CAREFULLY CONSIDERED AND COMPILED EXCERPTS, COVERING MANY AREAS OF RELEVANT TOPICS
FROM LEADING RABBIS, SCHOLARS AND JEWISH LEARNING INSTITUTIONS
Laws of Blessings: Fragrances
Lev, Rabbi Dov
March 13, 2023
"The Sages...ordained a special set of blessings that give us the opportunity to praise God's having ‘perfumed the world.’...
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A Purim Message from Emor Project 5783
Emor Project
March 6, 2023
"Megillat Esther does not explicitly mention the name of Hashem. We learn from here that despite the presence of Hashem not always being revealed,...
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How to Celebrate Purim
Ohr Somayach
March 6, 2023
We celebrate Purim with 4 distinct mitzvot....
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Esther’s Fast: Rules, Meaning, What Is Esther’s Fast & How To Do It
Aleph Beta
March 5, 2023
"These three days of fasting were a national rallying cry for salvation....
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Why is Adar a Month of Happiness
Silberberg, Rabbi Naftali
February 22, 2023
"The month of Adar...is the happiest month of the year—the month when we bear in mind that 'inauspicious' has absolutely no bearing on our...
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Natural Phenomena: Special brachot said on the wonders of creation.
Lev, Rabbi Dov
February 20, 2023
"The breathtaking magnificence of our natural world inspires us to praise God with wonder and appreciation....
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Birkat Hamazon – Part 1
Simmons, Rabbi Shraga and Gross, Rabbi Chaim
February 19, 2023
"Birkat Hamazon is the consummate bracha achrona, because while most of the food blessings were instituted by the Sages, Birkat Hamazon is a Torah-level...
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Bracha Achrona – Introduction
Simmons, Rabbi Shraga and Gross, Rabbi Chaim
February 15, 2023
"The blessings we say before the meal are an expression of that gratitude. But after the meal, when you're [stuffed] that's when you specifically...
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Holy Eating: Insights Into Tu B’Shevat
Schneider, Sarah Yehudit
February 5, 2023
"When we eat the many fruits associated with the Tree of Knowledge on Tu B’Shevat and do so with consciousness of our Creator, that...
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Kabbalistic Tu B’Shvat Seder
Buxbaum, Yitzhak
February 5, 2023
The 15th of Shevat celebrates the beginning of a “new year” for trees....
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Getting practical: The six basic brachot said on food
Simmons, Rabbi Shraga
January 30, 2023
"The bracha that one says before eating or drinking is known as a bracha rishona (literally,'first blessing')."...
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Start Again
Scheller, Rabbi Eli
January 22, 2023
"Kiddush Hachodesh (the sanctification of the new moon) was the very first commandment given to the Jewish nation as a whole…"...
