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Daily Mishna #19: Berachot 4:1 (opens the original)
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Rabbi Joseph Dana records a short daily Mishnah class, working through all of Mishnah a few minutes at a time. Mishnah Berachot 4:1. The times for each of the daily prayers and how they parallel the daily korbanot in the Beit HaMikdash. Shacharit is said until midday, or until four hours according to Rabbi Yehuda. Mincha until evening, or until Plag HaMincha according to Rabbi Yehuda. Arvit has no set time. Mussaf all day, or until seven hours according to Rabbi Yehuda. Along the way: why the te
Rabbi Moses Hidary – Rain, Attitude, & Simcha | Sukkot (opens the original)
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Rabbi Moses Hidary talks through a rainy Sukkot: when the halacha requires staying in the sukkah and when it lets you head inside, including the special rules of the first night. He opens with a community note on the rise of sports gambling and why it belongs on our radar. Along the way, a Talmudic lesson on attitude toward the mitzvah, and why Sukkot is called the time of our joy - coming out of Yom Kippur complete. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Visit: westdealshul.org Sponsorships: w
Daily Mishna #18: Berachot 3:6 (opens the original)
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Rabbi Joseph Dana records a short daily Mishnah class, working through all of Mishnah a few minutes at a time. Mishnah Berachot 3:6. When two impurities converge - a seven-day tumah like zav, zavah, or yoledet together with a one-day tumah like baal keri - does the person dip in the mikvah for the lesser one? Beit Shammai say yes: rid yourself of the smaller tumah before praying. Beit Hillel say no: since full purity is seven days away, the dip gains nothing, and they may pray, say Shema, and st
Rabbi Moshe Tobal – Rif Berachot 26a | Weekly Parasha (opens the original)
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Rabbi Moshe Tobal hosts classes daily at 6:30 AM at West Deal Shul. The beginning of the fourth perek of Berachot on the Rif (26a). Rabbi Tobal opens with how the Rif works - how he selects the Gemarot he rules from, and why the "Rashi" printed alongside the Rif is a collected commentary that is still always worth consulting. The class then works through the times of the prayers: Arbit through the night, Mincha until the evening, Plag HaMincha and the dispute between Rabbi Yehuda and the Rabbana
Rabbi Ike Hanon – Learning from the Ushpizin | Sukkot (opens the original)
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Rabbi Ike Hanon hosts classes every day at 6:10 AM at West Deal Shul. In this short Sukkot class, Rabbi Ike Hanon asks why the ushpizin visit only on Sukkot and not, say, at the Pesach Seder. The Sefat Emet answers with the Hallel pasuk: Hashem raises the poor from the trash heap to seat them with nobility - after the teshuvah of Elul through Yom Kippur cleanses us, Sukkot is when we are finally worthy to sit with Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov, Moshe, Aharon, Yosef, and David, and open enough to lea
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