The Rav encourages us to review the following source sheet regarding Torah Shev'al peh:
The Rav encourages us to review the above source sheet regarding Torah Shev'al peh on Shabbath and Shavuoth. It will be the basis for a...
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Why we Omit the Temple on Shavuoth
The minhag of staying up all night studying is only about 200 years old. The temple was the center of the holiday. The mishnah makes it...
Women Counting Omer and Forgetting to Count
Question: What is your opinion regarding one who forgets to count the Omer for an entire day? My wife just realized that she did not...
Torah reading for shavuot
What torah reading should we recite on the chag of shavuot? Why does our practice not match that of the mishna?
Bar Kochba and Sefirat haOmer
Rav Bar Hayim uncovers earlier manuscripts of the gemara that challenge the minhagim of sefirat haOmer. Part 1 Part 2
How did the student of Rebbi Akiva die?
Part 1: If it strikes you as unreasonable that 24,000 Tora scholars should have died in a plague because they did not treat each...
The mitzvah of sefirat haOmer: If you skip a day, do you make a Bracha?
If you forget to make the bracha one day, you can say it on subsequent days. Learn why. Why we don’t say shehiaynu. The purpose of...
Lag B’Omer - A Holiday With No Reason
Part 1: There is no source that Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai died on Lag B’Omer (Ben Ish Hai). How the myth developed. The Hatam Sofer actually...
Can we bring Shavuot in early?
The common practice today is to wait until after tzet hakochaim to begin the festival of Shavuot, but is this necessary (or even good??)...
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