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term="juice"/><category term="liver"/><category term="lost"/><category term="love"/><category term="martyr"/><category term="mockery"/><category term="monopoly"/><category term="muggle"/><category term="noise"/><category term="nudnik"/><category term="pits"/><category term="revenge"/><category term="right"/><category term="safeguarding"/><category term="seaweed"/><category term="self-defense"/><category term="smell"/><category term="sneeze"/><category term="spatula"/><category term="tombstone"/><title type='text'>Halocho a Day</title><subtitle type='html'>Sister site to my   &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/groups/Halocho/&quot;&gt;Halocho a Day group&lt;/a&gt; on Facebook - הלכה יומית. [Each entry discusses some aspect of Jewish law.]</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2425</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-6845139638927261570</id><published>2024-06-09T08:00:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2024-06-02T16:32:49.722+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="food"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="honey"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meat"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="milk"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shavuoth"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2425 - Eating milk, honey and meat on Shavu&#39;ot</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The Minhag is to eat food made from &lt;b&gt;milk &lt;/b&gt;products on the first day of Shavu&#39;ot, for various reasons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;One should also eat foods made with &lt;b&gt;honey &lt;/b&gt;since the Torah is compared to honey.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;One should also eat meat, since - like every Yom Tov - there&#39;s a Mitzva to eat &lt;b&gt;meat &lt;/b&gt;on a Chag.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;One needs to plan the meals carefully since one may not eat milk after meat, and one may not eat both together at the same meal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 103:7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;בְּיוֹם רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל שָׁבוּעוֹת, נוֹהֲגִין לֶאֱכוֹל מַאַכְלֵי חָלָב. וְיֵשׁ בָּזֶה כַּמָּה טְעָמִים. וְרֶמֶז, מִנְחָה חֲדָשָׁה לַה&#39; בְּשָׁבֻעוֹתֵיכֶם, רָאשֵׁי תֵּבוֹת, מֵחָלָב.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;וְיֵשׁ לֶאֱכוֹל גַּם מַאַכְלֵי דְּבַשׁ, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַתּוֹרָה נִמְשְׁלָה לָהֶם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר, דְּבַשׁ וְחָלָב תַּחַת לְשׁוֹנֵךְ.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;וְכֵיוָן שֶׁאוֹכְלִים מַאַכְלֵי חָלָב וּצְרִיכִין גַּם כֵּן לֶאֱכוֹל בָּשָׂר, שֶׁהֲרֵי מִצְוָה לֶאֱכוֹל בָּשָׂר בְּכָל יוֹם טוֹב, צְרִיכִין לִזָּהֵר שֶׁלֹּא יָבֹאוּ לִידֵי אִסּוּר.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;- Danny Schoemann&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Sunday, 3 Sivan 5784 - 47th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא לרפואה שלמה&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/6845139638927261570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/06/halocho-2425-eating-milk-honey-and-meat.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/6845139638927261570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/6845139638927261570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/06/halocho-2425-eating-milk-honey-and-meat.html' title='Halocho #2425 - Eating milk, honey and meat on Shavu&#39;ot'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-522494221577570242</id><published>2024-06-06T08:00:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2024-06-09T15:30:37.753+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Isru Chag"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shavuoth"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2424 - Special days coming up: Yom Hameyuchas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;On the 2nd day of Sivan in they year 2449 - a few days before Matan Torah - Hashem informed us that we&#39;re a Chosen Nation:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;וִהְיִיתֶם לִי סְגֻלָּה מִכָּל-הָעַמִּים, כִּי-לִי כָּל-הָאָרֶץ&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;(Shmoth 19:5)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;As a result, 2 Sivan is often referred to as the Pedigree-Day; Yom-Hameyuchas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;The next 3 days are called&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span color=&quot;var(--color-emphasized,#000)&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;שְלו&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;ֹ&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;שֶת יְמֵי הַהַגבָּלָה&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang&quot; id=&quot;p-lang-btn&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202122; flex-shrink: 0; float: left; margin-left: -12px; position: relative;&quot;&gt;&lt;input aria-haspopup=&quot;true&quot; aria-label=&quot;מעבר לערך בשפה אחרת. זמין ב־2 שפות&quot; class=&quot;vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector&quot; data-event-name=&quot;ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn&quot; id=&quot;p-lang-btn-checkbox&quot; role=&quot;button&quot; style=&quot;align-items: center; cursor: pointer; display: inline-flex; height: 32px; margin: 0px; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 119.75px; z-index: 1;&quot; type=&quot;checkbox&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp; the 3 days days of limitations, during which we were given certain limitations as it says:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;וְהִגְבַּלְתָּ &lt;/b&gt;אֶת-הָעָם סָבִיב לֵאמֹר הִשָּׁמְרוּ לָכֶם עֲלוֹת בָּהָר וּנְגֹעַ בְּקָצֵהוּ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;No Tachanun is said during the first part of Sivan; until Isru-Chag Shavu&#39;ot (or a week later - depending on local custom).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 22:8,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;אֵין אוֹמְרִים תַּחֲנוּן לֹא בְּרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ ... וְלֹא מֵרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ סִיוָן עַד לְאַחַר אִסְרוּ חַג דְּשָׁבוּעוֹת וְלֹא בְּאִסְרוּ חַג דְּסֻכּוֹת, בְּכָל אֵלּוּ אֵין אוֹמְרִים בְּמִנְחָה שֶׁלִּפְנֵיהֶם.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rosh Chodesh Sivan will be tomorrow&lt;/b&gt; (Thursday night and Friday). Shabbat will be Yom Hameyuchas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Chodesh Tov and Shabbat Shalom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;- Danny Schoemann&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Thursday, 29 Iyar 5784 - 44th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא לרפואה שלמה&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/522494221577570242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/06/halocho-2424-special-days-coming-up-yom.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/522494221577570242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/522494221577570242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/06/halocho-2424-special-days-coming-up-yom.html' title='Halocho #2424 - Special days coming up: Yom Hameyuchas'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-4371522839568584550</id><published>2024-06-05T08:00:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2024-06-02T16:09:34.839+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Jerusalem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Kotel"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mourn"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2423 - The Kotel is in our hands</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The Kotel (&quot;Wailing wall&quot;) is the Western retaining wall of the Temple Mount where the Bet HaMikdash (Temple) stood until it was destroyed over 1,900 years ago.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The Kotel &quot;plaza&quot; is outside the Temple Mount. Every prayer of ours - Amida and Birkat HaMazon - includes a supplication to once again be able to serve Hashem on the other side of the Kotel; from inside the rebuilt Bet HaMikdash.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;When seeing the place where the Bet HaMikdash stood, one needs to do Kri&#39;a; tear one&#39;s clothes in the same way that mourners do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;One only needs to tear Kri&#39;a if one hasn&#39;t been in Jerusalem for 30 days or longer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Source Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 561&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;הָרוֹאֶה אֶת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם בְּחֻרְבָּנָהּ, אוֹמֵר: &lt;i&gt;צִיּוֹן הָיְתָה מִדְבַּר שְׁמָמָה&lt;/i&gt; וְקוֹרֵע;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;וּכְשֶׁרוֹאֶה בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, אוֹמֵר: &lt;i&gt;בֵּית קָדְשֵׁנוּ וְתִפְאַרְתֵּנוּ אֲשֶׁר הִלְלוּךָ (בּוֹ) אֲבוֹתֵינוּ הָיָה לִשְׂרֵפַת אֵשׁ וְכָל מַחְמָדֵנוּ הָיָה לְחָרְבָּה&lt;/i&gt;, וְקוֹרֵעַ.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;וּמֵהֵיכָן חַיָּב לִקְרֹעַ? מִן הַצּוֹפִים; וְאַחַר כָּךְ כְּשֶׁיִּרְאֶה הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קוֹרֵעַ קֶרַע אַחֵר,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;וְכָל קְרִיעָה טֶפַח.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;כָּל הַקְּרָעִים הָאֵלּוּ בְּיָדוֹ וּמְעֻמָּד, וְקוֹרֵעַ כָּל כְּסוּתוֹ שֶׁעָלָיו עַד שֶׁיְּגַלֶּה אֶת לִבּוֹ,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;וְאֵינוֹ מְאַחֶה קְרָעִים אֵלּוּ לְעוֹלָם; אֲבָל רַשַּׁאי לְשָׁלְלָן, לְמָלְלָן, לְלַקְּטָן וּלְתָפְרָן כְּמִין סֻלָּמוֹת.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;הָיָה הוֹלֵךְ וּבָא לִירוּשָׁלַיִם, הוֹלֵךְ וּבָא תּוֹךְ ל&#39; יוֹם, אֵינוֹ קוֹרֵעַ קֶרַע אַחֵר;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;וְאִם לְאַחַר ל&#39; יוֹם, חוֹזֵר וְקוֹרֵעַ וְהוּא הַדִּין בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה וּבַמִּקְדָּשׁ.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The prevalent Yerushalmi custom is not to tear Kri&#39;a on those days when one doesn&#39;t say Tachanun, including Friday afternoons.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;- Danny Schoemann&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Wednesday, 28 Iyar 5784 - &lt;b&gt;Yom Yerushalayim&lt;/b&gt; - 43rd day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא לרפואה שלמה&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/4371522839568584550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/06/halocho-2423-kotel-is-in-our-hands.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/4371522839568584550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/4371522839568584550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/06/halocho-2423-kotel-is-in-our-hands.html' title='Halocho #2423 - The Kotel is in our hands'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-2416807613401107868</id><published>2024-06-04T08:00:00.010+03:00</published><updated>2024-06-02T16:01:15.047+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bet Hamikdash"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Calendar"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shavuoth"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2422 - When is the Shavu&#39;ot festival?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;In the Torah, Shavu&#39;ot does not have a fixed date, but happens on the day after finishing counting 7 full weeks - 49 days - of the Omer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Since we currently have a fixed Jewish calendar, with Nissan always 30 days long and Iyar always 29 days long, Shavu&#39;ot is always on 6 Sivan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;In the time of the Bet HaMikdash - may it be speedily rebuilt in our time - any month could be either 29 or 30 days long, depending on when the new moon was first sighted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Outside Israel, Shavu&#39;ot is 2 days long, on the 6th and 7th of Sivan (12th and 13th of June, this year).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;- Danny Schoemann&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Tuesday, 27 Iyar 5784 - 42nd day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא לרפואה שלמה&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/2416807613401107868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/06/halocho-2422-when-is-shavuot-festival.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/2416807613401107868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/2416807613401107868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/06/halocho-2422-when-is-shavuot-festival.html' title='Halocho #2422 - When is the Shavu&#39;ot festival?'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-4686922393128888160</id><published>2024-06-03T08:00:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2024-06-02T15:49:42.601+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lending"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="money"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wicked"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2421 - Repaying a debt is a Mitzva</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Yesterday we learnt that it&#39;s a Mitzva to lend money to a fellow Jew.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;If you know that the borrower cannot pay back then you are not allowed to ask him to repay the loan. Even walking by him intentionally is forbidden.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;There&#39;s a Mitzva to repay a loan&lt;/b&gt;; if the borrower already has the ability to pay back then he&#39;s forbidden to ask the lender to come back another time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;A person who does not repay a loan is called a Rasha&lt;/b&gt; - a wicked person.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;A borrower may not waste the money he borrowed if that will prevent him from repaying the loan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;One should not lend money to people who have a reputation of not repaying their debts&lt;/b&gt;; since one transgresses every time one nudniks them to repay.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 179:4 - 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;אָסוּר לִנְגֹּשׂ אֶת הַלֹּוֶה כְּשֶׁיּוֹדֵעַ שֶׁאֵין לוֹ לִפְרֹעַ. וַאֲפִלּוּ לַעֲבוֹר לְפָנָיו, אָסוּר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא נִכְלָם בִּרְאוֹתוֹ לַמַּלְוֶה וְאֵין יָדוֹ מַשֶׂגֶת לִפְרֹעַ, וְעַל זֶה נֶאֱמַר, לֹא תִהְיֶה לוֹ כְּנשֶׁה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;וּכְשֵׁם שֶׁאָסוּר לַמַּלְוֶה לִנְגֹּשׂ אֶת הַלֹּוֶה, כָּךְ אָסוּר לַלֹּוֶה לִכְבּוֹשׁ מָמוֹן חֲבֵרוֹ שֶׁבְּיָדוֹ וְלוֹמַר לוֹ, לֵךְ וָשׁוּב, כְּשֶׁיֵשׁ לוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר, אַל תֹּאמַר לְרֵעֲךָ לֵךְ וָשׁוּב.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;אָסוּר לַלֹּוֶה לִקַּח אֶת הַהַלְוָאָה וּלְהוֹצִיאָהּ שֶׁלֹּא לְצֹרֶךְ עַד שֶׁתּוּכַל לְהֵאָבֵד וְלֹא יִמְצָא הַמַּלְוֵה מִמַּה לִּגְבּוֹת, וַאֲפִלּוּ אִם הַמַּלְוֵה הוּא עָשִׁיר גָדוֹל. וְהָעוֹשֶׂה כֵּן, נִקְרָא רָשָׁע, שֶׁנֶּאֶמַר, לֹוֶה רָשָׁע וְלֹא יְשַׁלֵּם. וְצִוּוּ חֲכָמִים, יְהִי מָמוֹן חֲבֵרְךָ חָבִיב עָלֶיךָ כְּשֶׁלָךְ. וּכְשֶׁהַמַּלְוֵה מַכִּיר אֶת הַלֹּוֶה שֶׁהוּא בַּעַל מִדָּה זֹאת שֶׁלֹּא לְהַשְׁגִּיחַ עַל מָמוֹן אֲחֵרִים, מוּטָב שֶׁלֹּא לְהַלְווֹת לוֹ, מִמַּה שֶׁיַלְוֵהוּ וְיִצְטָרֵךְ לְנָגְשׂוֹ אַחַר כָּךְ וְיַעֲבוֹר בְּכָל פַּעַם מִשּׁוּם לֹא תִהְיֶה לוֹ כְנשֶׁה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;- Danny Schoemann&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Monday, 26 Iyar 5784 - 41st day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא לרפואה שלמה&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/4686922393128888160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/06/halocho-2421-repaying-debt-is-mitzva.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/4686922393128888160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/4686922393128888160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/06/halocho-2421-repaying-debt-is-mitzva.html' title='Halocho #2421 - Repaying a debt is a Mitzva'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-2333140254789582348</id><published>2024-06-02T08:00:00.007+03:00</published><updated>2024-06-02T08:00:00.143+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="collateral"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lending"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="money"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2420 - Lending is a Mitzva</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s a Mitzva to lend money to a fellow Jew.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Included in the Mitzva is providing moral support and giving sage advice.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Even lending money to wealthy people - if they are short of cash - is a Mitzva.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;One should not lend money without witnesses, unless the borrower provides collateral. Even better is to have the lender sign an IOU - a promissory note.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;One may not demand collateral after the loan has been given to the borrower, except in a Bet Din (Jewish Court). One may not use the collateral, as that would be a form of interest. One may rent out the collateral and deduct the rental from the loan, under certain circumstances.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 179:1-3, 7-8.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה לְהַלְווֹת לַעֲנִיֵי יִשְֹרָאֵל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר, אִם כֶּסֶף תַּלְוֶה אֶת עַמִּי אֶת הֶעָנִי עִמָּךְ וְגוֹ&#39;. וְאַף עַל גַּב דִּכְתִיב אִם, קִבְּלוּ חֲכָמֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה, דְּאִם זֶה, אֵינוֹ רְשׁוּת אֶלָּא חוֹבָה. הָכִי אָמְרִינָן בִּמְכִלְתָּא, אִם כֶּסֶף תַּלְוֶה אֶת עַמִּי, חוֹבָה. אַתָּה אוֹמֵר חוֹבָה, אוֹ אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא רְשׁוּת.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;אֲפִלּוּ עָשִׁיר, אִם צָרִיךְ לִלְווֹת, מִצְוָה לְהַלְווֹת לוֹ וּלְהַנּוֹתוֹ אַף בִּדְבָרִים וּלְיָעֳצוֹ עֵצָה הַהוֹגֶנֶת לוֹ.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;אָסוּר לְהַלְווֹת בְּלֹא עֵדִים וַאֲפִלּוּ לְתַלְמִיד חָכָם, אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן מַלְוֵהוּ עַל הַמַּשְׁכּוֹן. וְהַמַּלְוֵה בִּשְׁטָר, מְשֻׁבָּח יוֹתֵר.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;הַמַּלְוֶה עַל הַמַּשְׁכּוֹן, צָרִיךְ לִזָּהֵר שֶׁלֹא יִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בּוֹ, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא כְּמוֹ רִבִּית. וְאִם הִלְוָה לְעָנִי עַל מָרָא וְקַרְדֹּם וְכַיוֹצֵא בוֹ, שֶׁשְׂכָרוֹ מְרֻבָּה וְאֵינוֹ נִפְחָת אֶלָּא מְעַט, יָכוֹל לְהַשְׂכִּירוֹ אַף בְּלִי נְטִילַת רְשׁוּת מֵהַלֹּוֶה, וּלְנַכּוֹת לוֹ דְמֵי הַשְּׂכִירוּת בְּחוֹבוֹ, דְמִסְּתָמָא נִיחָא לֵהּ לַלֹּוֶה בְּכָךְ. וְיֵשׁ מִי שֶׁאוֹמֵר, דְּדַוְקָא לַאֲחֵרִים יָכוֹל לְהַשְׂכִּירוֹ, אֲבָל לֹא לְעַצְמוֹ, שֶלֹּא יַחְשְׁדוּהוּ דְמִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בּוֹ בְּחִנָם, רַק בִּשְׁבִיל הַהַלְוָאָה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;אִם רוֹצֶה הַמַּלְוֵה לָקַחַת מַשְִׁכּוֹן מִן הַלֹּוֶה שֶׁלֹּא בִּשְׁעַת הַלְוָאָה אֶלָּא אַחַר כָּךְ, לֹא יַעֲשֶׂה כִּי אִם עַל פִּי בֵּית דִין.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;- Danny Schoemann&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Sunday, 25 Iyar 5784 - 40th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא לרפואה שלמה&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/2333140254789582348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/06/halocho-2420-lending-is-mitzva.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/2333140254789582348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/2333140254789582348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/06/halocho-2420-lending-is-mitzva.html' title='Halocho #2420 - Lending is a Mitzva'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-2338014922001039313</id><published>2024-05-30T08:00:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-30T08:00:00.170+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="candle lighting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shabbos"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2419 - Shabbos needs to be bright</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Shabbos candles should be lit in the room where one eats the Friday night meal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;It is the housewife&#39;s privilege to light the Shabbos candles. If she cannot do so then the husband can light.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;All rooms in the house that will be used on Friday night should have sufficient light so that one can see where one is walking. However, the Bracha is only said on the candles lit in the dining area.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Bedrooms that one wants to be dark for sleeping, can have the light shine in from the hallway or even from outside, until one is ready for bed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 75:8,9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;צְרִיכִין לְהַדְלִיק בְּמָּקוֹם שֶׁיֹּאכְלוּ, שֶׁיְהֵא נִכָּר שֶׁמַּדְלִיקָן לִכְבוֹד שַׁבָּת, וְלֹא לְהַדְלִיק בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר וּלְהַנִּיחָם אַחַר כָּךְ בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר. אַךְ בִּשְׁעַת הַדְּחַק, כְּגוֹן שֶׁהָאִשָּׁה חוֹלָה וְאֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לָלֶכֶת אֶל הַשֻּׁלְחָן, מַדְלֶקֶת כְּשֶׁהִיא בַּמִּטָּה, וּמַעֲמִידִין אוֹתָם אַחַרa כָּךְ עַל הַשֻּׁלְחָן בְּבַיִת זֶה, כִּי כָּל הַבַּיִת נֶחְשָׁב מְקוֹמָן. וְנָשִׁים שֶׁמַּדְלִיקִין הַנֵּרוֹת בַּסֻּכָּה, וְאַחַר כָּךְ נוֹשְׂאוֹת אוֹתָן לְתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת, לֹא יָפֶה הֵן עוֹשֹוֹת. נֵר שֶׁהוּא דּוֹלֵק מֵעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת, צְרִיכִין לְכַבּוֹתוֹ וְלַחֲזוֹר וּלְהַדְלִיקוֹ לִכְבוֹד שַׁבָּת, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְהֵא נִכָּר שֶׁמַּדְלִיק לִכְבוֹד שַׁבָּת.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;צָרִיךְ לְהַדְלִיק הַנֵּרוֹת בְּכָל הַחֲדָרִים שֶׁמִּשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ שָׁם. מִי שֶׁהוּא בְּבֵיתוֹ אֵצֶל אִשְׁתּוֹ, כֵּיוָן שֶׁהִיא מְבָרֶכֶת עַל הַנֵּרוֹת שֶׁבְּחֶדֶר אֶחָד, אֵין צְרִיכִין לְבָרֵךְ עַל הַהַדְלָקָה שֶׁבִּשְׁאָר חֲדָרִים.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;This week we finish Sefer Vayikra. This week is also Shabbat MeVarchim Chodesh Sivan. Rosh Chodesh Sivan will be in 9 days time on Friday Erev Shabbat BeMidbar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Shabbat Shalom uMevorach,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;- Danny Schoemann&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Thursday, 22 Iyar 5784 - 37th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא לרפואה שלמה&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/2338014922001039313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2419-shabbos-needs-to-be-bright.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/2338014922001039313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/2338014922001039313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2419-shabbos-needs-to-be-bright.html' title='Halocho #2419 - Shabbos needs to be bright'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-7057103408187869144</id><published>2024-05-29T08:00:00.007+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-29T08:00:00.141+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bet Hamikdash"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Isru Chag"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Korban"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shavuoth"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2418 - What is a Chagiga?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;In the time of the Bet Hamikdash (may it be rebuilt speedily in our days) all men above Bar Mitzva have a Mitzva to appear in the Bet Hamikdash thrice yearly; during the Yom Tov of Pesach, Shavuoth and Sukkoth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;This Mitzva includes offering 2 sacrifices; a Korban &lt;b&gt;Re&#39;iya&lt;/b&gt; (&quot;appearance sacrifice&quot;) which was completely burnt, and a Korban &lt;b&gt;Chagiga&lt;/b&gt; (&quot;festive sacrifice&quot;) which was eaten.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;These sacrifices cannot be offered on Shabbat.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Preferably this Mitzva should be fulfilled on the first day of each Yom Tov. If the first day of Yom Tov is Shabbat, or if the person has other reasons to delay, then the Mitzva can be done during the remaining days of Sukkoth and Pessach.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Even though Shavuoth is only one day long (in Israel) this Mitzva can also be fulfilled during the 6 days following Shavuoth. This is the reason why some congregations do not say Tachanun during the entire week following Shavuoth.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Source: The Book of our Heritage, Vol III, Page 50&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;- Danny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Wednesday, 21 Iyar 5784 - 36th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא לרפואה שלמה&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/7057103408187869144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2418-what-is-chagiga.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/7057103408187869144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/7057103408187869144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2418-what-is-chagiga.html' title='Halocho #2418 - What is a Chagiga?'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-9075322613003541351</id><published>2024-05-28T08:00:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-28T08:00:00.130+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="clothes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tzitzis"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2417 - Are my Tzitzit Kosher?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;On each of the 4 corners of a Tallis there are 4 strings threaded through the hole. The resulting 8 strings are knotted and twisted one-third of their length and two-thirds is left as tassels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;If one of the 8 tassels gets cut off - even completely - the Tzitzit are still Kosher. If two of the 8 tassels get cut off the Tzitzit may no longer be Kosher. A tassel shorter than 4 &quot;thumbs&quot; - about 8-10 cm is considered &quot;cut off&quot;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Each tassel of the Tzitzit is made of multiple strands of wool twisted together. If Tzitzit start untwisting then the frayed section doesn&#39;t count as part of the minimal length.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;If the Tzitzit get ripped out of the hole they are hanging on, they cannot be put back in; they have to be untied and then re-tied after the hole is repaired.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;If a Tallis rips into 2 pieces - or a corner gets ripped off - then the Tzitzit on the smaller piece have to be re-tied after the pieces are sewn back together.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 9:13, 15.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;צִּיצָה שֶׁנִּפְסַק מִמֶּנָּה חוּט מֵאַרְבַּעַת הַחוּטִין (שֶׁהֵן כְּפוּלִים לִשְׁמוֹנָה) וְנִשְׁאַר מִמֶּנּוּ כְּדֵי עֲנִיבָה, דְּהַיְנוּ אַרְבָּעָה אֲגוּדָלִין, אוֹ אִם נִפְסְקוּ שְׁנַיִם וְנִשְׁאַר מִכָּל אֶחָד אַרְבָּעָה אֲגוּדָלִין, וּשְׁנֵי חוּטִין הֵן שְׁלֵמִים כַּשִּׁעוּר, כְּשֵׁרָה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;אֲבָל אִם נִפְסְקוּ שְׁלשָׁה חוּטִין, אֲפִלּוּ נִשְׁאַר מִכָּל אֶחָד אַרְבָּעָה אֲגוּדָלִין וְהַחוּט הָרְבִיעִי הוּא שָׁלֵם, אוֹ שֶׁנִּפְסַק אֲפִלּוּ רַק חוּט אֶחָד וְלֹא נִשְׁאַר מִמֶּנּוּ אַרְבָּעָה אֲגוּדָלִין, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁשְּׁלֹשָׁה חוּטִין הֵן שְׁלֵמִים, מִכָּל מָקוֹם פְּסוּלָה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;וְלָכֵן אִם נִפְסַק חוּט אֶחָד מִן הַשְּׁמוֹנָה חוּטִין הַתְּלוּיִין, אֲפִלּוּ נִפְסַק לְגַמְרֵי עַד הַחֻלְיוֹת פְּשִׁיטָא דִּכְשֵׁרָה, כֵּיוָן שֶׁחוּט זֶה אֵינוֹ רַק חֲצִּי חוּט וַהֲרֵי יֵשׁ עֲדַיִּן בְּחֶצְיוֹ הַשֵּׁנִי כְּדֵי עֲנִיבָה וְיוֹתֵר. וְאִם נִפְסְקוּ שְׁנֵי חוּטִין וְלֹא נִשְׁאַר מֵהֶן בְּכָל אֶחָד אַרְבָּעָה אֲגוּדָלִין, אִם יֵשׁ לָחוּשׁ שֶׁמָּא שְׁנֵי חוּטִין אֵלּוּ הֵן חוּט אֶחָד, אִם כֵּן הַצִּיצָה פְּסוּלָה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;אֲבָל אִם הוּא בָטוּחַ שֶׁהֵן מִשְּׁנֵי חוּטִין, כְּגוֹן שֶׁבִּשְׁעַת קְשִׁירָתָן דִּקְדֵּק לִקְשֹׁר תָּמִיד אַרְבָּעָה רָאשִׁים שֶׁבְּצַד זֶה עִם הָאַרְבָּעָה רָאשִׁים שֶׁבְּצַד זֶה וְעַתָּה נִפְסְקוּ שְׁנֵי רָאשִׁים מִצַּד אֶחָד שֶׁל הַקֶּשֶׁר, אִם כֵּן הֲרֵי הֵן בְּוַדַּאי מִשְּׁנֵי חוּטִין. וְכֵיוָן שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּכָל חוּט עֲדַיִן שִׁעוּר אֲגוּדָלִין וְיוֹתֵר בְּצַד הַשֵּׁנִי שֶׁל הַקֶּשֶׁר וּשְׁנֵי הַחוּטִין הֵן שְׁלֵמִים, הֲרֵי הַצִּיצָה כְּשֵׁרָה.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;אִם נִפְסַק חוּט אֶחָד בִּמְקוֹם שֶׁהֵן תְּלוּיִם בַּנֶּקֶב, פְּסוּלָה. זֶה שֶׁאָמַרְנוּ שֶׁאִם נִפְסַק חוּט אֶחָד וְנִשְׁאַר מִמֶּנּוּ כְּדֵי עֲנִיבָה כְּשֵׁרָה, זֶהוּ דַוְקָא אִם בִּשְׁעַת עֲשִׂיָּה הָיוּ כָּל הַחוּטִין אֲרֻכִּין כַּשִּׁעוּר אֶלָּא שֶׁאַחַר כָּךְ נִפְסְקוּ. אֲבָל אִם בִּשְׁעַת עֲשִׂיָּה הָיָה אֲפִלּוּ רַק חוּט אֶחָד קָצָר רַק מַשֶּׁהוּ מִן הַשִּׁעוּר, פְּסוּלָה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;חוּטֵי הַצִּיצִית צְרִיכִין לִהְיוֹת שְׁזוּרִין. וְאִם אֵיזֶה חוּט נִפְרַד מִשְּׁזִירָתוֹ, אֲזַי כָּל הַפָּרוּד נֶחְשָׁב כְּאִלּוּ נִקְצָץ וְאֵינוֹ.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;טַלִּית שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ צִיצִית וְנֶחֱלַק לִשְׁנֵי חֲלָקִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא שָׁכִיחַ בְּהַרְבֵּה טַלִּיתִים שֶׁלָּנוּ שֶׁהֵם מְחֻבָּרִים מִשְּׁנֵי חֲלָקִים, וְלִפְעָמִים מַפְרִידִין אוֹתוֹ כְּדֵי לְכַבְּסוֹ אוֹ לְתַקְּנוֹ וְאַחַר כָּךְ חוֹזְרִין וּמְחַבְּרִין אוֹתָן בִּתְפִירָה, כֵּיוָן דְּמִסְּתָמָא יֵשׁ בְּכָל חֵלֶק כְּדֵי לְהִתְעַטֵּף בּוֹ, עַל כֵּן דַּי אִם יִטֹּל שְׁתֵּי הַצִּיצִית מֵאֵיזֶה חֵלֶק שֶׁיִּרְצֶה. וּלְאַחַר שֶׁיְּחַבֵּר אֶת הַטַּלִּית, יַחֲזֹר וְיִקְשְׁרֵם. אֲבָל אִם אֵין בְּכָל חֵלֶק בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ כְּדֵי לְהִתְעַטֵּף בּוֹ, צָרִיךְ לְהָסִיר כָּל הַצִּיצִית (מִשּׁוּם שֶׁכְּשֶׁנִּתְפָּרְדוּ הַחֲלָקִים, נִפְטַר כָּל חֵלֶק מִצִּיצִית. וּלְאַחַר שֶׁשּׁוּב נִתְחַבְּרוּ וְנִתְחַיָּב בְּצִיצִית, אִם יִשָּׁאֲרוּ בוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת, פָּסוּל מִשּׁוּם תַּעֲשֶׂה וְלֹא מִן הֶעָשׂוּי). וְאִם בְּחֵלֶק אֶחָד יֶשׁ בּוֹ כְּדֵי עִטּוּף וּבְחֵלֶק אֶחָד אֵין בּוֹ כְּדֵי עִטּוּף, יָסִיר אֶת הַצִּיצִית מֵחֵלֶק זֶה שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ כְּדֵי עִטּוּף.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; 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How? By giving a Cohen either a sheep or a goat in its stead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The result is a donkey for the owner, and a sheep (or goat) for the Cohen, both without any Kedusha.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The &quot;redeeming&quot; sheep or goat can be male or female, of any age and any physical condition as long as it&#39;s alive.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;If one does not want to redeem the firstborn donkey, the Torah instructs one to chop off its head and bury it. It is preferable to redeem it rather than killing it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;A firstborn male donkey belonging to a Cohen or Levite does not need to be redeemed. (As opposed to a firstborn Kosher animal that has Kedusha even if belonging to a Cohen or Levite.)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;One should not sell (part of) first-time pregnant donkeys to a non-Jew, as one would be exempting oneself from a Mitzva, of either redeeming or killing it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 178&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;יִשְֹרָאֵל שֶׁיֵשׁ לוֹ חֲמוֹרָה וְיָלְדָה בְכוֹר, מִצְוָה לִפְדוֹתוֹ. וּבַמֶּה פּוֹדֶה אוֹתוֹ. בְּשֶׂה מִן הַכְּבָשִׂים אוֹ מִן הָעִזִּים, בֵּין זָכָר בֵּין נְקֵבָה, בֵּין גָּדוֹל בֵּין קָטָן, בֵּין תָּם בֵּין בַּעַל מוּם, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא טְרֵפָה וְלֹא שָׁחוּט וְלֹא בֶּן פְּקוּעָה, וְיִתֵּן אֶת הַשֶּׂה לַכֹּהֵן. וּמֵאֵימָתַי חַיָב לִפְדוֹתוֹ. מִשֶׁיִוָּלֵד עַד שֶׁיָמוּת, אֶלָּא שֶׁמִּצְוָה לִפְדוֹתוֹ מִיָד, שֶׁלֹּא לְהַשְׁהוֹת אֶת הַמִּצְוָה. וּלְאַחַר שֶׁפָּדָה אוֹתוֹ, הֲרֵי הוּא בְּיַד הַיִשְֹרָאֵל חֻלִּין גְמוּרִים, וְגַם הַשֶּׂה הוּא בְיַד הַכֹּהֵן חֻלִּין גְמוּרִים.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;מִיָּד כְּשֶׁהִפְרִישׁ אֶת הַטָּלֶה שֶׁיְהֵא תַּחַת פֶּטֶר הַחֲמוֹר, נַעֲשָׂה פֶּטֶר הַחֲמוֹר חֻלִין, אֲפִלּוּ קֹדֶם שֶׁנָּתַן אֶת הַטָּלֶה לַכֹּהֵן. לְפִיכָךְ מִיָד כְּשֶׁמַּפְרִישׁוֹ, מְבָרֵךְ אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ עַל פִּדְיוֹן פֶּטֶר חֲמוֹר.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;קֹדֶם שֶׁנִּפְדֶּה, אָסוּר בַּהֲנָאָה, וַאֲפִלּוּ נְתָנוֹ לַכֹּהֵן. גַּם הַכֹּהֵן אָסוּר לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בּוֹ, עַד שֶׁיִפְדֶּה אוֹתוֹ וְיִקַּח אֶת הַשֶּׂה לְעַצְמוֹ. וְאִם מֵת קֹדֶם שֶׁנִפְדָּה, יִקָּבֵר.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;אִם אֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לִפְדוֹתוֹ, מַכֵּהוּ בְּקופִיץ בְּעָרְפּוֹ עַד שֶׁיָמוּת וְיִקְבְּרֶנּוּ, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאָסוּר בַּהֲנָאָה. וּמִצְוַת פְּדִיָה, קוֹדֶמֶת לְמִצְוַת עֲרִיפָה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;כֹּהֲנִים וּלְוִיִּם, פְּטוּרִים מִפֶּטֶר חֲמוֹר. וְכֵן בַּת כֹּהֵן וּבַת לֵוִי. אֲבָל בַּעֲלֵיהֶן, חַיָבִים בְּפֶטֶר חֲמוֹר שֶׁלָּהֶם. וְֹשֻתָּפוּת כֹּהֵן וְלֵוִי וְכֵן שֻׁתָּפוּת גּוֹי, גַּם כֵּן פוֹטֶרֶת. אֲבָל אָסוּר לְהִשְׁתַּתֵּף עִמָהֶם אוֹ לִמְכֹּר לָהֶם כְּדֵי לְהַפְקִיעַ קְדֹֻשָתוֹ, כֵּיוָן דְאֶפְֹשָר בִּפְדִיָה אוֹ בַעֲרִיפָה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;- Danny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Monday, 19 Iyar 5784 - 34th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא
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font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The Torah prohibits men from removing their Peiyot.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Peiyot-area &lt;/b&gt;is the hair in the triangular area from the top of the ear to the forehead to the bottom of the ear.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfoFnCHYQPomVQBXjvWxrjWtlEgWPsw2A4qDkin73wQvKOPXZltcK1RqofcV1epnobIZNdmGFVvKMGIcWw0zQBhYJ91wpYttFUi-_R9ztkR_nO8V7sM2t2veIoGYxLfiLLs2YUiuapD-7srggQvPMNnJd4HeINBvhwmiRq-B0oC8xZTDSceGxiqQOhyphenhypheno/s365/payot.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;185&quot; data-original-width=&quot;365&quot; height=&quot;162&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfoFnCHYQPomVQBXjvWxrjWtlEgWPsw2A4qDkin73wQvKOPXZltcK1RqofcV1epnobIZNdmGFVvKMGIcWw0zQBhYJ91wpYttFUi-_R9ztkR_nO8V7sM2t2veIoGYxLfiLLs2YUiuapD-7srggQvPMNnJd4HeINBvhwmiRq-B0oC8xZTDSceGxiqQOhyphenhypheno/s320/payot.jpg&quot; title=&quot;The Peiyot area&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;According to some opinions even cutting the Peiyot very close to the skin with scissors is forbidden.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The &lt;b&gt;beard-area&lt;/b&gt; begins at the bottom of the ear where the Peiyot-area ends and includes the entire face.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Men may not shave their beard with a razor.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Even when using hair-removal cream on the beard-area men cannot use a blade or a knife; they should use a rounded spatula or other instrument that cannot cut.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Women may not shave a man&#39;s beard or Peiyot for him either.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 170:1-2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;פְּאוֹת הָרֹאשׁ הֵן שְׁתַּיִם בְּסוֹף הָרֹאשׁ, וְהוּא מְקוֹם חִבּוּרוֹ לַלֶּחִי מִיָמִין וּמִשְׂמֹאל אֵצֶל הָאֹזֶן. וַאֲפִלּוּ לְגַלְּחָן בְּמִסְפָּרַיִם כְּעֵין תַּעַר, דְּהַיְנוּ סָמוּךְ לַבָּשָׂר, שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְשַׁיֵר כְּלוּם מִן הַשְּׂעָרוֹת סָמוּךְ לַבָּשָׂר, יֵש אוֹסְרִין. וְלָכֵן אִם צָרִיךְ לְגַלְּחָן לִרְפוּאָה, יִזָּהֵר שֶלֹּא לְגַלְּחֵן סָמוּךְ לַבָּשָׂר מַמָּשׁ. וְשִׁעוּר הַפֵּאָה מִכְּנֶגֶד שֵׂעָר שֶׁעַל פַּדַּחְתּוֹ וְעַד לְמַטָּה מִן הָאֹזֶן, מְקוֹם שֶׁהַלְּחִי הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה יוֹצֵאת וּמִתְפָּרֶדֶת שָׁם.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;פְּאוֹת הַזָּקָן לֹא אָסְרָה תוֹרָה לְהַשְׁחִית אֶלָּא בְּתַעַר. וְהַפֵּאוֹת הֵן חָמֵשׁ, וְרַבּוּ בָהֶן הַדֵּעוֹת, לְפִיכָךְ יְרֵא שָׁמַיִם לֹא יַעֲבִיר תַּעַר עַל כָּל זְקָנוֹ כְּלָל, וַאֲפִלּוּ עַל הַשָּׂפָה הָעֶלְיוֹנָה אוֹ תַּחַת הַגָּרוֹן. וְאֵין חִלּוּק בֵּין תַּעַר לְאֶבֶן חַדָּה שֶׁחוֹתֶכֶת אֶת הַשְּׂעָרוֹת, כְּגוֹן פִּיגְמֶאנְטְ אוֹ פִּימְסֶענְשְטֵיין, שֶׁאָסוּר גַּם כֵּן. וְאוֹתָן שֶׁמְּסִירִין שְׂעַר הַזָּקָן עַל יְדֵי מִשְׁחָה מִסִּיד עִם אַוִירעם, יֵשׁ לָהֶם לִזָּהֵר, שֶׁלֹּא לִגְרֹר אֶת הַמִּשְׁחָה בְּסַכִּין, שֶׁמָּא יַחְתֹּךְ שֵׂעָר, רַק יִגְרְרוּ בְּקֵיסָם וְכַדּוֹמֶה&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;- Danny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Sunday, 18 Iyar 5784 - 33rd day of the Omer - Lag B&#39;Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא
לרפואה שלמה&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/6278887285483562611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2415-shaving-and-haircuts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/6278887285483562611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/6278887285483562611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2415-shaving-and-haircuts.html' title='Halocho #2415 - Shaving and haircuts the Jewish way'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfoFnCHYQPomVQBXjvWxrjWtlEgWPsw2A4qDkin73wQvKOPXZltcK1RqofcV1epnobIZNdmGFVvKMGIcWw0zQBhYJ91wpYttFUi-_R9ztkR_nO8V7sM2t2veIoGYxLfiLLs2YUiuapD-7srggQvPMNnJd4HeINBvhwmiRq-B0oC8xZTDSceGxiqQOhyphenhypheno/s72-c/payot.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-1483636610927350774</id><published>2024-05-23T08:00:00.008+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-23T08:00:00.269+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Friday"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hair"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lag B&#39;Omer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mourn"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2414 - Are haircuts allowed tomorrow?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Lag B&#39;Omer - the 33rd day of the Omer - will be on Sunday. No Tachanun is said on Sunday, and צִדְקָתְךָ צֶדֶק is not said on Shabbat at Mincha.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;One may have haircuts on Friday (tomorrow) already, in honor of Shabbat.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;All other customs of mourning are to be observed until the morning of Lag B&#39;Omer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Those who have the custom to mourn from Rosh Chodesh Iyar, resume the mourning customs after Lag B&#39;Omer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 120:6, 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;בְיוֹם ל&quot;ג בָּעֹמֶר, וְכֵן מִשָּׁם וָאֵילֵךְ מַתִּירִין, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁבְּיוֹם ל&quot;ג בָּעֹמֶר פָּסְקוּ מִלָּמוּת, וְלָכֵן מַרְבִּים בּוֹ קְצָת שִׂמְחָה, וְאֵין אוֹמְרִים בּוֹ תַּחֲנוּן. וְאַף שֶׁגַּם בּוֹ בַּיּוֹם מֵתוּ קְצָת, אָמְרִינָן מִקְּצָת הַיּוֹם כְּכֻלּוֹ, וְלָכֵן אֵין לְהִסְתַּפֵּר אוֹ לִשָֹּא עַד לְאַחַר שֶׁהֵאִיר הַיּוֹם, וְלֹא מִבָּעֶרֶב. אַךְ כְּשֶׁחַל ל&quot;ג בָּעֹמֶר בְּיוֹם רִאשׁוֹן, מִסְתַּפְרִין בְּעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת שֶׁלְּפָנָיו, לִכְבוֹד הַשַׁבָּת.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Note: Many Sefardim only stop the mourning on the 34th day of the Omer and don&#39;t allow haircuts on Friday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Shabbat Shalom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;- Danny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Thursday, 15 Iyar 5784 - 30th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא
לרפואה שלמה&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/1483636610927350774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2414-are-haircuts-allowed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/1483636610927350774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/1483636610927350774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2414-are-haircuts-allowed.html' title='Halocho #2414 - Are haircuts allowed tomorrow?'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-9015136676508469135</id><published>2024-05-22T08:00:00.027+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-22T08:00:00.258+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bet Hamikdash"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Korban"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pessach"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2413 - Today is Pessach Sheni</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Today - Wednesday - is Pessach Sheni - the 2nd Pessach.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;In the time of the Bet Hamikdash, &lt;b&gt;if a person couldn&#39;t bring the Korban Pessach on Erev Pessach, they have a 2nd chance a month later.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;In the afternoon of 14th Iyar they would bring the Korban Pessach and roast it. After nightfall they would eat it with Matza and Marror. The leftovers were burnt the next morning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Unfortunately this year we again missed both chances to bring the Korban Pessach.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Source: Bamidbar 9:9-12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר אִישׁ אִישׁ כִּי יִהְיֶה טָמֵא לָנֶפֶשׁ אוֹ בְדֶרֶךְ רְחֹקָה לָכֶם אוֹ לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם וְעָשָׂה פֶסַח לַה&#39;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם יַעֲשׂוּ אֹתוֹ עַל מַצּוֹת וּמְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּ: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;לֹא יַשְׁאִירוּ מִמֶּנּוּ עַד בֹּקֶר וְעֶצֶם לֹא יִשְׁבְּרוּ בוֹ כְּכָל חֻקַּת הַפֶּסַח יַעֲשׂוּ אֹתוֹ:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;- Danny Schoemann&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Wednesday, 14 Iyar 5784 - 29th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא
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The Cohen may not blemish it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;It&#39;s a Mitzva to sell part of all first-time pregnant kosher animals to a non-Jew&lt;/b&gt; so that the calf - if it&#39;s a male - will not have any Kedusha; avoiding the possibility of it not being treated properly.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Source Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 177&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;הַבְּכוֹר בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה, צְרִיכִין לְהַשְׁהוֹתוֹ עַד שֶׁיִפּוֹל בּוֹ מוּם. וּכְשֶׁנָפַל בּוֹ מוּם, מַרְאִין אוֹתוֹ לִשְׁלשָׁה בַּעֲלֵי תוֹרָה, וְאֶחָד מֵהֶם יִהְיֶה בָקִי לָדַעַת אִם הוּא מוּם קָבוּעַ, וּמַתִּירִין אוֹתוֹ, וְאַחַר כָּךְ שׁוֹחֲטִין אוֹתוֹ. וְאִם הוּא כָּשֵׁר, אוֹכְלִין אוֹתוֹ, וּמֻתָּר גַם לְיִשְֹרָאֵל. אֲבָל אֵינוֹ נִמְכָּר בְּמָקוֹלִין, וְאֵינוֹ נִשְׁקָל בְּלִיטְרָא, וְאֵין נוֹתְנִין מִמֶּנוּ לַכְּלָבִים, וְאֵין מוֹכְרִין אוֹ נוֹתְנִין מִמֶּנוּ לַגּוֹי.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;הַכֹּהֵן צָרִיךְ לְגַדֵל אֶת הַבְּכוֹר עַד שֶׁיִפֹּל בּוֹ מוּם. וְיָכוֹל לְמָכְרוֹ לְיִשְֹרָאֵל, בֵּין שֶׁיֵשׁ בּוֹ מוּם בֵּין שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ מוּם, רַק שֶׁהַיִשְֹרָאֵל יִנְהַג בּוֹ בִּקְדֻשַּׁת בְּכוֹרָה, וְגַם לֹא יִקְנֵהוּ לִסְחוֹרָה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;הַבְּכוֹר, בֵּין תָּם בֵּין בַּעַל מוּם, אָסוּר בְגִזָּה וַעֲבוֹדָה. וַאֲפִלוּ נִתְלַשׁ מִמֶּנוּ צֶמֶר מֵעַצְמוֹ, אוֹתוֹ הַצֶמֶר, אָסוּר בַהֲנָאָה לְעוֹלָם. אֲבָל הַצֶּמֶר שֶׁעַל גּוּפוֹ, אִם נִשְׁחַט בְּמוּמוֹ, הַשְּׁחִיטָה מַתֶּרֶת גַּם אֶת הַצֶּמֶר, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהִיא מַתֶּרֶת אֶת הַבָּשָׂר וְאֶת הָעוֹר.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;מִצְוָה לִמְכֹּר לַגּוֹי אֶת הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה אוֹ לְהִשְּׁתַּתֵּף עִמוֹ בָּהּ קֹדֶם שֶׁתֵּלֵד, כְּדֵי לְפָטְרָהּ מֵהַבְּכוֹרָה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;- Danny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Tuesday, 13 Iyar 5784 - 28th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא
לרפואה שלמה&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/8823969260557353610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2412-whats-special-about.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/8823969260557353610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/8823969260557353610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2412-whats-special-about.html' title='Halocho #2412 - What&#39;s special about a firstborn Kosher animal?'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-980940596126183656</id><published>2024-05-20T08:00:00.014+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-20T08:00:00.147+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Av"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Orlo"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tree"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2411 - Three years of Orla for trees</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;For 3 years after planting a tree, one may not eat its fruit, nor derive any benefit from the fruit, peels or pits. This is a Torah prohibition and applies to trees planted anywhere on the planet by anybody.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;How to count these 3 years:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Trees planted until Tu B&#39;av (15th of the month of Av; 45 days before Rosh Hashana) have their first birthday on Rosh Hashana, and 2 years later turn &quot;three years old&quot;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Trees planted less than 45 days before Rosh Hashana need to count three years from their first Rosh Hashana. The laws of Orlo apply to trees grown from shoots or pits, and sometimes to trees that have been replanted.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;A tree that has was cut and its stump is less than 1 Tefach (about 9 cm) high becomes Orlo again.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 173:1,3,4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;כָּל עֵץ מַאֲכָל, בֵּין שֶׁל יִשְֹרָאֵל בֵּין שֶׁל גּוֹי, וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּעָצִיץ שֶׁאֵינוֹ נָקוּב, שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת מִנְּטִעָתוֹ, הַפֵּרוֹת וְהַגַּרְעִינִין וְהַקְּלִפּוֹת, הַכֹּל אָסוּר בַּהֲנָאָה. וְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים אֵלּוּ, אֵין מוֹנִים מִיּוֹם לְיוֹם, אֶלָּא אִם נָטַע קֹדֶם שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר בְּאָב, כֵּיוָן שֶׁיֵשׁ אַרְבָּעָה וְאַרְבָּעִים יוֹם עַד רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה, נֶחְשֶׁבֶת לוֹ הַשָּׁנָה, מִשּׁוּם דְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם הֵמָּה יְמֵי קְלִיטָה, וְאַחַר כָּךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם בַּשָׁנָה נֶחְשָׁבִים שָׁנָה, וְשׁוּב מוֹנֶה שְׁתֵּי שָׁנִים מִתִּשְׁרֵי. אֲבָל אִם נָטַע מִיּוֹם שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר בְּאָב וְאֵילַךְ, לֹא נֶחְשֶׁבֶת שָׁנָה זֹאת לִכְלוּם, וּמוֹנֶה מִתִּשְׁרֵי שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;אֶחָד הַנּוֹטֵעַ גַּרְעִין אוֹ עָנָף אוֹ שֶׁעָקַר אִילָן וּנְטָעוֹ בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר, חַיָבִים בָּעָרְלָה. אֲבָל הַמַּרְכִּיב עָנָף בְּאִילָן אַחֵר, וְכֵן הַמַּבְרִיךְ, דְּהַיְנוּ שֶׁעוֹשֶׁה גּוּמָא בָּאָרֶץ וּמַשְׁפִּיל אֶחָד מֵעַנְפֵי הָאִילָן וּמַטְמִין אֶמְצָעוּתוֹ בָאָרֶץ וְרֹאשׁוֹ יוֹצֵא מִצַּד אַחֵר, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁחֲתָכוֹ מִֵעִקַּר הָאִילָן, בְּחוּץ לַאָרֶץ אֵין בּוֹ מְשׁוּם עָרְלָה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;אִילָן שֶׁנִּקְצַץ, אִם נִשְׁאַר גָבוֹהַּ מֵהָאָרֶץ טֶפַח, אֲזַי מַה שֶּׁגָּדַל אַחַר כָּךְ, אֵינוֹ חַיָב בָּעָרְלָה. אֲבָל אִם לֹא נִשְׁאַר טֶפַח, חַיָב בָּעָרְלָה. וּמוֹנִין הַשָּׁנִים מִשְּׁעַת הַקְּצִיצָה. וְאִילָן שֶׁנֶּעֶקַר וְנִשְּׁאַר מִשָּׁרָשָיו מְחֻבָר, אֲפִלּוּ רַק כָּעֳבִי הַמַּחַט שֶׁמּוֹתְחִין בָּהּ הַבֶּגֶד, לְאַחַר אֲרִיגָה, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁיָכוֹל לִחְיוֹת בְּלִי תוֹסֶפֶת עָפָר וּפָטוּר, וַאֲפִלּוּ הוֹסִיף עָלָיו עָפָר הַרְבֵּה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;- Danny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Monday, 12 Iyar 5784 - 27th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא
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Chodosh and Yoshon</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The &quot;five grains&quot; are wheat, barley, spelt, oats and rye.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Grain that was planted and started taking root before the &lt;b&gt;first day Chol Hamoed Pessach&lt;/b&gt; may be eaten immediately - and is called &quot;Yoshon&quot; (old).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Grain that took root thereafter, is &quot;Chodosh&quot; (new) and may not be eaten until after the 2nd day Chol Hamoed Pessach of the following year. In Israel, Chol Hamoed Pessach starts on 16th Nissan, in the Diaspora on the 17th Nissan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The Torah prohibition of eating Chodosh applies to grain grown on Jewish land, according to all opinions. There is a minority opinion that Chodosh does not apply to grain grown in the Diaspora on non-Jewish land; the custom is to rely on this opinion in emergency.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 172:1-3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;כְּתִיב, וְלֶחֶם וְקָלִי וְכַרְמֶל לֹא תֹאכְלוּ עַד עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וְגוֹ&#39;. פֵּרוּשׁ, שֶׁאֲסוּרִין לֶאֱכֹל מִתְּבוּאָה חֲדָשָׁה מֵחֲמֵשֶׁת הַמִּינִים עַד לְאַחַר הַקְרָבַת הָעֹמֶר שֶׁהִקְרִיבוּ בְּשִׁשָׁה עָשָר בְּנִיסָן. וּבִזְמַן שֶׁאֵין עֹמֶר, כָּל הַיוֹם אֲסוּרִין. וְּלִבְנֵי חוּץ לַאָרֶץ שֶׁעוֹשִין יוֹם טוֹב שְׁנֵי יָמִים מֵחֲמַת סְפֵקָא, גַּם כָּל יוֹם שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר, אָסוּר עַד תְּחִלַּת לֵיל שְׁמוֹנָה עָשָׂר. וּתְבוּאָה שֶׁנִּזְרְעָה וְנִשְׁרְשָׁה קֹדֶם ט&quot;ז בְּנִיסָן, הַעֹמֶר הַזֶה הִתִּירָהּ, וּמֻתֶּרֶת מִיָד לְאַחַר קְצִירָתָהּ. אֲבָל אִם לֹא נִשְׁרְשָׁה קֹדֶם שִׁשָׁה עָשָׂר בְּנִיסָן, אֲסוּרָה עַד שֶׁיָבוֹא הָעֹמֶר הַבָּא.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;יֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים, דְּאֵין אִסּוּר חָדָשׁ אֶלָּא בִּתְבוּאָה שֶׁגָּדְלָה בִּרְשׁוּת יִשְֹרָאֵל. וַאֲפִלּוּ הַשָֹּדֶה שַׁיֶכֶת לַגּוֹי, אֶלָּא שֶׁהַיִשְֹרָאֵל שְׂכָרָהּ, יֵשׁ בִּתְבוּאָה זוֹ אִסּוּר חָדָשׁ. אֲבָל בִּתְבוּאָה שֶׁגָּדְלָה בּרְשׁוּת הַגּוֹי, אֵין בָּהּ אִסּוּר חָדָשׁ. וְעַל זֶה סוֹמְכִים הַרְבֵּה בִּשְׁעַת הַדְחָק. וּמִכָּל מָקוֹם בִּתְבוּאָה שֶׁגָּדְלָה בִּרְשׁוּת ִיִשְֹרָאֵל, אֵין שׁוּם הֶתֵּר. אֲבָל רַבּוּ הַחוֹלְקִים וְאוֹמְרִים, דְּגַם בְּשֶׁל גּוֹי אִיכָּא אִסּוּר חָדָשׁ. וְהַמַּחְמִיר תָּבוֹא עָלָיו בְּרָכָה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;- Danny Schoemann&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Sunday, 11 Iyar 5784 - 26th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא
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Chodosh and Yoshon'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-4701317133498856417</id><published>2024-05-16T08:00:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-16T08:00:00.147+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="candle lighting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Challa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Eruv"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Muktza"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shabbos"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2409 - Last minute Shabbos preparations</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Close to candle-lighting time one should ensure that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Challa &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;has been separated from the loaves to be used during Shabbat, and then one should announce that it&#39;s Candle Lighting Time. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;All this should be done calmly and pleasantly.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Before leaving the house on Friday afternoon, one should check one&#39;s pockets to make sure they don’t contain objects that are Muktza.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;In places without an Eruv - where carrying is forbidden - one must ensure one&#39;s pockets are empty every time one wants to step outside.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 72:22-23.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;סָמוּךְ לַחֲשֵׁכָה יִשְׁאַל לְאַנְשֵׁי בֵּיתוֹ בְּלָשׁוֹן רַכָּה, הִפְרַשְׁתֶּם חַלָּה. וְיֹאמַר לָהֶם, הַדְלִיקוּ אֶת הַנֵּר.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;חַיָּב אָדָם לְמַשְׁמֵשׁ בִּבְגָדָיו בְּעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת קֹדֶם חֲשֵׁכָה אִם אֵין מַחַט תָּחוּבָה בָּהֶם אוֹ אִם אֵין אֵיזֶה דָּבָר בַּכִּיסִים, וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁיֵּשׁ עֵרוּב, שֶׁמָּא יֵשׁ בָּהֶם אֵיזֶה דְּבַר מֻקְצֶה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Shabbat Shalom,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;- Danny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Thursday, 8 Iyar 5784 - 23rd day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא
לרפואה שלמה&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/4701317133498856417/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2409-last-minute-shabbos.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/4701317133498856417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/4701317133498856417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2409-last-minute-shabbos.html' title='Halocho #2409 - Last minute Shabbos preparations'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-8071640956446463450</id><published>2024-05-15T08:00:00.012+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-15T08:00:00.135+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Brocho"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="comet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stars"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2408 - Sky gazing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;When seeing comets or falling stars one says the Bracha of &quot;Oseh Ma&#39;aseh Breishith&quot; - &quot;Who makes the work of creation&quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;ברוך אתה ה&#39; א-לקינו מלך העולם&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;עוֹשֶׂה מַעֲשֶׂה בְּרֵאשִׁית&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The Bracha on falling stars can only be said &lt;b&gt;once per night&lt;/b&gt; even if one sees different meteors every time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;One can only say the Bracha &lt;b&gt;once per comet&lt;/b&gt;, unless 30 days have passed since one last saw it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 60:2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;עַל הַזִּיקִים, וְהוּא כּוֹכָב הַיּוֹרֶה כַּחֵץ בְּאֹרֶךְ הַשָּׁמַיִם מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם, וְנִמְשָׁךְ אוֹרוֹ כְּשֵׁבֶט, וְעַל הַכּוֹכָב שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ זָנָב וְשֵׁבֶט שֶׁל אוֹרָה, וְעַל רְעִידַת הָאָרֶץ, וְעַל רוּחוֹת שֶׁנָּשְׁבוּ בְּזַעַף, וְעַל הַבְּרָקִים, עַל כָּל אַחַת מֵאֵלּוּ מְבָרֵךְ, בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה&#39; אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם עוֹשֶׂה מַעֲשֵׂה בְּרֵאשִׁית.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;וְאֵינוֹ מְבָרֵךְ עַל הַזִּיקִים, כִּי אִם פַּעַם אַחַת בַּלַּיְלָה, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁרָאָה עוֹד כּוֹכָב אַחֵר רָץ.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;וְעַל הַכּוֹכָב שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ זָנָב, כֵּיוָן שֶׁבֵּרַךְ עָלָיו, אֵינוֹ מְבָרֵךְ עוֹד, אֶלָּא כְּשֶׁלֹּא רָאָהוּ עַד לְאַחַר שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;- Danny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Wednesday, 7 Iyar 5784 - 22nd day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;לרפואה שלמה
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/8071640956446463450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2408-sky-gazing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/8071640956446463450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/8071640956446463450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2408-sky-gazing.html' title='Halocho #2408 - Sky gazing'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-1720797010131146383</id><published>2024-05-14T08:00:00.009+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-14T08:00:00.348+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="charity"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Israel"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="miracle"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2407 - Remembering miracles</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;If&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt; one experiences a miracle, one should celebrate the day of the miracle every year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;On this day one should give charity and set aside time to thank Hashem for the miracle and talk about the miracle.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 61:3&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;מִי שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה לוֹ נֵס, יֵשׁ לוֹ לְהַפְרִישׁ לִצְדָקָה מָמוֹן כְּפִי הַשָּׂגַת יָדוֹ, וִיחַלֵּק לְלוֹמְדֵי תּוֹרָה. וְיֹאמַר: הֲרֵינִי נוֹתֵן מָעוֹת אֵלוּ לִצְדָקָה, וִיהִי רָצוֹן שֶׁיְהֵא נֶחְשָׁב כְּאִלּוּ הִקְרַבְתִּי תוֹדָה (וְעַיֵּן סֵדֶר אֲמִירַת קָרְבַּן תּוֹדָה בַּסֵּפֶר חַיֵּי אָדָם סוֹף חֵלֶק רִאשׁוֹן).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;וְטוֹב וְרָאוּי לוֹ לְתַקֵּן אֵיזֶה צָרְכֵי רַבִּים בָּעִיר, וּבְכָל שָׁנָה בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה יִתְבּוֹדֵד לְהוֹדוֹת לַה&#39; יִתְבָּרַךְ שְׁמוֹ וְלִשְׂמוֹחַ וּלְסַפֵּר אֶת הַנֵּס (סִימָן רי&quot;ח ובחיי&quot;א).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;- Danny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Tuesday, 6 Iyar 5784 - 21st day of the Omer - Israel&#39;s 76th Independence Day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;לרפואה שלמה
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/1720797010131146383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2407-remembering-miracles.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/1720797010131146383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/1720797010131146383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2407-remembering-miracles.html' title='Halocho #2407 - Remembering miracles'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-3748033450824387044</id><published>2024-05-13T08:00:00.005+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-13T08:00:00.340+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Brocho"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Omer"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2406 - Oops, I (almost) forgot to count the Omer</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;If you forget to count the Omer at night, then you should count during the next day - but without a Bracha. You then continue counting (at night) as usual with a Bracha.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;If you forgot to count during the night as well as the following day, then you should still continue counting the Omer each night, but you may no longer make the Bracha.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;If you&#39;re unsure if you counted the previous night, you may continue counting with a Bracha.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 120:2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;מִי שֶׁשָּׁכַח כָּל הַלַּיְלָה וְלֹא סָפַר, יִסְפֹּר בַּיּוֹם בְּלֹא בְּרָכָה, וּבַלֵּילוֹת שֶׁאַחַר כָּךְ יִסְפֹּר בִּבְרָכָה.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;וְאִם שָׁכַח גַּם כָּל הַיּוֹם, יִסְפּוֹר אַחַר כָּךְ בְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת בְּלֹא בְרָכָה.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;וְאִם נִסְתַּפֵּק לוֹ אִם סָפַר בַּלַּיְלָה אוֹ לֹא, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא סָפַר בַּיוֹם שֶׁלְּאַחֲרָיו, מִכָּל מָקוֹם יָכוֹל לִסְפּוֹר שְׁאָר הַלֵּילוֹת בִּבְרָכָה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;- Danny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Monday, 5 Iyar 5784 - 20th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt; Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;לרפואה שלמה
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/3748033450824387044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2406-oops-i-almost-forgot-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/3748033450824387044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/3748033450824387044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2406-oops-i-almost-forgot-to.html' title='Halocho #2406 - Oops, I (almost) forgot to count the Omer'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-3238502152795057461</id><published>2024-05-12T08:00:00.007+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-12T08:00:00.141+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Brocho"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Omer"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2405 - What day of the Omer is it today?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Before making the Bracha on counting the Omer, one should know which day one is going to count.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;If one has not yet counted the Omer, and somebody wants to know which day we&#39;re up to, you should tell them &quot;&lt;i&gt;Yesterday was day such-and-such&lt;/i&gt;&quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;If, instead, you replied &quot;&lt;i&gt;Today is such-and-such&lt;/i&gt;&quot; you may not be allowed to make a Bracha on that night&#39;s count, since you already counted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;However, you should still count &quot;properly&quot; (without a Bracha) since you have to mention the weeks as well as the days.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 120:3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;הַשּׁוֹאֵל מֵחֲבֵרוֹ בֵּין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת אוֹ אַחַר כָּךְ, כַּמָּה מוֹנִים הַיּוֹם, יֹאמַר לוֹ, &lt;b&gt;אֶתְמוֹל הָיָה כָּךְ וְכָךְ&lt;/b&gt;. שֶׁאִם יֹאמַר לוֹ כַּמָּה מוֹנִים הַיּוֹם, אֵינוֹ רַשַּׁאי לְבָרֵךְ אַחַר כָּךְ עַל הַסְּפִירָה.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;- Danny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Sunday, 4 Iyar 5784 - 19th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier
&lt;br /&gt;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא
לרפואה שלמה&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/3238502152795057461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2405-what-day-of-omer-is-it.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/3238502152795057461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/3238502152795057461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2405-what-day-of-omer-is-it.html' title='Halocho #2405 - What day of the Omer is it today?'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-4721569790464454194</id><published>2024-05-09T08:00:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-09T08:00:00.243+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mussaf"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Rosh Chodesh"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tefillin"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2404 - Tefillin on Rosh Chodesh</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Men wear Tefillin (phylacteries) every weekday during Shacharit (morning prayers).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Rosh Chodesh has some aspects of a Yom Tov, yet work is permitted.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Tefillin are worn on Rosh Chodesh during Shacharit, Hallel and the Torah reading. They are removed before starting Mussaf.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 10:19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;בְּרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ חוֹלְצִין קֹדֶם תְּפִלַּת מוּסָף.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Chodesh Tov and Shabbat Shalom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;- Danny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Thursday, 2nd day Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5784 - 16th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier, now in rehab,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא
לרפואה שלמה
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/4721569790464454194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2404-tefillin-on-rosh-chodesh.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/4721569790464454194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/4721569790464454194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2404-tefillin-on-rosh-chodesh.html' title='Halocho #2404 - Tefillin on Rosh Chodesh'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-1919808616731080360</id><published>2024-05-08T08:00:00.008+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-08T08:00:00.132+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Hallel"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mussaf"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Rosh Chodesh"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Torah reading"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="woman"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="work"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2403 - May one work on Rosh Chodesh?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Rosh Chodesh is a &quot;minor&quot; Yom Tov - and after Shacharit one adds the abridged Hallel, Torah Reading and Mussaf.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;All types of work are permitted on Rosh Chodesh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Some women have a family custom to not do certain types of work on Rosh Chodesh. This is a valid custom and they may not disregard it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 97:3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ, מֻתָּר בַּעֲשִׂיַּת מְלָאכָה.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;וְנָשִׁים נוֹהֲגוֹת שֶׁלֹּא לַעֲשׂוֹת בּוֹ מְלָאכָה, וּמִנְהָג הָגוּן הוּא וְאֵין לְהָקֵל לָהֶם.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Chodesh Tov&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;- Danny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Wednesday, 1st Day Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5784, 15th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please daven &lt;/span&gt;for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא
לרפואה שלמה&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/1919808616731080360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2403-may-one-work-on-rosh.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/1919808616731080360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/1919808616731080360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2403-may-one-work-on-rosh.html' title='Halocho #2403 - May one work on Rosh Chodesh?'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-7767985789787804672</id><published>2024-05-07T08:00:00.006+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-07T08:00:00.350+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bentching"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Rosh Chodesh"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ya&#39;aleh Veyavo"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2402 - Don&#39;t forget Ya&#39;aleh Veyavo on Rosh Chodesh</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Tonight - Tuesday night - is the first day of 2 days of Rosh Chodesh Iyar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;On Rosh Chodesh one adds Ya&#39;aleh Veyavo -&amp;nbsp; יַעֲלֶה וְיָבוֹא -&amp;nbsp; during the Amida and Birkat Hamazon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;If one forgot&amp;nbsp; יַעֲלֶה וְיָבוֹא&amp;nbsp; during Birkat Hamazon (during the day or night), and one remembers before starting the last Bracha, one can say:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה&#39; אֱלקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַן רָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים לְעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְזִכָּרוֹן&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;If one only realizes after starting the last Bracha, or one does not have the above Bracha readily available, then one does not need to make amends.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;44:14&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;טָעָה בְּרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;בְּבִרְכַּת הַמָּזוֹן&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;וְלֹא אָמַר יַעֲלֶה וְיָבֹא, אוֹמֵר&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&quot;&lt;i&gt;בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה&#39; אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַן רָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים לְעַמּוֹ יִשְֹרָאֵל לְזִכָּרוֹן&lt;/i&gt;&quot;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;וְאֵינוֹ חוֹתֵם (וְאֵין חִלּוּק בָּזֶה בֵּין בַּיּוֹם בֵּין בַּלָּיְלָה)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Chodesh Tov!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Tuesday, 29 Nissan 5784 - 14th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; 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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/feeds/7767985789787804672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2402-dont-forget-yaaleh-veyavo.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/7767985789787804672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6579656009010996801/posts/default/7767985789787804672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://halocho.blogspot.com/2024/05/halocho-2402-dont-forget-yaaleh-veyavo.html' title='Halocho #2402 - Don&#39;t forget Ya&#39;aleh Veyavo on Rosh Chodesh'/><author><name>Danny Schoemann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13242699287595683509</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe988iNxgN_5rHMAqr3U8yR0e5Hi9NPsxyXTQ8S6ddU_WZCuETdKBZpQf397jZwvAd_WaMF2ZBBcS8PL-wP8OYEdlh_3P0BRLpnX7k4EoBCC2F7fiQarFABY9h-G5Lng/s113/DannyLI.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579656009010996801.post-1709981784369995310</id><published>2024-05-06T08:00:00.014+03:00</published><updated>2024-05-06T08:00:00.132+03:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bris"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hair"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mourn"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="music"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Omer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Torah learning"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wedding"/><title type='text'>Halocho #2401 - Mourning during the Omer</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;During the Omer period, the great sage Rabbi Akiva (who lived during and after the destruction of the second Temple) lost almost all of his thousands of Torah students; reducing Torah Scholars to a handful.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;As a result, 33 days of the Omer are customarily observed as days of mourning, during which &lt;b&gt;weddings and haircuts are forbidden.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;One may get engaged during the Omer and even celebrate with a meal, but&lt;b&gt; dancing and music are not allowed.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The Sandek, Mohel and father of the newborn may take haircuts the afternoon before the Brit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 120:6 - 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;בִּימֵי הַסְּפִירָה מֵתוּ תַּלְמִידֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בְּל&quot;ג יוֹם, וְלָכֵן נוֹהֲגִין בְּיָמִים אֵלּוּ קְצָת אֲבֵלוּת, שֶׁאֵין נוֹשְׂאִין נָשִׁים וְאֵין מִסְתַּפְּרִים.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;הַסַּנְדָּק (הוּא הַתּוֹפֵס אֶת הַתִּינוֹק בִּשְׁעַת מִילָה) וְהַמּוֹהֵל, וַאֲבִי הַבֵּן, מֻתָּרִין לְהִסְתַּפֵּר בְּיּוֹם שֶׁלִּפְנֵי הַמִּילָה סָמוּךְ לָעֶרֶב קֹדֶם הֲלִיכָה לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;לַעֲשׂוֹת שִׁדּוּכִין אֲפִלּוּ בַּסְּעוּדָּה, מֻתָּרִין בְּכָל הַיָּמִים. אַךְ רִקּוּדִין וּמְחוֹלוֹת, אֲסוּרִין.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;- Danny&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet;&quot;&gt;Monday, 28 Nissan 5784 - 13th day of the Omer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Please daven for the full recovery of the seriously wounded soldier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir=&quot;rtl&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;מֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן בֶּן לֵאָה בֵּילָא
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