Shaul: Introduction to Midrash Rabba – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 121-124
Various Rabbis | Tevet 5786
MASHIACH ben YOSEF
the Leadership Duel between Yoseph and Yehuda- The Haftarah of VaYigash
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 5786
Daf Yomi Zevachim Daf 101
R' Eli Stefansky | 4 Tevet 5786
Rabbis in Midrash
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7. Sick People Are Exempt from Fasting
Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts
The prophets and the Sages instituted the fasts for healthy people, not for sick people. anyone who is sick is exempt from fasting, even if his condition is not life-threatening.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782
The Politics of Memory
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Av 17 5779
Days on Which Tachanun Is Not Recited
Chapter Twenty One-Part Three
Chapter Twenty One-Part Three
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775
Shabbat Hagadol
Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | 5775
Why Can’t Women Blow the Shofar for Men?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | 5772
The Significance of Tachanun
Although the importance of the tefillah of Tachanun is underappreciated by many, it should not be; it is actually based on Moshe Rabbeinu’s successful entreating of Hashem on Har Sinai to spare Klal Yisrael from punishment after their grievous sins: “Va’esnapel lifnai Hashem (Devarim 9:18, 25) - And I threw myself down in prayer before G-d,” (Tur, Orach Chayim 131).
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5772
What Bracha Do I Make Before Smelling the Shavuos Flowers?
My husband brought me beautiful roses for Shavuos. Should I make a bracha before smelling them? I have noticed that sometimes there is no noticeable fragrance.
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5772
Actions and Understanding Gemara
Various Rabbis | 5769
That a Cohen May Not Marry a Divorcee
A few days later, a royal emissary of the Empress Maria Teresa appeared at the rabbi’s home. The surprised rabbi realized that the wealthy Jew had broken the convention by which Jews did not involve non-Jews in their inner disputes. He had no choice.
Rabbi Shmuel Holshtein | 5769
Morning Prayer Times
How early may one begin praying in the morning? When is it too early to recite the Shema? When is it too late? Should mountains be taken into account when calculating the sunrise? Rabbi Eliezer Melamed addresses these and other pertinent issues.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5764
The Minor Fasts and Their Laws
Did Jews fast over the destruction of the First Temple when the Second Temple stood? Must pregnant and nursing women abstain from eating and drinking on minor fasts? Rabbi Eliezer Melamed addresses these and other important questions.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | tamoz 5761
The Tenth of Tevet - A Compendium of Laws
After the destruction of the First Temple, the Prophets and the Sages of Israel legislated fasting on the Tenth of Tevet, for it was on that day that Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, and his legions placed Jerusalem under siege.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5764
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