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Our Mini-Biographies of Gedolim are now online!  Click on a century below to read more…

 

 

9th through 11th Centuries

 

12th Century

 

13th Century

 

14th Century

 

15th Century

 

16th Century

 

17th Century

 

18th Century

 

19th Century

 

20th Century

 

 

Click on a General Topic to see the list of Chaburas

Rosh HaShana  /  Yom HaKippurim  /  Succot  /  Chanuka  /  Purim

Pesach  /  Sefirat HaOmer  /  Shavuot  /  Other

 

 

 

Holidays

 


Rosh HaShana

The Integrity of Teshuva (Rav Aharon Lichtenstein)

The Man in the Middle (Rav Yitzchak Hutner)

Signs of the Times – Simana Milta Hee

Teshuva – Divine Gift or Divine Justice?

Two Types of Teshuva

Teshuva in Tanach

 

Yom  Kippur

The Mitzvah to Eat on Erev Yom HaKippurim

The Special Mitzvah of Teshuva on Yom HaKippurim

The Chicken Dance - Kapparot

Ein Kateigor Na'aseh Saneigor

Mikra Kodesh on Yom HaKippurim (Rav Soloveitchik)

Yom HaKippurim without Teshuva (Rav Soloveitchik)

 

Succot

Circle Dancing - Hoshanot

Mikdash and Lulav – Perfect Together?

The Mitzvah of Sitting in the Succah – Part I (Rav Michael Rosensweig)

The Mitzvah of Sitting in the Succah – Part II (Rav Michael Rosensweig)

The Mitzvah of Succah on Shmini Atzeret

The Mitzvah of Simcha on Succot

Simchat Torah

A Stroll in the Park – Field Trips during Succot

 

Chanukah

"Chanukah Specials" are short Chaburas sent out every other night during Chanukah for the purpose of providing some brief thoughts on the holiday for people to share while the candles are burning.

 

Chanukah Special #1

Chanukah Special #2

Chanukah Special #3

Chanukah Special #4

Chanukah Special #5

Chanukah Special #6

Chanukah Special #7

Chanukah Special #8

Chanukah Special #9

Chanukah Special #10
Chanukah Special #11

Chanukah Special #12

Chanukah Special #13

Chanukah Special #14

Chanukah Special #15

Chanukah Special #16

Chanukah Special #17

Chanukah Special #18

Chanukah Special #19

Chanukah Special #20

Where Should Students Light Chanuka Candles?

Lighting Chanuka Candles – Two Entranceways (Rav Aharon Lichtenstein)

 

Purim

Two Aspects of Megillat Esther (Rav Mordechai Breuer)

The Upside-Down Megilla (Rav Yoel Bin-Nun)

The Stories of Yoseif and Megillat Esther

"He Exalts Nations, Then Destroys Them" – An Analysis of Megillat Esther

Free Food! – The Mitzvah of Mishloach Manot

"I Can't Hear You!" – Megilla via Microphone

Ad D'lo Yada – To Booze or not to Booze?

Stealing Home (Purim Torah)

 

Pesach

            Let's Get Busy – Learning the Laws of Pesach

The Imitation of Hashem (Rav Yitzchak Hutner)

Chametz and Matza on Pesach, Shavuot, and the Sacrifices Involving Bread

The Prohibition of Labor on Erev Pesach

The Custom of Gebrucks

The Custom of Kitniyot

Divrei Torah on the Haggadah - 1

Divrei Torah on the Haggadah - 2

Divrei Torah on the Haggadah - 3

Divrei Torah on the Haggadah - 4

Selling Chametz – Part I

Selling Chametz – Part II

Sippur Yetziat Mitzrayim – Part I

Sippur Yetziat Mitzrayim – Part II

 

 

Omer

Lag Ba'Omer

Mourning Customs During the Omer

Sefirat HaOmer and the International Date Line (Rav Yissachar Frand)

Growing Pains – Minors and Sefirat HaOmer

The Two Dimensions of Sefirat HaOmer

 

Shavuot

Staying Up All Night (Rav Mattityahu Blum)

Writing Down the Torah

The Acceptance of the Torah and the Uniqueness of the Jews (Rav Yitzchak Hutner)

 

Other

The Month of Shevat (Rav Yehuda Shaviv)

Americans in Israel and Vice Versa – How Many Days of Yom Tov?

Paris 1242 – The Burning of the Talmud (Tisha B'Av)

           


 

Brachot

            Birchot HaTorah – Part I

Birchot HaTorah – Part II

Tefillat HaDerech

Brachot on Appetizers, Side Dishes, and Desserts        

Birchat HaMotzi – Part I

Birchat HaMotzi – Part II

Birchat HaTov V'Ha-Meitiv

Pat Ha-Ba'a B'Kisnin – Motzi, Mezonot, or Massive Confusion?

Kiddush B'Makom Se'udah

Mayim Acharonim

Law of Netilat Yadayim – Part I

Law of Netilat Yadayim – Part II

Law of Netilat Yadayim – Part III

Birchat Oreiach

Peirot Eretz Yisrael – Birchat Me'ein Shalosh

Shehecheyanu – Part I (Rav Michael Rosensweig)

Shehecheyanu – Part II (Rav Michael Rosensweig)

The Blessings on Scents

V'tein Tal U'Matar Livracha

Zimun – Part I

Zimun – Part II

Zimun – Part III

 

 

Wedding


The Laws of Aufruf

            The Laws of Chupah – Part I

The Laws of Chupah – Part II

Birchat Erusin – Part I

Birchat Erusin – Part II

Sheva Brachot – Part I

Sheva Brachot – Part II

Review of Various Wedding Customs


 

 

Baby-related

Brit Mila – Part I

Brit Mila – Part II

Naming Baby Girls

Pidyon Ha-Ben

Pru U'rvu – Part I

Pru U'rvu – Part II

Customs of the Shalom Zachar


 

 

Miscellaneous Halacha


            Shnayim Mikra V'Echad Targum

            Lo Titgodedu – Breaking Up the Nation

            The Place of Astrology in Judaism

            Bikkur Cholim

            Reciting Verses by Heart

            Using the Gregorian Calendar

            The Laws of Chodosh

The Prohibition of Geneivat Da'at

Mitzvot D'Rabbanan

Women Covering Their Hair – Part I

Women Covering Their Hair – Part II

Reciting Half Psukim – Kol Pasuk D'lo Pasak Moshe

The Constitutional Sanhedrin – Part I

The Constitutional Sanhedrin – Part II

Tearing One's Garments for Jerusalem

Voice of a Woman – Kol Isha Part I

Voice of a Woman – Kol Isha Part II

The Laws of Magic

Waiting Between Eating Meat and Eating Milk

Repeating Words in Davening

Learning Secular Studies – Part I

Learning Secular Studies – Part II

The School of Shammai

Counting Shemitta and Yoveil (Rv She'ar-Yashuv Cohen)

The Laws of Se'udah Shlishit

The Laws of Siyum

Lo Techanem – The (Un)United Nations

Tevilat Keilim – Part I

Tevilat Keilim – Part II

The Mitzva of Tzedaka – Part I

The Mitzva of Tzedaka – Part II

The Mitzva of Tzedaka – Part III

The Mitzva of Tzedaka – Part IV

The Noachide Law of Justice

Parashat Parah

Rebuking Your Fellow Man

 

Tanach

The Covenant Between Hashem and Bnei Yisrael

            The Power of Speech as the Essence of Man

            The Holidays, Sefer Vayikra, and the Spiral of Life

            The Decrees of Moshe – Part I (Rav Soloveitchik)

The Decrees of Moshe – Part II (Rav Soloveitchik)

The Argument Between Yaakov and Rachel

Machatzit Ha-Shekel and the Secret of the Jewish People (Rav Meir Goldwicht)

Metzora – Solitude and Silent Reflection

The Brachot of Yaakov and Moshe

Why Didn't Yoseif Write Home?

 

 

 

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