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Adar 17 5781 | Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
based on ruling 80036 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts Unartistic Material for Artistic Work – part II
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Adar 17 5781 | Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
Igrot Hare’aya, Vol. I, #17, p. 15 Supporting Non-grafted Etrogim
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Adar 17 5781 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Attaching a Mezuza to a Door Leading to Nowhere
> We are adding a floor to our house. At first, we will access it from the house, but we may eventually make it a separate unit with access via stairs from the street. Therefore, we made a door on the side of the street – during construction it is accessed by a temporary ramp, but then it will be sealed until if and when we build stairs. Does that door require a mezuza now?
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Quality Over Quantity
“When you count (Ki tisa) the heads of Bnei Yisrael... and there should not be a plague" The counting reminds us of the upcoming elections and the plague reminds us of the not yet finished Corona pandemic.
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The Ninth of Av

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5778 | Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Rimon
Were there Fasts in the time of the Second Temple?
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THE HOWS and WHYS OF 9 AV
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When Tisha B’Av Eve is on the Sabbath
Even if Shabbat Chazon falls on the eve of Tisha B’Av (Ninth of Av), or if Tisha B’Av itself coincides with Sabbath and the fast is postponed to Sunday, we eat meat, drink wine, and sing Sabbath songs as usual, for mourning is forbidden on the Sabbath.
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They are Washed During the Nine Days
How can one survive nine days in the same clothes? Why should one? When is one not obliged to?
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Selected Halachos of the Days of Tisha B’Av
In this shiur we will explain some of the halachos of Shabbos Chazon, the Seudah HaMafsekes eaten Erev Tisha B’Av, Tisha B’Av itself, and the day after Tisha B’Av.
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Menachem Av 5765 | Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Zt"l
Ninth of Av Thoughts
The Talmud says, “Where it is the custom to do work on the ninth of Av, one may work; where it is the custom not to do work, one may not do work.” However, whoever does work on the Ninth of Av will not see a sign of blessing from that work.
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Three Prophets, Three "Hows"
The sages teach: "In the End of Days the Almighty will transform the Ninth of Av into joy and happiness . . . and He will Himself rebuild Jerusalem and gather in the exiles, as it is written, "He builds Jerusalem, gathers in the outcasts of Israel."
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5762 | Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Zt"l
The Laws of the Nine Days
When the month of Av arrives, rejoicing should be minimized. A Jew must therefore avoid undertaking construction projects from which pleasure will be derived. Also, transactions should be minimized and one must refrain from consuming meat and wine.
The Ninth of Av
Av 5763 | Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
After the Ninth of Av
If we all strive to see the positive qualities of the land of Israel and its divine, spiritual value; if we feel happy to live in Israel, we will be able to rectify the Sin of the Spies which delayed our forefathers' entrance into the land.
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5764 | Rabbi Gideon Weitzman
Tisha B’Av The Temple, Our Link With Eternity
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Destruction and Redemption
Why did R' Akiva alone laugh? Certainly he was not the only one of the sages to believe in the future redemption. What's more, when the Temple sits in ruins one must mourn the situation even if something good is bound to come out of it in the future.
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Elul, 5763 | Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
Today’s Ninth of Av
For many generations we were unable to take practical steps toward hastening the redemption of Israel. We were in exile and simply could not change our plight. Today, God has removed foreign rule from the land and created a Jewish state in its stead.
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Linking the "Ninth" with the "Tenth"
The number ten symbolizes the peak of completeness and community, the height of sanctity. The destruction of the Temple began on the ninth, but it was on the tenth of Av that it reached its fiery peak. On that day, the Savior of Israel was born.
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Tamuz 5718 | Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l
"Because of Groundless Hatred"
If, as we know to be the case, during the period of the Second Commonwealth Jews busied themselves studying Torah, doing Mitzvoth, and performing acts of kindness, why was the Holy Temple destroyed? Answer: Because of groundless hatred.
The Ninth of Av