L’Ayla

Egg Matzah, Sheruya (Gebrokts), and Kitniyot: A Survey of the Issues
Egg Matzah, Sheruya (Gebrokts), and Kitniyot: A Survey of...
The Seder night is the only time when there is a positive obligation to eat matzah. The beginning of the Haggadah says we eat matzah to remember what our ancestors ate...
Apr 7, 2019
By Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz
Turning Things Upside Down: V’Nahafoch Hu in Megilat Esther
Turning Things Upside Down: V’Nahafoch Hu in Megilat Esther
What is so central about the concept of ונהפוך הוא to the megillah; to what extent does it play a role in the megillah? How does it fit into the theme...
Mar 10, 2019
By Rabbi Robby Charnoff
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
The Dance of the Sun and the Moon: A Deeper Understanding of the Jewish Leap Year
The Dance of the Sun and the Moon: A...
The Torah commands us to ensure that Nissan always falls out in the spring. Why do we specifically double Adar, the month associated with joy? What is the nature of Adar...
Feb 7, 2019
By Shoshie Nissenbaum
Calendar Conundrums: Halachic Insights into Adar Alef and Bet
Calendar Conundrums: Halachic Insights into Adar Alef and Bet
Which is the real Adar? This affects when to celebrate Purim, when to observe a yahrtzeit, and when a child becomes bar/bat mitzvah. Why is Adar always the added month? Do...
Feb 7, 2019
By Rabbi Anthony Manning
Two Purims? A Deeper Look at the Jewish Calendar
Two Purims? A Deeper Look at the Jewish Calendar
The Rambam defines the mitzvah of kiddush hachodesh as sanctifying the month and intercalating the months to ensure that Pesach will always fall in the Spring. Hashem wants us to be...
Feb 6, 2019
By Phil Chernofsky
Hands-on Terumot and Maasrot Workshop
Hands-on Terumot and Maasrot Workshop
  Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
Jan 10, 2019
By Rabbi Moshe Bloom
Analyzing the Words of Yaaleh V’Yavo
Analyzing the Words of Yaaleh V’Yavo
Download the Mekorot Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
Jan 9, 2019
By Zemira Ozarowski
Praises of Eretz Yisrael in Tanach
Praises of Eretz Yisrael in Tanach
Download the Mekorot Recorded at OU Israel’s L’Ayla Rosh Chodesh Women’s Event
Jan 9, 2019
By Rebbetzin Pearl Borow
What are We Celebrating on Tu B’Shevat?
What are We Celebrating on Tu B’Shevat?
In both the list of four new years and the four times a year when the world is judged trees feature prominently. The Torah prohibits cutting down fruit trees because man...
Jan 9, 2019
By Rabbi Reuven Taragin

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