SHABBAT: Wearing vs. Carrying
Last Friday we explained that carrying an object is a melakha, i.e., an activity forbidden on Shabbat. That includes transferring an item from one...
The Ten Commandments: what makes them special?
As a preparation for the festival of shabu'ot, less than three weeks away, I will begin today a review of the Ten commandments.
The...
TEFILA: What shoes are you wearing today?
כשהוא נועל את נעליו, הוא אומר: ברוך שעשה לי כל צרכי
As we have previously explained (see this) birkot haShahar describe all the activities (mini...
SHABBAT: Carrying an object outdoors
Last Friday we began our overview of the melakha (=an activity which is forbidden to perform on Shabbat) named "hotza-a", i.e., carrying, transferring an object from...
Yom haZikaron 2013
Israel Independence Day--YOM HAATZMAUT--which will begin tonight, celebrates the anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. Today, YOM HAZIKARON, the day preceding this...
SPECIAL EDITION: Yom HaZikaron, 2013
MUST WATCHAn intense and moving testimony of a Israeli mother, Miriam Peretz, who lost her TWO sons in the war. This is a solemn and...
SHABBAT: “hotza-a”, introduction to the melakha of carrying.
There are 39 activities that are forbidden in Shabbat (melakhot , see here). One of them is called in Hebrew hotza-a, i.e., carrying, transporting or transferring...
Pirqe Abot 2:2, Rabban Gamliel vs. Intellectual Arrogance
"Rabban Gamliel the son of Rabbi Yehuda the Prince, said: The study of Tora is good combined with the good ways of the world...
Pirqe Abot 1:7, friendship and second-hand smoke
To prepare ourselves for the day of Shabu'ot, the day we received the Tora, it is customary to study pirqe abot, the "Chapters of the...
The Habdala Ceremony
Previously, we saw the different opinions regarding the time Shabbat ends ( see here). We also began to explain the Habdala ceremony, which is the official...
