Delivered at the OU Israel Center, 28 Nisan 5783 – April 19, 2023 Rabbi Manning’s series for 2023 has been sponsored לעילוי נשמת ברנה בת בנדית וזליג בן קלמן As we approach Yom Ha’atzmaut in Israel, the Israeli flag becomes a ubiquitous sight in our streets. In recent months during 2023, the flag has also […]

Eating matza on seder night is the one remaining positive Torah mitzva to eat a specific food But is there a continuing mitzva to eat matza throughout all 7 days of Pesach? And, if so, what type of mitzva is that? Delivered at the OU Israel Center, 7 Nisan 5783 / March 29, 2023 Rabbi […]

Delivered at the OU Israel Center, 29 Adar 5783 / March 28, 2023  Rabbi Manning’s series for 2023 has been sponsored לעילוי נשמת ברנה בת בנדית וזליג בן קלמן Dedicated by Mel David in memory of his father Abraham David,  אברהם מאיר בן מרדכי ז”ל on his 47th yahrtzeit

Delivered 27 Kislev 5783 / December 21, 2022 Rabbi Manning’s series for 2022 has been sponsored לעילוי נשמת ברנה בת בנדית וזליג בן קלמן

Clearly, the oldest ceremony on Seder night is the Korban Pesach, which was celebrated for over 1000 years! The Pesach celebration is recounted many times in the Tanach – in Egypt, in the desert, with Yehoshua on the entry into Eretz Yisrael, with Chizkiyahu, with Yoshiyahu and with Ezra. In the post-Tanach era during the […]

In the last shiur we looked at showering on Yom Tov and the tricky question of whether the halacha, as laid down by the Gemara and the Shulchan Aruch, is still unchanged today, give the different reality of bathing habits in the 21st Century. In this shiur we will engage with the issue of dancing […]