articles on Additional Lessons
Mezonot Bagel
How can bagels possibly be considered mezonot?
Bracha on Desserts & Fruits
How does one differentiate between desserts that are considered a separate course and those that are eaten as part of the meal
Blessing on Sushi
what is the proper blessing to be made on Sushi?
Tabouli salad
What is the proper brocha to be made on Tabouli salad? This salad is made from cracked wheat grains soaked in water to make them soft and edible!
Lessons on Additional Lessons
Weak Prohibition Vs. Beracha L’vatala
If someone makes a beracha on a milchig food and then realizes that he is fleishig, should he eat a little of it to avoid a beracha l’vatala?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Adar II 25 5782
Believing is Seeing
May I be mekadeish levanah now, although I am indoors, and I am also obviously looking at the moon through a window? The brocha of borei me’orei ha’eish on an electric light - could one do this when a lightbulb must be encased in glass for it to burn? What do the above questions have to do with this week’s parsha?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Iyar 4 5781
The Necessity to See the Moon Before Kiddush Levana
Last week clouds covered the moon after some of us began Kiddush Levana. Can the remainder rely on their “testimony” to join the beracha?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Kislev 17 5781
