Parashat Hashavua: Neither Menashe Nor Yerachme’el
Menashe, Yosef’s firstborn, is mentioned before his younger brother, Ephrayim, in the first half of our parasha (Bereishit 46:20; 48:1). In the second half, Ephrayim consistently precedes Menashe...
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Harav Yosef Carmel
Ask the Rabbi: Beracha Acharona on Cake
Question : How much cake, which has many ingredients besides flour, must I eat in order to make a beracha acharona (= ba ) ?
Answer : While any...
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Rav Daniel Mann
Moreshet Shaul: Introduction to Midrash Rabba – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 121 The Torah’s Oral Law has two parts: Halacha (Rabbinical scholarship’s operative part) and Aggada (Rabbinic scholarship’s exegetical and...
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Eretz Hemdah
P’ninat Mishpat: Multiple Agreements and Parties – part III
(based on appeal of ruling 80082 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts) Case : The plaintiff (= pl ) worked on a “Tama 38” building project (refurbishing...
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Eretz Hemdah