Thursday, 27 Menachem Av, 5765 years after Creation We have learned that the Brachos of Krias Shema begin with the Brachah "Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d,...
Erev Shabbos, Parshas Re'eh, 27 Menachem Av, 5765 years after Creation We have been learning how to understand the verse in Isaiah (45:7), that says, "Who...
Tuesday, 2 Elul, 5765 years after Creation As we have learned, the Rabbis used a verse from Isaiah to compose the opening Brachah (Blessing) of the third...
Wednesday, 3 Elul, 5765 years after Creation We have learned that if you began Birchos Krias Shema of Shacharis (the Morning Prayer) with the correct Brachah,...
I would like to ask all of you, the members of the Daily Halachah group, whether you want me to continue to explain the meanings of the Prayers as well as the...
Thursday, 4 Menachem Av, 5765 years after Creation (This Halachah was supposed to be #2, but I accidentally posted #3 first. Please forgive the error.) If...
Erev Shabbos Parshas Shoftim, 5th day of the month of Elul, 5765 years after Creation. The first Brachah (Blessing) in the Birchos Krias Shema is longer than...
Sunday, 7 Elul, 5765 years after Creation (Although this is not the Jewish anniversary of 9/11, but the non- Jewish Western anniversary, we should still take a...
Monday, 8 Elul, 5765 years after Creation We have learned that we say Kedushah several times a day. The first occurrence, during the Brachos (Blessings) of...
Thursday, 11 Elul, 5765 years after Creation The first Brachah (Blessing) of the Birchos Krias Shema, the third section of the Morning Prayers, begins, as we...
Wednesday, 17th day of Elul, the month of forgiveness, 5765. The opening Brachah (Blessing) of Yotzer Ohr, the third section of the Morning Prayers, says, as...
This week and probably the next or two I am working on several take- home exams for graduate school, plus several overdue assignments. So please expect that...
Thursday, 18 Elul, the days of mercy, 5765 years after Creation The next verse we say says "He makes light shine on the earth, and to those who live on it,...
Thursday, 3 Tishrai, 3rd day of the new year 5766. From Rosh Hashonoh until Yom Kippur are the Ten Days of Repentance. It is the Custom among many people to...
Erev Shabbos Shuva (The Shabbath of Repentance), 4 Tishrai, 5766 Based on Maimonides' Laws of Repentance, Chapter 2, first six Halachos. 1) What is true...
Monday, 7 Tishray, 5766 years after Creation The following is based on the latter part of Maimonides' Laws of Repentance, Chapter 2. 7) Yom Kippur is a time of...
An alert member of this group noticed an interesting error I made in this morning's Daily Halachah post. In Halachah #9 I wrote "... such as eating someone...
Tuesday, 8 Tishray, 5676 years after Creation Based primarily on Maimonides' Laws of Repentance, the first part of Chapter 3. 1) Every person has merits and...
Wednesday, 9 Tishray, 5766 years after Creation Erev Yom Hakadosh, Eve of the Holy Day Remember that Yom Kippur starts before sunset tonight. Today one should...
Night After the Fast of Yom Kippur, 11 Tishray, 5766 I am posting about the Four Species tonight because time is running out and if you haven't already...
Erev Shabbos, 11 Tishray, 5766 years after Creation Four Days Before the Holiday of Sukkos When Hashem took us out of Egypt, we stayed in a place called...
Erev Shabbos, 11 Tishray, 5766 Second post of the day Since there is so little time before Sukkos this year to build a Sukkah (we may not build on Shabbos or...
Monday, 14 Tishray, 5766 Erev Sukkos Not all foods need a Sukkah. Most types of food one may eat outside of the Sukkah as well; fruit, vegetables, candy, meat,...
Thursday, 17 Tishray, 5766 First day of Chol HaMo'ed I would like to make two amendments to Halachos that I wrote before Sukkos began. 1) If a woman builds a...
Erev Shabbos of the first Parshah (section) of the Torah: Beraishis 25th day of the month of Tishray 5766 years after the Creation of Adam and Eve As you may...
Monday, 25th day of Tishray, 5766 years after Creation This morning I (finally) took down our sukkah (though I probably won't be able to actualy put away the...
Monday, 5th day of the month of Cheshvon, 5766 years after Creation We have learned about the Brachah (Blessing) of Yotzer Or (Who forms light...) that begins...
Tuesday, 6th of Cheshvon, 5766 years after Creation We have learned that the passage we say after the Brachah (Blessing) of Yotzer Or (Who forms light...) At...
Wednesday, 7th day in the month of Cheshvan, 5766 years after Creation We are learning about the Brachos (Blessings) of Krias Shema, the third section of the...
Thursday, 8th of Cheshvon, 5766 years after Creation As we continue praying the Brachah (Blessing) of Yotzer Or (Who forms light), we begin to discuss the...