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Are you allowed to make a halachic "baseless threat" without really "holding" that that is the correct halacha?
A short but penetrating thought from Rav Elyashiv zt"l from the gemara on this week's Amud.
Is there such a thing as a "Fake" Esrog? How would you be able to tell if it is a "Fake" Esrog?
Get the scoop of why a grafted Esrog is invalid with R' Alex Lyss
Change, or shinui, can effect kinyan after yiush. However, not all changes are created equal.
The Gemara offers two sources for the concept of mitzva haba'ah b'averia. What was wrong with the first one and what is better with the second one?
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We all daven it doesn't rain on Sukkos because, as the mishna says it is as though 'He is pouring water on Him" But who is the first HE and who is the second HE?
Rabbi Yossi Golmbeck takes us to the mishna, two ways to understand it and a tremendous halachic difference between the two understandings.
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Click HERE for 28b and HERE for 29a
Click HERE for St. Louis Kollel TorahCast and enjoy all the great classes from the St. Louis Kollel!
We know we must "live" in the Succah - as described in the pasuk drasha "תשבו כעין תדורו". But what is included in this and what is not? R' Tani Cohen takes us through it nice and succinctly.
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Click HERE for 28a and HERE for 28b
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We all want to reach greatness and now we are shown the path with mechanech par excellence Rabbi Yonason Goldson. Enjoy!
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On this week's Amud we learn about invalid conditions in a gett. What is the real issue with such conditions? In less than 4 minutes you can know the answer... :)
Being that the scheduled maggid shiur for this week's amud was unable to record - here is the substitute. Click HERE for 24b and HERE for 25a
We Wouldn't Want THAT to Happen! - The Halacha of Anticipating the Worst with Rabbi Daniel Sentell
How strong do the walls of a Succah need to be in order to be valid? It is a dispute in the gemara on 23a. Rabbi Goldenhersh goes beneath the surface in explaining the "why" for these opinions. Click HERE to view the amud.
This week's Maggid Shiur for the Amud is R' Daniel Zvi Lefton. To view the Amud click HERE (22b) and HERE (23a)
Do I always need more shade than sunlight? You may be surprised by the answer...
Have a great Yom Tov!
Yaakov
Yom Kippur is upon us...and then Succos! R' Tani Cohen connects the Amud, Yom Kippur and building your Succah - right away!
Have a great day!
Yaakov
Tonight is Rosh Hashana!
Here is yet another inspiring connection between
Amud-a-Week and Rosh Hashanah
beautifully and clearly delivered by
Rabbi Yitzchak Kowalsky
Have a great day!
Oh Heavens! (5a)
This week's Amud discusses many deep and lofty topics.
Get some clarity from from
Rabbi Yitzchak Kowalsky
How does dofen akuma work?
Do we move the wall? Bend the wall? Something else?
What's the difference between how we view it?
Dofen Akuma 101 with R' Danny Solomon (4a)
You walk in the door, lift your right hand, and kiss the mezuza?
WHY??
Get the basics and more from R' Tani Cohen
Go deep into understanding who we pasken like, and why, in the double-dispute of Beis Shamai and Beis Hillel by a "small sukkah" and a "large sukkah"
The smallest sized Kosher Sukkah is 7 x 7 tefachim. If it is not minimally that size, it is not a valid Sukkah
The question is...
How do you calculate this minimum shiur?
Get everything laid out on a silver platter from
Rabbi Yaakov Silverman.
Why doesn't the mishna, which discusses the measurements for Sukkah, also mention the requirement of being at least 7 x 7 tefachim? Rabbi Golombeck lays it all out in a crystal clear manner.
A deeper look into the rationale of the maximum height of a Sukkah with R' Daniel Stark
We all know about the mitzva of chinuch to educate our children in mitzvos.
Who's mitzvah is it? The father? Mother? Child?
Get the scoop from
Rabbi Shlomo Eisenberg
Learn this week's Amud (2b) with R' Peretz Shlosberg!
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Shiur by R' Daniel Lefton
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For questions and comments about this shiur please email Daniel at dzlefton@aol.com