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Rabbi Jacobson will discuss the following topics: 15 Sivan What is the significance of this day? What events happened with the Rebbe and Rebbetzin during the arrest on this day in 1927? What lessons do we learn from the word behaalotecho – raising the flame until it rises on its own? What is the deeper meaning behind Moshe's words “where will I find meat”? If Moshe transcended physical meat, how could he pass on the command for the Jews to perform physical mitzvos, including bringing meat offerings? Could the people choose that the manna should taste like non-kosher food? What will change when non-kosher animals will be permitted in the future?Why are the details of every tribe leader's offering repeated? How important is individuality in Judaism? What is the practical meaning of the Birchas Kohanim? Why do we thank the kohanim after they bless us? Does everyone have a custom to bless their children before Shabbos with the priestly blessing? Is it appropriate to embrace this custom? How do I find a sicha based on the date it was said? Why don't we find an emphasis on hisbonenus today? Behaalotecho Nasso How should we respond to the recent tragic deaths of young people in our community? What is the appropriate way to learn Torah and Chassidus? Follow-up With children leaving their hometowns to go on shlichus, how will their elderly parents be cared for? Are animals rewarded for helping us do mitzvos? How do I deal with guilt over past mistakes?
The Oldest Jewish Artifact Ever Found The astonishing discovery that preserved the words of Birchas Kohanim.(Parshat Naso)
In this week's episode Rabbi Kohn discusses the real reason G-D put you in charge. Was it to help yourself or perhaps something more meaningful. He learns from the kohanim how the things which elevate us above other is only meant to help us help others. He also speaks about how the Nazaite teaches us the importance of going against our nature. Subscribe to The Practical Parsha Podcast. For questions or comments please email RabbiShlomoKohn@gmail.com. To listen to Rabbi Kohn's other podcast use this link- the-pirkei-avos-podcast.castos.com/ If you would like to support this podcast please use this secure link to donate: SUPPORT THE PODCAST Chapters (00:00:00) - The Practical Parsha Podcast(00:01:31) - Parshas Naso(00:05:49) - The Mitzvah of Nazir(00:07:34) - Kiyafli Lindar(00:13:42) - Birkas Kohanim(00:15:22) - The Parsha of Nazir and Birchas Kohanim
This class explores the significance of Birchas Kohanim, focusing on the importance of intentional blessings and gratitude. Drawing from personal milestones, Rashi's insights, and stories from the Gemara, it highlights how true blessings require both abundance and protection. https://www.torahrecordings.com/classes/by_parsha/004_bamidbar/002_naso/013
1) At the onset of Shabbos my table is adorned with two silver candlesticks and two covered Challos. If I need the space on Shabbos morning, may I move my table?[1]2) A Jew owns a house and lives downstairs. He rents out the upstairs to a non-Jew. The tenants use the same front door. Does the upstairs apartment need mezuzos?[2]3) In my kitchen I have weights that are slightly inaccurate. Is that an issue?[3]4) Canyou say a MiShebeirach for a non-Jew by the Torah?[4] 5) We don't have a minyan at our Shabbos services. Is it advisable to take out our Sefer Torah and read the week's Sedra – without brochos nor aliyos?[5]6) If we do take out a Sefer Torah, should we say “Vayehi binso'a” & “Brich Shmeih”? How about saying “Hashem Hashem” on Yom Tov?7) Can we do Birchas Kohanim without a brocho?[6]8) Is it advisable to have a Friday-evening service in summer (with Zoom and music), before the time for lighting candles? We won't say words of Kabolas Shabbos.9) Crackers made with just flour and water are billed as being Mezonos. Why?[7]10) Feedback on brocho for potato-kugel . Rav Dvorkin told me (around ‘73): if a BLENDER was used, say “shehakol”; if a GRATER was used, say “hoadomo”.11) May one soften hardened honey on Shabbos by pouring hot water into the food? [8]To sponsor a Shiur – to honour a specialoccasion - contact: dayan@lubavitchuk.com[1] ראה שמירת שבתכהלכתה פ"כ הע' רמב בשם גרשז"א להקל, וצ"ע.[2] מזוזות מלכים סו, ב,הובא בפתחי שערים סי' רפו אות סב.[3] פתחי חושן הל' גניבה פי"ד הע' ח הביא מס'כסף הקדשים ( ) שמצדד להקל במשקלות שבבית שלא לצורך מסחר.[4] עניתי שלא לברך אותו אז, כי אם אח"כ (וכמוברכת המלך). ברכה לגוי: בשם האב.[5] ברמ"א סי' קמגס"ב שלא לברך על הקריאה בחומשין. במג"א שם, לקרוא בלא ברכה, שלא תשתכחתורת קריאה. בפשטות היינו בצורה של קריאת התורה, ולכן ביחיד ממש אין ענין בזה.(במקור חיים (שם סק"א) הורה שכל יחיד קורא).[6] מגילה פ"דמ"ג.[7] דעת רב האי גאוןמובא בשוע"ר סי' קסח סי"ב. בנתיבים בשדה השליחות ח"ב סימן ד (ע'209 ואילך) שניתן לסמוך על דעת רה"ג אם לא במצה שנוהגים לקבוע עלי' סעודה בחגהפסח. [8] ראה פסקי תשובות סי'שיח אות נה. וש"נ לס' שבת כהלכה ח"ג סי' יז סי"ט. וע"שסנ"א.[9] ראה אוצר המלךבמקומו.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
Classes on Rambam, divided according to the daily schedule.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
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1) I've said HaMapil and then realise that I haven't counted Sefirah. What should I do?[1]2) A non-Shomer Shabbos picked up an open bottle of wine (not mevushal) to check the label. Is the wine Nesech?[2]3) At Kiddush on one of the last nights of Pesach I said שהחיינו. Having realized my error, may I now drink the Kiddush wine?[3]4) At Kiddush on the past Motzei Shabbos I realised that I had forgotten to include VaTodieinu in Maariv and I had carried something home from Shul. What now?[4]5) During the Yomtov meal this past Motzei Shabbos I realized that I hadn't said the brocho Hamavdil at Kiddush. Do I recite it now, with another cup of wine?[5]6) I have an open Sefer and I need to leave the room for a minute. May I place a mundane paper over the open Sefer?[6]7) We learn that when praying alone one should omit Piyutim in the blessings flanking the Shema. Does that include the poem E-l Odon said on Shabbos?[7]8) At specific points during Birchas Kohanim it is customary that the Kohanim sway to the right and the left. Is the main imperative that he sways his hands or he turns his face?[8][1] פסקי תשובות סי' רלט אות גפשיטא לי' שיספור בברכה.[2] בשו"עיו"ד סי' קכד סכ"ה מפורש להיתר, בנאד סתום. ובפתוח – במקום הפסד. וכלשכן במח"ש בזה"ז שיש מקום להקל. [3] שגיאות מי יבין (סי' נוסס"ד) מביא שהגרש"ז אויערבך הורה שרשאי לשתות. ואילו בנט"ג פסחפי"ד ס"ז הצריך לברך שנית.[4] בשוע"ר סי' תצדס"ג מבואר שאם טעם או עשה מלאכה טרם שהבדיל על הכוס, צריך להתפלל שנית. במשנהברורה (ביה"ל שם) מפקפק: א) אם שוה מלאכה לטעימה; ב) הפמ"ג מסופק אםחיוב חזרת התפלה נאמר גם אחרי שכבר הבדיל על הכוס. אבל בשוע"ר – "צריך לחזורולהתפלל ולהבדיל בתפלה וגם על הכוס" - משמע דלא שנא, דאי מיירי שעדיין לאהבדיל על הכוס, מאי קמ"ל? ועוד ועיקר, דמסיים "שאינו יוצא בהבדלה שעלהכוס בלבדה הואיל ואינה כהוגן..." – שבזה אין הבדל אם כבר הבדיל או לא.בביאור הלכה מציין שהדרך החיים אינו מחלק כהפמ"ג.דבריו בסי' לג, סמ"ח. וש"נ לדבריו להלן, היינו לסי' צז ס"ח.הדה"ח מבחין בין עשה מלאכה גמורה לבין הדליק נר, שבזה לא יצטרך לחזור עלהתפלה. הבחנה זו במלאכות מופיע בשוע"ר סי' רצט סי"ח, לענין אי-מחאהבנשים המקילות. אבל "אין דבריהם עיקר". אך מ"מ אולי כדאי לסמוך עלכך שלא ליכנס לחשש ברכה לבטלה. [5] שוע"רסי' תעג ס"ז. [6] ביו"ד סי'רעז ס"א מומלץ לפרוש מפה על הספר הפתוח. ט"ז וש"ך על הגליון שם. לאיניח ספר להחזיק מקום (פ"ת יו"ד סו"ס רפב). להבחין בין מפה סתםלבין נייר של דברי חול.[7] מקור הדבריםבשוע"ר סי' סח ס"ב הוא בשו"ת מהר"מ מינץ סי' פז. ושם מייריבפיוטים שנשנו בפלוגתא. ואילו פיוט זה מובא בסדר רב עמרם, ובזהר (ח"ב קלה, ב)הוא מכונה אלפא-ביתא רבתא – בניגוד לאלפא-ביתא זוטא של ימות החול. ונראה להבחיןבין פיוטים הנאמרים חזןקהל לבין שנקבעו שאומרם כל אחד. נ"ל שאנשי כנה"גתיקנו שניתן להאריך כאן, כי לולא כן יש בזה חשש הפסק.[8] באו"ח סי' קכחסמ"ה: "אלו תיבות שהכהנים הופכים בהם לדרום ולצפון", ואילובשוע"ר (שם סנ"ח): "שהופכים בהם פניהם". וכן הבהיר הערוךהשלחן (שם סס"ה), וכן הוא בדרך אגב בפרי חדש בסוף סימן הנ"ל. הפר"חמקדים צפון לדרום. והעירו שכשפני הכהנים למערב, הרי ימינם לצפון ושמאלם לדרום.