Wouldn’t it make more sense to begin the annual Torah cycle at the beginning of the year? What is the connection between Shemini Atzeret and finishing the Torah? Why is rejoicing over the Torah on Yom Tov not a problem of אין מערבין שמחה בשמחה? Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime

Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime Why do we specifically pray for the rebuilding of the Beit HaMikdash on Sukkot (in bentching)? What does Eliyahu mean that there will only be rain “according to my word”? Why didn’t Eliyahu just make it rain, why did he gather all B’nei Yisrael on Har HaCarmel? What is the […]

We all know the song, “Dip the Apple in the Honey, Make a Bracha Loud and Clear”… but should we really be making a bracha on the apple? Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime

Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach says that the shehechiyanu on the second night of Rosh Hashana is for the zman, the new fruit is just there to satisfy all the opinions. Therefore, if you only have the fruit in mind it’s a hefsek between the bracha and what you made the shehechiyanu for (the fruit). Shiur […]

One of the reasons given for eating pomegranates on Rosh Hashanah is because it has 613 seeds. This idea is not found in the Gemara. Where did it originate? Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime

Unlike the crusades, one of the most tragic events in Jewish History, the Spanish inquisition and the subsequent expulsion is absent from Kinot. Why? Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime

Rosh Hashanah is when Hashem weighs our good & bad deeds to determine our fate for the year. It should be after Yom Kippur when are sins have been forgiven. Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime

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