Why Do We Celebrate Chanukah?
The Soul of Chanukah: Yosef, Gilgul of Chanoch
The earthshattering revelation of the Shel”a Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Hilchot and Minhagei Chanukah According to the Sephardic Practice...
Excepted with permission from Laws of the Holidays: A Comprehensive Halachic Guide for Sepharadim Part 1 here The Berachot and Kindling of the Chanukah Lights Order of the berachot On the...
Hilchot and Minhagei Chanukah According to the Sephardic Practice...
Excepted with permission from Laws of the Holidays: A Comprehensive Halachic Guide for Sepharadim During the time of the second Bet HaMikdash, the Syrian-Greeks issued cruel decrees against Bnei Yisrael in...
Chanukah 5784
Breaking Barriers
Shiur provided courtesy of Naaleh.com Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein We can begin our exploration of Chanukah with the same words the Gemarra uses, “Miy Chanukah/What is Chanukah?” This simple question generates two different...
Chanukah 5784
1st night of חנוכה (and all other nights of חנוכה) הלכות of הדלקת נר חנוכה Prepare the חנוכה candles/oil and wicks early to be able to light in the proper time. The...
The Mitzvah of Hallel (Part 2)
Delivered at the OU Israel Center, 4 Iyar 5783 – April 25, 2023 with a digression on Yom Hazikaron/Yom Haatzmaut Rabbi Breitowitz’s Tuesday Shiur is sponsored for the 2023 academic year...
The Mitzvah of Hallel
with a short digression on Yom HaShoah Delivered at the OU Israel Center, 27 Nisan 5783 – April 18, 2023 Rabbi Breitowitz’s Tuesday Shiur is sponsored for the 2023 academic year...
Why Don’t We Mention Chanukah or Purim in Al...
Delivered at the OU Israel Center, 3 Tevet 5783 – December 27, 2022 Rabbi Breitowitz’s Tuesday Shiur is sponsored for the 2023 academic year by Rabbi Refoel and Sharon Auman in...
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