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25 Tammuz: The Yahrtzeit of Rav Yehishua’le Mikutna
25 Tammuz: The Yahrtzeit of Rav Yehishua’le Mikutna
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Jul 29, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Mystical Secrets of the Month of Tammuz
Mystical Secrets of the Month of Tammuz
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Jul 22, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Rosh Chodesh Sivan: The Never-Ending Journey
Rosh Chodesh Sivan: The Never-Ending Journey
Jun 5, 2019
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
Machar Chodesh: “Why Has Dovid Not Come, Not Yesterday, Not Today” – The Cry of Rosh Chodesh
Machar Chodesh: “Why Has Dovid Not Come, Not Yesterday,...
What is the thematic connection between Rosh Chodesh, David HaMelech, and the Davidic dynasty? Why do we read this haftarah just because it begins with the phrase “Machar Chodesh”? An answer...
May 7, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
The Bnei Yissaschar Uncovers the Two Dimensions of the Bracha of Rosh Chodesh and the Halachic Ramifications
The Bnei Yissaschar Uncovers the Two Dimensions of the...
If someone forgets יעלה ויבא in bentching on Rosh Chodesh one doesn’t repeat bentching, the Yerushalmi rules he has to repeat bentching (because it holds having a seudah is obligatory on...
May 6, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Chodesh Nisan: The Mystical Teaching How Each Day Corresponds to a Month of the Year
Chodesh Nisan: The Mystical Teaching How Each Day Corresponds...
The first day of Nisan is honored with 10 crowns (firsts). Why is Nisan, which is a month of firsts, also a month of miracles. Why should it be that just...
Apr 8, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Nisan, Springtime and Birkat Ha’ilanot
Nisan, Springtime and Birkat Ha’ilanot
Regarding the month of Nisan the Torah says: “Guard the month of springtime, and carry out the Passover offering for Hashem, your God; for in the month of the springtime Hashem,...
Apr 2, 2019
By Rabbi Reuven Sasson
Catch the Fish – The Adar Power of Double
Catch the Fish – The Adar Power of Double
A message for singles, delivered 3/24/19 at the “Catch the Fish” singles event.
Mar 25, 2019
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
The Transformation of the Spiritual DNA of Adar
The Transformation of the Spiritual DNA of Adar
The Megillah says that not only the days of Purim but the entire month (of Adar) was transformed from sorrow to joy. Why was Haman happy when the lottery fell on...
Mar 10, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Mishenichnas Adar Marbim… B’Mitzvot: A Halachic Overview of the Mitzvot of Adar
Mishenichnas Adar Marbim… B’Mitzvot: A Halachic Overview of the...
In addition to Purim and it’s mitzvot, there are other mitzvot associated with Adar including the obligation to read the four parshiyot (Shekalim, Zachor, Parah, HaChodesh), Taanit Esther, and the custom...
Mar 10, 2019
By Rabbi Gershon Turetsky

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