Beit Midrash Shabbat and Holidays

Jewish Holidays

Iyar 4 5779 | Rabbi Yossef Carmel
Jew – Speak Hebrew!
We will continue to explain the great obligation to thank Hashem for the miracles we have seen, as Hashem and Am Yisrael have returned to Zion and we have merited the establishment of State of Israel, the beginning of the growth of our liberation.
Parashat Hashavua
Iyar 3 5779 | Rabbi Yossef Carmel
Yom Ha'atzma'ut
47 min
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
What Are the Guidelines for Aveilus Observed During the Sefirah Weeks? The Mourning Period of Sefirah
Nisan 13 5779 | Rabbi Stewart Weiss
IN EVERY GENERATION
Nisan 13 5779 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
How Fast Must I Eat?
Nisan 13 5779 | Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l
Part II The Content of Slavery and the Content of Kingdom
The soul of a Jew is connected to the idea of malchut, of not being in need.
Parashat Hashavua
Nisan 13 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
The Way to Make Charoset
Are there halachot of how to make charoset, or is the (approximate) final product the important thing?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Nisan 6 5779 | Rabbi Stewart Weiss
THIS IS BIG, FOLKS!
Shabbat Hagadol
Nisan 6 5779 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
What Is the Brocha?
Nisan 6 5779 | Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l
part I The Content of Slavery and the Content of Kingdom
The Seder night is accompanied by songs of freedom, greatness, and malchut, which form a contrast to the situation we could have sunk into had we remained in Egypt, as permanent slaves in the “house of slaves.” We set an atmosphere of “All Jews are the sons of kings” (Shabbat 67a) and “are fit to be kings” (Horiyot 13a).
Parashat Hashavua
Nisan 6 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
The Logic Behind the Unusual Fast of the Firstborn
What type of fast is ta’anit bechorot on Erev Pesach? If it is a real fast, why do people use a loophole (taking part in a siyum) to get out of it?
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
Adar II 28 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
In Search of the Place of Matza
The preparations for Pesach intensify with Rosh Chodesh falling out on Shabbat and the reading of Parashat Hachodesh. Parashat Hachodesh is the first mention in the Torah of eating matza in connection to Pesach. Matza is presented as a food that is eaten along with the Korban Pesach and that is eaten throughout the duration of the seven-day festival. We also find that one must remove chametz on the “first day” because it is forbidden to eat chametz all seven days (Shemot 12:15).
Parashat Hashavua
Adar II 28 5779 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Indigestible Matzos, or Performing Mitzvos When Suffering from Food Allergies
Adar II 13 5779 | Rabbi Yossef Carmel
Confident of his Predictions or Not?
Shiurim about Purim
Adar II 7 5779 | Rabbi Daniel Mann
Extended Purim Seuda
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Halachot of Purim and Adar
Adar I 9 5779 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Is this the Right Purim?
Halachot of Purim and Adar
Shvat 2 5779 | Rabbi Moshe Vaya
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Tu Bishvat
Shvat 2 5779 | Rabbi Moshe Vaya
Updated 5779 Bug-Free Tu B'Shevat
Tu Bishvat
Shvat 2 5779 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Is papaya a tree?
Kislev 28 5779 | Rabbi Avraham Rosenthal
The Eight-Day Mystery
If one only read the Al Hanisim that appears in the Shemonah Esray and benching, one would not know much about the miracle of the oil. Perhaps the lighting is a public manifestation of a miracle that is much more difficult to publicly commemorate.
The Meaning of Hanukkah