Pesahim, 39b/40a
Cooking bran in hot water, placing grain in ones mouth, and more Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
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Mesechet Pesachim
Mesechet Sheviit and Shemitta
Intro to sheviit, 1:1
An introduction to the mishnayot and yerushalmi on masechet sheviit. Rav Bar Hayim uses the perush of R Yehuda Felix ztz"l and helps...
Sheviit, 1:1
Why are old halachot retained in the mishna? In general, the hachamim based their statements on Torah verses (אסמכתא). As explained by R...
Sheviit, 1:1-2
Halacha 1 When is it good to plough, and when is it bad to plough? How are beit Hillel the more strict opinion? See tosafot moed katan...
משנה תורה להרמב"ם: ספר אהבה
Masechet Berachot
Eretz Israel
Prayer and rain in Israel
What is 'mentioning rain' and what is 'asking for rain'. Rav Bar Hayim begins from the first mishna in taanit.
Is there a mitzvah to live in Israel?
Must we conquer Israel even today? Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Must a Jew move to Israel?
Is there an halachic requirement to live in Israel? Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Berachot
Zimun and the Mingling of Men and Women: an Issue of Social Norms
Does the Torah mandate separate seating on buses or at weddings? Separate hours at supermarkets? Clearly not. Men and women sat mixed...
Women and Zimun
Women are required to say Birkath HaMazon. So why can't they join a zimun with men? Some rishonim say they can, though it may not have...
The True Way to Make a Zimun
When at least three religious Jews eat together, one of them typically says the first paragraph of the Blessings recited after eating....
Zemanim
From when do we recite Shema? Brachot 2b
The first mishna in Shas. OH 235 Part 1 Part 2
The time of tefillat Arvit
Orah Hayim, 235 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3