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Rosh Chodesh: Our Dynamic Partnership with Hashem in Torah and Halacha
Rosh Chodesh: Our Dynamic Partnership with Hashem in Torah...
Download the mekorot here Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
May 15, 2018
By Zemira Ozarowski
The Great Insight from the Shelah’s Tefillah (Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan)
The Great Insight from the Shelah’s Tefillah (Erev Rosh...
The Rambam says that one’s intention when having children should be to have a child who will become a צדיק וגדול בישראל. Why are these 2 connected, they should be 2...
May 14, 2018
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Rosh Chodesh Iyar: Like a Bride on her Wedding Night
Rosh Chodesh Iyar: Like a Bride on her Wedding...
According to the Tur, the reason why there is a minhag for women refrain from certain types of work on Rosh Chodesh is because they refused to participate in chet haegel....
Apr 17, 2018
By Zemira Ozarowski
The Secret of Rosh Chodesh – David, King of Yisroel, Lives and Endures!
The Secret of Rosh Chodesh – David, King of...
Why does the Shulchan Aruch dedicate an entire siman to the meal of melava malka and and another siman to having a meal on Rosh Chodesh? What is the connection between...
Apr 16, 2018
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Rosh Chodesh and Control Over Time: Our First Mitzvah as a Free Nation
Rosh Chodesh and Control Over Time: Our First Mitzvah...
Download the source sheet here Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
Mar 19, 2018
By Zemira Ozarowski
Chodesh Nissan and the Kabbalistic Secret of the Reversal of the Signet Ring
Chodesh Nissan and the Kabbalistic Secret of the Reversal...
Download the source sheet Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Mar 18, 2018
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Queen Esther’s Rosh Chodesh Message
Queen Esther’s Rosh Chodesh Message
Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
Feb 20, 2018
By Zemira Ozarowski
Adar Mazal Dagim: The Chasam Sofer Unmasks the Joy of Adar and the Joy of the Beis Hamikdash
Adar Mazal Dagim: The Chasam Sofer Unmasks the Joy...
  Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Feb 15, 2018
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Mishenichnas Adar Marbim B’simcha: The Joy of Being a Yehudi
Mishenichnas Adar Marbim B’simcha: The Joy of Being a...
Why do we mention the verse of “ליהודים היתה אורה” in Havdalah? Why does Mishenichnas Adar Marbim B’Simcha begin from Shabbos Mevarchim? Why does the Megillah end off by telling us...
Feb 5, 2018
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
The Month of Shevat: A Time to Grow
The Month of Shevat: A Time to Grow
From the beginning, we have had a connection to trees. Adam was commanded to work and guard the trees of gan eden. The holiday of Tu B’Shevat means different things to...
Jan 17, 2018
By Shprintzee Rappaport

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