The Unique Laining of Simchas Torah
Delivered 27 Cheshvan 5785 / October 29, 2024
Do We Make a Borei Nefashot on Candy?
Simchat Torah is often peak candy season in our shuls. The question arises – does one make a bracha achrona on candy? OU Kosher COO Rabbi Moshe Elefant has the answer:
Halacha According to the Sephardic Practice: Simchat Torah and...
From the book series Laws of the Holidays by Rabbi Yonatan Nacson; used with permission. Sitting in the Sukkah on the Seventh Day of Sukkot One may not take down his...
All About Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah
What is Shemini Atzeres (or Shemini Atzeret), you ask? Well, Pesach (Passover) has days of yom tov (Festivals, with Sabbath-like restrictions on labor) at both the beginning and the end. Technically...
Ahavat Hashem and Simchat HaChaim
Delivered at the OU Israel Center, 12 Tishrei 5784 / September 27, 2023 Rabbi Manning’s series for 2023 has been sponsored לעילוי נשמת ברנה בת בנדית וזליג בן קלמן
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 Do We Advance Birchas Kohanim on Simchas Torah?
The Electrifying Insight of the Kohein Gadol of Alexander Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
An Original Remez to Hoshana Rabba and Simchas Torah...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
To Kiss, To Dance, To Be One
To kiss is to express intimacy; to dance is to fill space with movement, with passion and joy. In small and large ways, to kiss and to dance are ways to...
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