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The Laws of Fast Days
Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Zt"l | 5765
Special Days of Teves
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tevet 5768
7. Sick People Are Exempt from Fasting
Chapter 7: The Minor Fasts
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782
The Prohibition of Relinquishing Land to Enemies
Part 3
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5761
P'ninat Mishpat: Multiple Agreements and Parties – part IV
based on final ruling of 80082 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Tevet 5786
Positive Chutzpah= Part of Redemption- Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself!
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tevet 5786
The First Yeshiva in Egypt
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | 6 Tevet 5786
Daf Yomi Zevachim Daf 101
R' Eli Stefansky | 4 Tevet 5786
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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
Sewing on Shabbos
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Adar I 16 5779
Tzaar baalei chayim
In Chutz La’aretz, this week parshas Balak is read, and in Eretz Yisroel, this is one of the rare years when we read parshas Pinchas before the Three Weeks. Since both parshiyos include allusions to tzaar baalei chayim, I present: Tzaar baalei chayim
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tammuz 13 5776
Daf Yomi - succah 17
Rabbi Ephraim Schreibman | Adar A 20 5774
Kiddush for Those of Gluten-Free Diets
Rabbi Daniel Mann | 5773
Derech Cheirus
I have acid reflux, and as a result I never drink any alcohol, since it gives me severe heartburn. I also have difficulty tolerating grape juice, which does not agree with me. Am I required to drink either wine or grape juice for the four cups at the Seder?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5772
The Moon
Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | 5771
Nitzavim - Vayelech
Rabbi Berel Wein zt"l | 5771
Tithing in the Proper Order
Rabbi Chanan Morrison | 5770
It’s About Time - The Bracha of Shehechiyanu
The laws of Birkat Shehechiyanu, which comes first Shehechiyanu or the blessing on the food? reciting the Shehechiyanu on house renovations and on similar fruits, reciting the Shehechiyanu on a Mitzva, the first time lighting candles.
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5770
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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