HaRav Yishai Natan - The Source for Hagba’ah The pasuk in … Read More
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Washing Cup After Using the Bathroom
HaRav Yishai Natan - The pasuk says, “Veyated tihyeh lecha al … Read More

CUTTING DOWN A FRUIT TREE
HaRav Yishai Natan - The Torah says: “When you besiege a city for … Read More
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STOLEN PARKING SPOT
HaRav Yishai Natan - I went to the grocery store Thursday … Read More

Paying For The Broken Grill
HaRav Yishai Natan - My friend wanted to buy a barbecue grill that … Read More

LENDING WITHOUT WITNESSES
HaRav Yishai Natan - Last week, I lent my friend $2,000. I … Read More
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Q&A – Keriat Shema al HaMita, Should I say Shem Hashem in the beracha of Hamapil?
HaRav Netanel Levihim - The Gemara, Berachot 4b, establishes that reciting Keriat Shema al HaMita — the first paragraph of Shema upon going to bed — is a mitzvah. The Shulhan Aruch, OH 239:1, rules that one … [Read More...]
Q&A – Time for Selihot
HaRav Netanel Levihim - When is the best time to say Selihot? Can I say it at Night? Maran in Shulhan Aruch, (Orah Haim siman 581) writes that the minhag is to recite Selihot by Ashmoret from Rosh Hodesh Elul … [Read More...]
Q&A – SELIHOT WITHOUT A MINYAN
HaRav Netanel Levihim - Can One Say the Yud Gimmel Midot Without a Minyan? And Which Parts of Selihot Can Only Be Said With a Minyan? The Tur in Orah Haim 565brings down from Rav Natan that a person should … [Read More...]
Q&A – Laundering Clothing During שבוע שחל בו
HaRav Netanel Levihim - Question May I do laundry, use a dry cleaner, or wear freshly laundered clothing during the week in which Tisha B'Av falls? Answer The Mishnah in Gemara Taanit 26b teaches that … [Read More...]
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The “Sdei Hemed”: Ribbi Hayim Hizkiyahu MiDini
One of the most prominent addresses in rabbinic literature towards the end of the nineteenth century, was in the quaint, unassuming town of Karaso-Bazar (Bilohirsk) in the Crimean Peninsula. The postman of this … [Read More...]
