Rabbinic Journey Podcast

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 4:3Rabban Gamliel says: Every day a person must pray eighteen [blessings of Shemoneh Esrei]. Rabbi Yehoshua says: [One may say] an abbreviated [form of the] eighteen [blessings]. Rabbi Akiva says: If his prayer is fluent in his mouth, he must say eighteen; and if it is not -- an abbreviated eighteen.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastIn this Facebook Live class, we study the first chapter of Rambam's Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Teshuvah (repentance). Beginning to explore this complex idea before the High Holy Days.Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FenSQ6LjF1kThank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Teshuvahhttps://www.sefaria.org/Mishneh_Torah,_Repentance.1?lang=bi

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 4:2Rabbi Nechunya ben HaKanah would offer a brief prayer when he entered the study hall and when he left. They said to him: What is the nature of this prayer? He told them: Upon my entrance, I pray that no mishaps should occur because of me; and upon my departure, I offer thanksgiving for my portion.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 4:1Shacharit [can be said] until midday. Rabbi Yehudah says until four hours into the day. Minchah [can be said] until the evening. Rabbi Yehudah says until the middle of the afternoon. Ma'ariv has no set time and Musaf can be said all day. Rabbi Yehudah says until seven hours into the day.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 3:6A Zav [someone subject to a certain form of ritual impurity] who saw a seminal emission, and a Niddah [someone subject to a different form of ritual impurity] who discharged semen from sexual relations, and a woman having sexual relations who saw menstrual blood, require [ritual] immersion. And Rabbi Yehudah exempts them.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 3:4A Ba'al Keri [someone subject to a certain form of ritual impurity] should recite Shema in his mind and should not bless [its blessings whatsoever], not before and not after it. And on food he should bless after it and not bless before it. Rabbi Yehudah says: He should bless before and after them [Shema and food].

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 3:3Women, slaves, and minors are exempt from reciting Shema and from tefillin and are obligated in [reciting] Shemoneh Esrei and in [affixing a] Mezuzah and in [reciting] Birkat HaMazon.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 3:2When they have buried the dead and returned: If they are able to start and to finish before they reach the [place where they stand in a] line, they should start. If not, they should not start. As for those standing in a line, the ones standing on the inside are exempt and the ones standing on the outside are obligated.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 3:1One whose dead lies before him, he is exempt from reciting the Shema, from saying Shemoneh Esrei and from wearing tefillin. The pall bearers and their replacements and the replacements of the replacements, regardless of whether they are in the front or in the back of the casket: those that are needed to carry the casket are exempt, and those that are not needed to carry the casket are obligated [to recite Shema]. These and those are exempt from reciting Shemoneh Esrei.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 2:8If a groom wants to recite Shema on the first night, he may recite [it]. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: Not everyone who wants to take on the [Divine] name may take it on.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 2:7And when [Rabban Gamliel's] slave Tavi died, he received words of comfort for him. His students said to him: Didn't you teach us, our teacher, that one does not receive words of comfort for slaves? He said to them: My servant Tavi was not like other servants. He was Kasher [acceptable].

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 2:6[Rabban Gamliel] washed on the first night after his wife died. His students said to him: Didn't you teach us, our teacher, that a mourner is forbidden to wash? He said to them: I am not like other people. I am delicate.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 2:5A groom is exempt from reciting Shema on the first night, until Saturday night if he has not done the deed. A story about Rabban Gamliel who recited [Shema] on the first night that he got married. His students said to him: Didn't you teach us, our teacher, that a groom is exempt from reciting Shema on the first night? He said to them: I will not listen to you, to remove the kingdom of heaven from me for even one hour.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 2:4Workers can recite [Shema] on top of a tree or on top of a wall of stones, which they are not permitted to do for [reciting the Shemoneh Esreh] prayer.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 2:3One who recites Shema but doesn't make it audible to his ear - has fulfilled his obligation. Rabbi Yosei says: Has not fulfilled his obligation. One who recites but does not articulate each letter: Rabbi Yosei says: Has fulfilled his obligation. Rabbi Yehuda says: Has not fulfilled his obligation. One who recites out of order - has not fulfilled his obligation. One who recites and makes a mistake - should return to the place where he made the mistake.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 2:2These are the section breaks: Between the first and second blessings, between the second blessing and Shema, and between Shema and Vehayah im shamoa [second paragraph of the Shema], between Vehayah im shamoa and Vayomer [third paragraph of Shema], between Vayomer and Emet veyatsiv [blessing after Shema]. Rabbi Yehuda says: Between Vayomer and Emet veyatsiv -- one may not pause. Rabbi Yehoshua ben Karchah said: Why does Shema precede Vehayah im shamoa? So that one may accept the yoke of the kingdom of heaven first, and after that accept the yoke of the commandments. And [why does] Vehayah im shamoa [precede] Vayomer? Because Vehayah im shamoa applies during the day and at night, and Vayomer only applies during the day.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is a unique episode, it was a Facebook Live Talmud class that I gave. If you think you would get value by listening to it, I encourage you to listen!Here's the original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlh8ih2QUaE&tThank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 2:1If one was reading [Shema] in the Torah, and it came time to recite [Shema]: If he directed his mind [and intended to fulfill his obligation to recite Shema as he read it], he has fulfilled his obligation. And if not, he has not fulfilled his obligation. At the breaks [between sections of Shema], one may greet another out of honor and return a greeting, and in the middle [of a section], one may greet out of fear and return a greeting. These are the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehuda says: In the middle, one may greet out of fear and return a greeting out of honor, and at the breaks, one may greet out of honor and return a greeting to any person.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 1:5One must mention the exodus from Egypt at night. Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah said: "Behold, I am like a seventy-year-old man, yet I could not win [the argument against the other sages] having the exodus from Egypt recited at night, until Ben Zoma derived it [from a Biblical source]." "[He derived it as follows:] It says (Deut. 16:3), 'In order that you may remember the day when you left Egypt for all the days of your life.'" "Now, 'days of your life' means the days; 'All the days of your life' [includes also] the nights." But the Sages say: "Days of your life" means the present world; "All the days of your life" includes also the era of Mashiach.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 1:4In the morning one says two blessings before it [Shema] and one after it, while in the evening one says two blessings before it and two after it, a long one and a short one. Where they said to make the blessing long – he may not shorten it. [Where they said] to make the blessing short – he may not lengthen it. [Where they said] to conclude it – he is not permitted to omit the conclusion. [Where they said] not to conclude it – he is not permitted to conclude.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastI brief drash for Shabbat Mishpatim which was at the end of February 2016.Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the next episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 1:3The school of Shammai says: In the evening all people should recline and recite [Shema], and in the morning they should stand, since it says [in the verse (Deut. 6:7)], “And when you lie down and when you arise.” But the school of Hillel says: Each person may recite it in his usual way (posture), since it says (ibid.), “And when you walk on the road.” If so, why does it say “and when you lie down and when you arise”? —[It means:] at the time when people are lying down, and at the time when people are arising. Said Rabbi Tarfon: “I was once traveling on the road, and I reclined to recite [Shema] in accordance with the view of the school of Shammai, and [by doing so] I put myself in danger of [attack by] bandits.” They [the other Sages] said to him: “You would have deserved to be guilty for your own fate, since you went against the view of the school of Hillel.”

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the second episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 1:2From when may one recite Shema in the morning? From when one can distinguish between Tekhelet [purple-blue wool] and white. Rabbi Eliezer says: [The earliest time for Shema is when one can distinguish] between Tekhelet and the color of leek, and one must finish reciting it by sunrise. Rabbi Yehoshua says: [One may recite Shema] until three hours [of the day], for such is the way of the sons of kings, to arise at the third hour. If one recites [Shema] later than this, he has not lost out, [but rather is] like one who reads the Torah.

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastThis is the first episode in the #MondayMishnah series!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626Text: Mishnah Brachot 1:1From when may one recite Shema in the evening? From the time when the Kohanim go in to eat their Terumah [produce consecrated for priestly consumption], until the end of the first watch – so says Rabbi Eliezer. And the Sages say: Until midnight. Rabban Gamliel says: Until the break of dawn. It once happened that his [Rabban Gamliel’s] sons came from a house of feasting. They said to him: We have not recited Shema. He said to them: If dawn has not broken, you are obligated to recite it. And [this is true] not only in this case; rather, in all cases where the Sages said that [some precept can be performed only] until midnight — their precepts are [still in force] until the break of dawn. [For example:] Burning the fats and limbs [of the sacrifices, on the Temple altar] — their precepts [can be performed] until the break of dawn. And [another example:] all [sacrifices] which may be eaten for one day — their precepts [of eating them can be performed] until the break of dawn. If that is so, why did the Sages say, "until midnight"? To distance a person from transgression. 

Welcome back to the Rabbinic Journey PodcastWith my second year about to begin, its time to launch Season 2!Thank you for listening!Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Tumbling_Dishes_Like_Old-Mans_Wishes/Take_Me_Higher_1626

Reflections on my journey to keep Kosher and the things we need to take on mitzvot or obligations.

We look into this week's portion, Parashat Ekev for some Torah regarding obstacles with help from the Kedushat Levi.

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