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I found way more cool stuff than I expected digging into this epic book. The main sources are the Rashi commentary and St Jerome's commentary on Jonah. Email me anytime With comments, questions, or anything else at thegordianknot101@gmail.com

This episode explains the two meanings to the name Reuven, as cited by Rashi.

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Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!     00:00 Why do we say the paragraph of "vayechulu" three times on Friday night?   05:56 Is there any case of a two-man beis din other than prozbul and cancellation of a divorce?   07:09 How far can one take the idea of sufferings being messages from Hashem?   12:11 Are there too many English books that people don't learn Hebrew?   20:18 Are there particular chumros one should or should not take on?   25:24 What is the historical background of the different styles of peyos?   29:16 Why didn't Noach just look out the window?   30:31 What kind of tefillin were worn before Rashi?   36:09 When some commentators argue with Chazal about some interpretations, do they understand Chazal literally and still disagree, or do they interpret the Chazal not to be pshat?   39:53 Why do some topics have so many sugyos, while other topics don't?   44:56 Why does God judge the king before his people, if God already knows the sins of the people?   49:36 What does Rivka's question mean?   53:01 Do irreligious soldiers die al kiddush Hashem?   58:41 Should one prepare oneself for a rodef situation?   1:02:07 How could Esav have been the fourth patriarch if he was already moving towards the idolatrous temples while in the womb?   1:06:15 How do we know we haven't moved from the original count of Shabboses?   1:08:41 Can gedolim do aveiros, and if so, why do commentators try to minimize the sins in the Tanakh?   1:12:50 Should one use Torah phrases for commercial purposes?   1:15:55 Why is the beracha of hatov v'hametiv so uncommon?   1:20:30 Is the concept of Binyamin's mountains being close to Hashem still applicable today?   1:23:52 How could one say that Yitzchak didn't know about Esav when Esav had idolatrous wives?   1:27:07 Is it possible that the wicked ones in Tanakh are wicked on their levels, just as the sins of the righteous are only sins on their levels?   1:29:09 Are the faults of the followers a chisaron to the gadol?   1:32:44 Why don't we pray for the resurrection of the dead?   1:35:33 Can the word 'toldos' in Bereishis refer to evolution?   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

This morning we discuss the peculiar detail of what type of soup Yaakov was making - lentil soup - and why this is significant. We show, based on Rashi and Rabbi Moshe Isserles, that this choice alludes to the most basic worldview of Yaakov as distinct from Esav, And we express this through a moving poem by Albert Camus, which speaks to us directly today. Michael Whitman is the senior rabbi of ADATH Congregation in Hampstead, Quebec, and an adjunct professor at McGill University Faculty of Law. ADATH is a modern orthodox synagogue community in suburban Montreal, providing Judaism for the next generation. We take great pleasure in welcoming everyone with a warm smile, while sharing inspiration through prayer, study, and friendship. Rabbi Whitman shares his thoughts and inspirations through online lectures and shiurim, which are available on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5FLcsC6xz5TmkirT1qObkA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adathmichael/ Podcast - Mining the Riches of the Parsha: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mining-the-riches-of-the-parsha/id1479615142?fbclid=IwAR1c6YygRR6pvAKFvEmMGCcs0Y6hpmK8tXzPinbum8drqw2zLIo7c9SR-jc Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hWYhCG5GR8zygw4ZNsSmO Please contact Rabbi Whitman (rabbi@adath.ca) with any questions or feedback, or to receive a daily email, "Study with Rabbi Whitman Today," with current and past insights for that day, video, and audio, all in one short email sent directly to your inbox.

There may be times when a person feels that Hashem is ignoring him. He cries out in tefila multiple times a day but doesn't see any answers. Is Hashem listening? he thinks to himself. Does He see how badly I want this? We must always remember that our main purpose in this world is to accomplish spiritually. One of the greatest merits a person can get is when he helps the masses. This is called זיכוי הרבים . But not everyone is in a position where he is able to do great things on behalf of Klal Yisrael . But that does not mean that Hashem will not help him do it anyway. In the beginning of this week's parasha, Toledot , we read about Yitzchak and Rivka praying very hard to have children. The Zohar HaKadosh writes, one of the reasons Hashem wanted them to pray for so long is because their tefilot were helping so many others who needed tefilot . Yitzchak and Rivka were bringing blessing to the entire world with their tefilot and were being credited with an unbelievable זיכוי הרבים for it. They didn't see anything from their tefilot , but every one of them was accomplishing a different yeshua . Rashi writes on the words ויעתר יצחק that Yitzchak was pressing very hard with his tefilot . Although it took so many years for him to see the answer he was looking for, he kept getting stronger and stronger with his tefilot until Hashem finally blessed them with children. When a person asks his friend repeatedly for something, it becomes a burden because obviously the friend doesn't want to give it. However, when it comes to Hashem, He loves when a person keeps asking and He loves it even more when the person asks with emotion and tears. That's because Hashem wants to give. He is only holding back because He knows the prayers are accomplishing much more to the person than the object in which he is trying to get from them. There is a concept that when a person does pray with complete emunah and recognition of Hashem's capabilities, the zechut of such a tefila is so great it can bring about an immediate answer. A childless couple related that about ten years ago they were ready to despair of ever having children. They cried, they prayed, they received berachot from Gedolim , but nothing ever changed. They had been childless for close to nine years and the doctors were not optimistic at all. They had already failed nine treatments, each one of them was long and difficult, not to mention the enormous expenses that came along with them. They were literally at a point of breaking when they read an article in a bulletin regarding the capabilities of Hashem and the attitude a Jew is supposed to have when statistics are stacked against them. This article gave them a tremendous amount of chizuk and it taught them that the nine failed treatments said nothing about another possible treatment. Every day is a new day and Hashem can change things in an instant. They got this chizuk right before Chanukah and that Chanukah they prayed by the candles with a newfound emunah and bitachon . Within two weeks of Chanukah, they discovered the woman was expecting and it happened with no treatments whatsoever. Baruch Hashem, they had a healthy baby and, since then, added an additional four children to their family, all born without any treatments. Tefila is wondrous and is always beneficial. And tefila with real hope and bitachon shakes the Heavens. Shabbat Shalom

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Rashi Class, a weekly exploration of Torah featuring a deep dive on the text and lively conversation focused on an 11th-century French commentary, conducted by Rabbi Adam Kligfeld at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, this week beginning with Shemot/Exodus 8:22. (Facebook/Zoom)

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A Yeshiva-style in-depth blatt shiur. Includes going through the Gemara & Rashi thoroughly inside. 

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Vayera | Who Were Those Three "Men"? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Who were the three visitors to Avraham?  Parashat Vayera opens with a familiar scene - Avraham's hospitality lavishly presented to three strangers, whom the text refers to as אנשים - "men". Yet, these three seem to know things that mortals shouldn't know and, at several points during the conversations which ensue, God's own voice is heard and He is entreated. Rashi has long provided the conventional understanding of this narrative, wherein the "men" are angels, acting like humans but endowed with special knowledge. Although Rashi is near the beginning of the exegetical chain here, there are numerous alternative ways to read the Parasha among the Rishonim. We study Rashbam's approach which apparently takes Rashi a step or two further - and then Rambam's understanding which almost completely reverses both Rashi and Rashbam. We conclude with a survey of the commentary of R. Yosef Bekhor Shor of Orleans, student of Rabbenu Tam. who stakes out a unique approach and alludes to the polemical motivation behind his ground-breaking commentary. Source sheet >>

Rashi Nayar is an integrative medicine health coach that has helped a lot of people reverse their Hashimoto's symptoms! And one of the things that helps her patients the most as a first step? The belief that you CAN reverse your thyroid symptoms. From a behavioral psychology perspective, this totally makes sense! Belief you CAN change is so important. Rashi talks about belief along with other tools she uses with her patients from mindset to diet to exercise and even spirituality to actually achieve that goal. This is a super interesting episode that you won't want to miss! Check out Rashi's Instagram at https://instagram.com/rashinayarwellness Questions? Let us know! More resources for Hashimoto's Lifestyle! Instagram Podcast Book: I Have Hashimoto's, Now What? Workbook: Hashimoto's Self-Care Checklist Journal

Rashi Class, a weekly exploration of Torah featuring a deep dive on the text and lively conversation focused on an 11th-century French commentary, conducted by Rabbi Adam Kligfeld at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, this week beginning with Shemot/Exodus 8:19. (Facebook/Zoom)

Explains the changes in Rashi's commentary on the ages of Sarah, Abraham, and Ishmael.

Rashi Class, a weekly exploration of Torah featuring a deep dive on the text and lively conversation focused on an 11th-century French commentary, conducted by Rabbi Adam Kligfeld at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, this week beginning with Shemot/Exodus 8:17. (Facebook/Zoom)

The pasuk says in Shir HaShirim , הגידה לי שאהבה נפשי איכה תרעה – Rashi explains, this is ruach hakodesh comparing the Jewish people to sheep who are beloved to their shepherd. We turn to HaKadosh Baruch Hu , our Shepherd, like a woman who turns to her loving husband. And we say הגידה לי שאהבה נפשי – tell me, the One who I love so much, how can Your sheep graze when they are amongst wolves who want to devour them. The pasuk continues: איכה תרביץ בצהריים - The midrash says this is referring to the חבלי משיח -the pangs of Mashiach , which are compared to the afternoon sun. The afternoon sun is very dangerous to the sheep who may become dehydrated from it. So the sheep cry out in distress to the shepherd to get rid of the sun from the world, but they don't know how much benefit the sun gives the world and how much benefit they get from the sun. The pangs of Mashiach are very difficult to deal with, but we must know, as always, even the difficulties are there for our benefit. How is it possible that anything good could possibly come out of holy Jewish people being brutally murdered in such a horrific way? We have no understanding of the ways of Hashem and we don't know 99.99% of His calculations, but a great rabbi once gave a little insight on another occasion when Jewish people were brutally murdered just because they were Jewish. The Rabbi said, besides for the fact that those people were considered kedoshim and chassidim for dying al kiddush Hashem, they also were being credited with all the millions of good deeds and improvements that the entire Jewish people had achieved as a direct result of their horrific deaths. Rabbi Menashe Reisman told a story of one of the people who were murdered on Shemini Atzeret. It was a man who was once part of Yeshivat Tifrach. He had since veered from the path and was at that festival on Shabbat morning. The Rosh Yeshiva came to be menachem avel after the burial, being that he used to be the Rosh Yeshiva of the niftar . When he started speaking, the boy's father said to him, “You don't need to give me any chizuk . My son came to me in a dream after he was buried. His face was glowing. He told me he was learning privately with HaKadosh Baruch Hu בכבודו ובעצמו .” We cannot imagine how high his neshama reached, to the greatest heights, from what took place. But it is hard for us to feel any consolation while we are still mourning and the danger is still lurking. The midrash already told that in the days preceding Mashiach , Hashem is going to call upon the Nevi'im to come and console us, but we will not be consoled. The Nevi'im will go back to Hashem to tell Him, עניה סוערה לא נוחמה – that His people cannot be consoled. And then, Hashem will come Himself to comfort us, like it says אנכי אנכי מנחמכם . He will then restore life to those who have passed on and they will once again be reunited with their families. ולא ישמע עוד חמס בארצך – we will no longer have Hamas in our midst. שוד ושבר בגבולך – or calamity and destruction in our borders. The Navi describes the Mashiach by saying, ברוח שפתיו ימית רשע – by the breath of his mouth will he kill our enemies. כי הנה ה' באש יבוא - Hashem will come with fire to eliminate all of those who tormented His People. שישו את ירושלים גילו בה כל אוהביה – those days are going to be the happiest days since the time of the world's creation. ועמך כולם צדיקים – everyone will be righteous. כי עין בעין יראו בשוב ה' את ציון – we will see Hashem returning to Tzion with our own eyes. These are the glorious days ahead. Now, we are still in the thick of the darkness, but the light will shine once more. And then, לא יהיה לך שמש לאור יומם והיה ה' לך לאור עולם – we will no longer need the sun for daylight because Hashem Himself will be our light. For now, we must hold strong, we must maintain our steadfast emunah in Hashem and we must improve to become the best ovdei Hashem we can be. And then, b'ezrat Hashem, we'll be zocheh to dance with the Mashiach bekarov . Amen. Shabbat Shalom

When and why did Noach enter the teivah?

Rashi Class, a weekly exploration of Torah featuring a deep dive on the text and lively conversation focused on an 11th-century French commentary, conducted by Rabbi Adam Kligfeld at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, this week beginning with Shemot/Exodus 8:15. (Facebook/Zoom)

Torah Class - Parshat Noach: Judging People The Right Way When are we to say the truth about people's behavior? And what is the connection to our soul?A powerful lesson from Noach, Moshe and Rashi. Click here for the class handout

This episode (Ep 6.1) of the Parsha Review Podcast by Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe on Parshas Bereishis is dedicated in Honor of our Holy Soldiers in the Battlefield and our Torah Scholars in the Study Halls who are fighting for the safety of our nation!Download & Print the Parsha Review Notes:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ncaRyoH5iJmGGoMZs9y82Hz2ofViVouv?usp=sharingHave you ever paused to ponder why the Torah starts with the beginning of creation and not just tell us the laws of life? Listen in as we discuss the pressing current events unfolding in Israel, and the profound implications these have on our faith and learning. This episode takes a comprehensive look at the Torah in Parashat Bereishis, along with Rashi's enlightening commentary on the word 'Bereishis.' As we journey through these teachings, we unravel the deep significance of the backstory of our ancestors and how it intertwines with our right to the land of Israel. We discover that this rich narrative isn't merely history, but an affirmation of our place and purpose as the Jewish people.Moving forward, we delve into the heartening verse from the Torah that calls us to bring both our good and bad inclinations to God. Drawing inspiration from the righteous and holy souls that were brutally murdered by the barbaric animals from Gaza, and the wisdom of the Chofetz Chaim, we reflect on the devotion and unity with which we fulfill mitzvahs. In the final segment, we focus on the sanctity of Shabbos, discussing how we can elevate this day and embrace godliness. Tune in, and let's unravel these teachings, overcome negativity through mitzvahs, and strive to become the greatest people we can be.****To listen to other podcasts by Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe: https://linktr.ee/ariwol Jewish Inspiration Podcast: https://inspiration.transistor.fm/episodes Parsha Review Podcast: https://parsha.transistor.fm/episodes Living Jewishly Podcast: https://jewishly.transistor.fm/episodes Thinking Talmudist Podcast: https://talmud.transistor.fm/episodes Unboxing Judaism Podcast: https://unboxing.transistor.fm/episodes Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe Podcast Collection: https://collection.transistor.fm/episodes Please send your questions, comments and even your stories to awolbe@torchweb.orgPlease visit www.torchweb.org to see a full listing of our Jewish outreach and educational resources available in the Greater Houston area and please consider sponsoring a podcast by making a donation to help support our global outreach at https://www.torchweb.org/donate. Thank you!For a full listing of podcasts available by TORCH at https://www.TORCHpodcasts.comRecorded in the TORCH Centre - Studio B to a live audience on October 13, 2023, in Houston, Texas.Released as Podcast on October 13, 2023 ★ Support this podcast ★

Trees and Consequences: עץ החיים ועץ הדעת, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The description of "the tree that is in the midst of the garden" is mysterious - to which tree does it refer? The text seems to conflate the two singular trees - the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge. What are we to make of this confusion? Indeed - what is each of these trees about? Why is Hashem "suddenly" concerned about Adam eating from the Tree of Life only after he eats from the Tree of Knowledge? And what does any of this have to do with the timing of the birth of Kayin and Hevel? Rashi and R. Yosef Bekhor Shor disagree about whether they were born before the episode in the garden and subsequent expulsion - or before. We explore how all of these issues interrelate and propose a new understanding of the nature of the Trees - and how their purposes and characteristics intersect. This shiur was given in memory of the brutalized victims of the terrorist pogrom perpetuated against he citizens of the south on Shemini Atzeret. ה' יקום דמם. Source sheet >>

Have you ever paused to ponder why the Torah starts with the beginning of creation and not just tell us the laws of life? For those seeking answers and even more profound insights, this episode invites you on an enlightening exploration of Torah in Parashat Bereishis, complete with Rashi's commentary on the word 'Bereishis.' We uncover the rich narrative, even stepping back to the ancestry stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Yishmael and Isaac, and Jacob, revealing the deep connection between these narratives and our right to the land of Israel.Moving forward, we delve into the heartening verse from the Torah that calls us to bring both our good and bad inclinations to God. Drawing inspiration from the righteous and holy souls that were brutally murdered by the barbaric animals from Gaza, and the wisdom of the Chofetz Chaim, we reflect on the devotion and unity with which we fulfill mitzvahs. In the final segment, we focus on the sanctity of Shabbos, discussing how we can elevate this day and embrace godliness. Tune in, and let's unravel these teachings, overcome negativity through mitzvahs, and strive to become the greatest people we can be.This episode (#242) of the Jewish Inspiration Podcast by Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe is dedicated in Honor of our Holy Soldiers in the Battlefield and our Torah Scholars in the Study Halls who are fighting for the safety of our nation!****To listen to other podcasts by Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe: https://linktr.ee/ariwol Jewish Inspiration Podcast: https://inspiration.transistor.fm/episodes Parsha Review Podcast: https://parsha.transistor.fm/episodes Living Jewishly Podcast: https://jewishly.transistor.fm/episodes Thinking Talmudist Podcast: https://talmud.transistor.fm/episodes Unboxing Judaism Podcast: https://unboxing.transistor.fm/episodes Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe Podcast Collection: https://collection.transistor.fm/episodes Please send your questions, comments and even your stories to awolbe@torchweb.orgPlease visit www.torchweb.org to see a full listing of our Jewish outreach and educational resources available in the Greater Houston area and please consider sponsoring a podcast by making a donation to help support our global outreach at https://www.torchweb.org/donate. Thank you!For a full listing of podcasts available by TORCH at https://www.TORCHpodcasts.comRecorded in the TORCH Centre - Studio B to a live audience on October 13, 2023, in Houston, Texas.Released as Podcast on October 13, 2023 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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Rashi Class, a weekly exploration of Torah featuring a deep dive on the text and lively conversation focused on an 11th-century French commentary, conducted by Rabbi Adam Kligfeld at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, this week beginning with Shemot/Exodus 8:14. (Facebook/Zoom)

Rashi's question as to Why does the Torah begins with story of Creation?

Why would the Nations of the world, according to Rashi, accuses us as committing theft? Didn't all nations engage in conquest?

Rashi Class, a weekly exploration of Torah featuring a deep dive on the text and lively conversation focused on an 11th-century French commentary, conducted by Rabbi Adam Kligfeld at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, this week beginning with Shemot/Exodus 8:12. (Facebook/Zoom)

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There is considerable discussion among the Halachic authorities regarding the recitation of the Beracha of Shehehiyanu on the second night of Rosh Hashanah. It is clear according to all views that one must recite the Beracha in Kiddush on the first night of Rosh Hashanah, before drinking the wine, just as we do on the first night of every other Yom Tob. On the second night of Rosh Hashanah, however, some Rishonim (Medieval Halachic scholars) maintained that one should not recite Shehehiyanu. In their view, the two days of Rosh Hashanah differ from other Yamim Tobim in that they constitute a "Yama Arichta" – a prolonged day of Yom Tob. The two days of Rosh Hashanah, according to this position, are not to be viewed as two separate festive occasions, each of which requiring its own recitation of Shehehiyanu, but rather as a single occasion. As such, the Beracha of Shehehiyanu, which celebrates the onset of the festival, is recited only on the first night, and not on the second night.Other Rishonim, however, including Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yishaki of Troyes, France, 1040-1105) and the Rashba (Rabbi Shlomo Ben Aderet of Barcelona, Spain, 1235-1310), disagreed. They held that Rosh Hashanah is no different from other festivals in this regard, and the two days of the holiday constitute independent festive occasions, both of which require the recitation of Shehehiyanu. This also appears to be the view of the Rambam (Rabbi Moshe Maimonides, Spain-Egypt, 1135-1204).The Rosh (Rabbenu Asher Ben Yehiel, Germany-Spain, 1250-1327) suggested a compromise position, advising that one should place a new fruit – meaning, a fruit he had not eaten since the beginning of the fruit's season – on the table during Kiddush on the second night of Rosh Hashanah. He should have in mind while reciting Kiddush that if Halacha follows the view that Shehehiyanu is not required on the second night of Rosh Hashanah, then the Shehehiyanu which he recites should refer to the new fruit, which he then eats with his meal. This way, one may recite Shehehiyanu without running the risk of reciting a Beracha Le'batala (meaningless Beracha) according to all opinions.As for the final Halacha, the Shulhan Aruch rules in accordance with the view of Rashi and the Rashba, that one must recite Shehehiyanu on both nights of Rosh Hashanah. He adds, however, that it is preferable to place a new fruit on the table during Kiddush, as the Rosh recommended, in order to satisfy all opinions, though according to the strict Halacha this is not necessary.Indeed, the widespread practice is to place a new fruit on the table during Kiddush on the second night of Rosh Hashanah, and then to eat the fruit as part of the meal. Although Rav Haim Vital (Safed, Israel, 1543-1620) wrote in his Sha'ar Ha'kavanot that a new fruit is unnecessary, as Halacha accepts the view requiring the recitation of Shehehiyanu, this is nevertheless the widespread custom, in accordance with the Shulhan Aruch's ruling. It should be emphasized, however, that one who does not have a new fruit on the second night of Rosh Hashanah should certainly recite Shehehiyanu nonetheless. This is the ruling of the Ben Ish Hai (Rav Yosef Haim of Baghdad, 1833-1909).Many later scholars addressed the interesting question of how placing a new fruit on the table resolves the dilemma and enables a person to satisfy all views. Let us assume, for argument's sake, that it is acceptable to recite Shehehiyanu upon seeing the new fruit, and then eat the fruit later, as part of the meal. Still, reciting this Beracha after reciting Kiddush and before drinking would appear to constitute a Hefsek (improper disruption) in between Kiddush and drinking. As discussed, we place the fruit on the table so that the Shehehiyanu recited as part of Kiddush will refer to the fruit according to the view that Shehehiyanu is not otherwise warranted on the second night of Rosh Hashanah. But if so, then this Beracha is entirely irrelevant to Kiddush, and thus constitutes a Hefsek in between Kiddush and drinking, which should, seemingly, disqualify the Kiddush. It would thus seem to emerge that while endeavoring to resolve one problem, we bring ourselves into another, far more serious, predicament!Rav Haim Palachi (Izmir, Turkey, 1788-1869) suggested that the Beracha of Shehehiyanu would not constitute a Hefsek because, as we saw, Halacha follows the view that one in any event should recite Shehehiyanu on the second night of Rosh Hashanah. This explanation, however, seems insufficient to answer the question, as it essentially concedes that placing a new fruit on the table will not achieve anything according to the view that Shehehiyanu is not recited on the second night of Rosh Hashanah. If so, then why do we place the fruit at all?Another answer is suggested by Rabbi Moshe Halevi (Israel, 1961-2001), in his work Birkat Hashem, where he explains that the Beracha of Shehehiyanu is not inconsistent with the spirit of Kiddush. This Beracha simply expresses gratitude to God for bringing us to this special occasion; it does not contain any specific reference that would be in contrast with the theme of Kiddush. For example, if in the middle of a Kiddush a person recited the Beracha of She'hakol, this would certainly constitute a Hefsek as this Beracha is entirely out of place in Kiddush. This is not the case with regard to Shehehiyanu, and therefore this Beracha would not constitute a disruption.In any event, one should preferably follow the widespread custom to place a new fruit on the table during Kiddush on the second night of Rosh Hashanah, if possible. One should then eat the fruit during the meal, without reciting an additional Beracha of Shehehiyanu, as it was covered by the Shehehiyanu recited at Kiddush.Summary: According to some authorities, one does not recite Shehehiyanu at Kiddush on the second night of Rosh Hashanah. It is therefore customary to place a new fruit on the table during Kiddush on this night, and have in mind while reciting Shehehiyanu that if Halacha follows the view that this Beracha is not recited, then the Beracha he recites applies to the fruit. He should eat the fruit during the meal without repeating Shehehiyanu. Although this is the widespread custom, according to the strict Halacha on recites Shehehiyanu on the second night of Rosh Hashanah even if he does not have a new fruit.