Parashat Hashavua: “Lift the Openings of the World”
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 90 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
In the revered Rosh Hashana prayer of Unetaneh Tokef, one of the highlights of the description of the Heavenly judgment...
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Ask the Rabbi: Eating before Musaf on Rosh Hashana/Shabbat
Question: In our relatively new minyan, we have finished Musaf of Rosh Hashana at around 1:00, and have not made Kiddush before tekiot. Someone suggested that this year’s...
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Rav Daniel Mann
Moreshet Shaul: The Torah Was Given with Three Things
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 43
The Torah was given with three things: water, fire, and in the desert” (Bamidbar Rabba 1:7).
Water: The first element of...
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P’ninat Mishpat: Furniture in Return for What?
(based on ruling 86045 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Case: The plaintiff (=pl) rented an apartment from an NPO (=def) for 8 years, after which he was supposed...
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Eretz Hemdah