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Rabbi Walter's podcast is rooted in Halachah, Minhagim, and Mitzvos based upon classical Rabbinic sources, blended with a strong emphasis on the philosophy, history, and background of each of the above. Rabbi Walter is the Rav of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah, is the executive director of the Rabbinical Council of Greater Washington, and is the author of the three works of Jewish Law. This podcast has covered Pirkei Avos, the Positive Mitzvos from The Sefer HaMitzvos HaKatazar of the Chafetz Chaim, and is curentlly going through the halachos and mitzvos of the seasons of the year.

Rabbi Moshe Walter


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    Shayla of The Week #212- HaMevarech Es Amo Yisrael B'Shalom VS Oseh HaShalom: What's The Correct Nusach for Shemoneh Esreh and Kadish During the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2026 23:45


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    Letters of Teshuvah #5- Letters from The Mir: The Spiritual Vacation of Elul and The Yamim Noraim in Yeshivas Mir, Lithuania

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2026 45:18


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    Shayla of The Week #211- Striking the Right Note: The Power of a Nigun and the Danger of Chazanus- The Delicate Balance Between Choice Tunes and Overdoing The Melody's of the Yamim Noraim

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2026 23:07


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    Letters of Teshuvah #4-Rav Yitzchak Hutner's Famed Letter to Rabbi Moshe Sherer: Rosh Hashanah and Akeidas Yitzchak- Beyond the Outcome

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2026 35:03


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    Shayla of The Week #210- Preparing the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Machzor in Elul: Required or Recommended?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2026 19:56


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    Shayla of the Week #209- Four Critical Days in Elul and Four Minhagim When to Begin Reciting Selichos: Sephardim, Ashkenazim, and Two Little-Known Big Dates

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2026 22:37


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    Shayla of The Week #208- Zecher L'churban and Zecher L'mikdash: Similar or Different? 

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2026 22:02


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    Shayls of The Week # 207- Reciting One Hundred Brachos Daily- Obligation or Opportunity?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2026 16:43


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    Shayla of The Week # 206- Holocaust Kinnos: The History, Hashkafa, and Hesitation Regarding their Recitation on Tishah B'av- Should They Be Recited?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2026 28:07


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    Shayla of The Week #205-The Mesorah, Mazel, and Menachem of Chodesh Av: What is The Month of Av All About?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2026 22:20


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    Shayla of The Week #204-The Order That Arrives Incomplete: I Ordered Sixty Donuts and Forty Arrive- I Ordered Twenty Siddurim and Ten Arrive- Can the Order Be Cancelled?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2026 20:49


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    Shayla of the Week #203: Chatzi Hallel on Rosh Chodesh: What Is The Source of Its Institution?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2026 22:29


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    Shayla of The Week #202-It's Wedding Season: How does one fulfill the Mitzvah of Simchas Chassan and Kallah?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2026 12:39


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    Shayla of The Week #201- The Famed Fast of the 20th of Sivan: The Historical Account and the Halachic Mandate- Why Is This Fast No Longer Observed?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2026 30:03


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    Shayla of The Week #200- Mikvah for Men on Erev Yom Tov: Minhag, Mitzvah, or Misnomer?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2026 18:01


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    Shayla of The Week #199- Visiting Your Rav or Rebbi on Yom Tov: Obligation or Opportunity?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2026 22:12


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    Shayla of The Week #198- Layning The Klalos Quickly and in a Low Voice: Is This a Valid Minhag?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2026 23:39


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    Shayla of The Week #197- Upsherin on Lag B'omer in Meron: The History and Significance of The Upsherin and a Three-Year-Old Birthday-What Is the Minhag About?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2026 27:06


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    Shayla of The Week #196- Listening to Music During Sefira and Three Weeks-When Is It Permitted?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2026 16:25


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    Shayla of The Week #195- The Confusion and Mistake Equating the Halachos of the Three Weeks With the Halachos of Sefirah- What are the "Actual" Halachos of the Sefirah Period?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2026 19:13


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    Shayla of The Week #194- When the Rental House Wasn't Cleaned for Pesach: Who Is Responsible? The Pesach Airbnb Debacle in Orlando

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2026 29:48


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    The Important Battle Between the Numbers 4 and 5 at the Pesach Seder: Who Will Prevail?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2026 10:57


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    Shayla of The Week #193-Ad Kaan Omrim B'shabbos Hagadol: The Debate Regarding The Minhag to Recite The Haggadah on Shabbos HaGadol

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2026 26:14


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    At The Seder With Rabbi Yitzchak Issac Chaver-The Peh Shlishi of the Vilna Gaon: Haggadah Yad Mitzrayim

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2026 41:07


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    Shayla of The Week # 192- The Famed Piyut of Rav Yosef Tuv Elem for Shabbos HaGadol- The Point of the Piyut and the Purpose of Piyutim

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2026 28:46


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    At The Seder With the Gra- The Pshat, Remez, Drash, and Sod of The Vilna Gaon's Haggadah

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2026 45:07


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    Shayla of The Week #191- "The Prohibition to Return to Egypt"- Is It Permitted to Pass Through, Tour, or Travel There? The Source, The Rule, The History and The Exceptions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2026 26:11


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    Shayla of the Week #190: Megillas HaMelech, Megillas HaGra, and Ben Asher's Tikun: The Mesorah, Minhag, and Machlokes Regarding the Ksav of Megillas Esther: What Do The Sofrim Do?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2026 27:12


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    Shayla of The Week #189- The Sanctity of our Shul's: Is It Permitted to hold a Kiddush, Simchah, or Shul function in a Beis HaKnesses?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 22:59


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    Shayla of The Week #188-Taste Test: Coke VS. Pepsi and White Tuna VS. Dark Tuna: Hilchos Mekach Taus- Cancelled Sale or Reduced Price?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2026 28:03


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    Shayla of The Week #187- The Tefillah of Kabbalas Shabbos: The History and Hashkafa- The Institution and Impact

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2026 23:58


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    Shayla of The Week #186- Mail Carriers, Sanitation Workers, Uber Drivers, and Waiters- Tipping in Halacha: Voluntary or Obligation?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2026 21:06


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    Shayla of The Week #185- Severance Payment In Halachah: Requirements, Guidelines, or Recommendations?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2026 21:00


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    Shayla of The Week # 184- Rage Room: Recreational Fun or Restricted Bar None?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026 20:18


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    Shayla of The Week #183- The Tefillah of Maariv- The Halachos and Minhagim of The Most Unique of Our Tefillos

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2026 25:06


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    Shayla of The Week #182- Between December 25th and January 1st: Giving Gifts, Holiday Parties, Taking Vacation, and 9:00 am Shachris- Muttar or Assur?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2025 29:56


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    Shayla of The Week #181- "December 25th"- Can It Be Called Anything Else: What Do I say to my co-worker, neighbor, and mailman?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 19:26


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    Shayla of The Week #180- The Mitzvah of Menorah for The Traveler, Camper, Soldier, and Homeless- Do They Light? Where? How?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2025 28:00


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    Shayla of The Week #179- Chanukah Gelt and Chanukah Presents- Minhag or Mistake: What's it all about?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2025 25:06


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    Shayla of The Week #178- Davening for Sinners to Repent and Praying for the Wicked to Die: Can we, Should we, Does it work?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 21:49


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    Shayla of The Week # 177- Is Turkey Kosher: A Halachic Overview

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 26:40


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    Shayla of The Week # 176- The Wedding Day Fast of The Chassan and Kallah: The Minhag, The Meaning, and The Halachah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 22:04


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    Shayla of The Week #175- The Shadchan: The Job, The Expectations, and The Payment- Halachos and Minhagim

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2025 22:01


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    Shayla of The Week #174- Standard and Daylight Savings Time: Mincha in The Fall and Winter VS. Minchah in The Spring and Summer- Everything You Need To Know about Davening Minchah Properly

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 29:55


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    Shayla of The Week #173- The Million Dollar Question: Kiddush before or after Netilas Yadayim- when and why did the Minhag Ashkenaz to Wash before Making Kiddush change?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 30:22


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    Shayla of The Week #172- Shabbos Zemiros- Sources, Reasons, and Disagreement Regarding Their Recitation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 29:44


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    Shayla of The Week #171: Crocks, Floafers, Flip- Flops, Slides, Slippers, and Sneakers: Can I Wear Comfortable Non- Leather Shoes on Yom Kippur?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2025 28:17


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    Shayla of The Week #170- The Making of The Machzor: The Magnitude and Machlokes in the Additions to the Tefillos of the Yamim Noraim and Aseres Yemei Teshuvah

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 28:03


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    Letters of Teshuvah #3: Properly Preparing for the Yamim Noraim- The Letter Posted by Rabbi Simchah Zissel Ziv on the Door of Talmud Torah of Kelm in Elul in the 1860's

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 38:36


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    Shayla of The Week #169- "Dip The Apple in Honey"- What Is The Origin and Meaning of the Ancient Rosh Hashanah Minhag?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 21:15


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    Letters of Teshuvah #2- The Letter of All Letters: The Iggeres HaTeshuvah of Rabbenu Yonah of Gerona circa 1200

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 42:59


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