Yeshivat Orayta Halakha Yomi

By Rav Noam Himelstein

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Learn a halakha a day with Rav Noam Himelstein of Yeshivat Orayta! Rav Noam continues this zman with practical halakha pertaining to keeping a kosher kitchen. Each shiur is about 4-5 minutes long, five days a week.

Episode Date
Hilchot Shabbat 111: looking after your body 7 - swimming and mikveh
Apr 09, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 110: looking after your body 6 - bathing
Apr 08, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 109: looking after your body 5 - liquid and hard soap, damp cloths, toothpaste
Apr 07, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 108: looking after your body 4 - oils and creams
Apr 07, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 107: looking after your body 3 - make up
Apr 03, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 106: looking after your body 2 - combing hair and related issues
Apr 02, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 105: looking after your body 1 - גוזז, shearing: cutting hair, nails, etc
Apr 02, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 104: Clothing Related Melachot 10 - tying knots on shabbat 2; shoelaces, ties
Mar 28, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 103: Clothing Related Melachot 9 - tying knots on shabbat
Mar 28, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 102: Clothing Related Melachot 8 - tearing ( tablecloths, garbage bags, toilet paper, tissues, etc )
Mar 27, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 101: Clothing Related Melachot 7 - sewing and glueing
Mar 27, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 100: Clothing Related Melachot 6 - folding your Tallit
Mar 21, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 99: Clothing Related Melachot 5 - nylon garments, dust on clothing
Mar 17, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 98: Clothing Related Melachot 4 - leather garments and shoes
Mar 17, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 97: Clothing Related Melachot 3 - spilled water; washing dishes
Mar 13, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 96: Clothing Related Melachot 2 - drying hands with a towel
Mar 13, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 95: Clothing Related Melachot 1 - Cleaning and Washing clothes
Mar 13, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 94: Assorted Halachot regarding food - writing on cakes; tearing letters on cakes or food packets; ice
Mar 10, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 93: (No) coloring in foods and liquids
Mar 07, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 92: squeezing fruit ( מפרק )
Mar 06, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 91: Lash 4 - jelly, mashed potatoes, egg salad, liver
Mar 05, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 90: Lash 3 - materials that you are permitted to mix together
Mar 05, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 89: Lash 2 - preparing a soft dough; mixing techina
Mar 03, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 88: Lash 1 - intro and definition ( kneading)
Feb 28, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 87: Tochen 2 - cutting vegies for salad; mashing eggs and avocado
Feb 28, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 86: Tochen 1 - definition and application
Feb 26, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 85: Borer 13 - דש
Feb 22, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 84: Borer 12 - tea, bugs, silverware, books
Feb 22, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 83: Borer 11 - separating liquids from canned goods
Feb 22, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 82: Borer 10 - separating the soup liquid from vegetables and vice versa
Feb 19, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 81: Borer 9 - fishbones and watermelon
Jan 28, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 80: Borer 8 - pits and peels
Jan 25, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 79: Borer 7 - דווקא ביד; rice in a saltshaker
Jan 25, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 78: Borer 6 - לאלתר ; separate the good from the bad for immediate use
Jan 22, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 77: Borer 5 - borer is davka פסולת מתוך אוכל
Jan 22, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 76: Borer 4 - borer is only in a mixture
Jan 22, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 75: Borer 3 - two types of food
Jan 22, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 74: Borer 2 - the 3 conditions that allow borer ( defining as eating and not as a מלאכה)
Jan 16, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 73: Borer 1 - intro
Jan 16, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 72: Bishul 21 - solar heated water
Jan 16, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 71: Bishul 20 - hot water boiler
Jan 11, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 70: Bishul 19 - qualification of the definition of הטמנה, crockpots on Shabbat
Jan 10, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 69: Bishul 18 - הטמנה
Jan 10, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 68: Bishul 17 - חזרה in to an oven
Jan 09, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 67: Bishul 16 - חזרה
Jan 09, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 66: Bishul 15 - הנחה: putting food on a plata/blech on Shabbat itself
Jan 07, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 65: Bishul 14 - שהייה: leaving food in an electric oven
Jan 03, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 64: Bishul 13 - שהייה: leaving food on a covered fire ( blech/plata )
Jan 03, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 63: Bishul 12 - שהייה: leaving food on an open fire if its cooked
Jan 01, 2024
Hilchot Shabbat 62: Bishul 11 - intro to שהייה
Dec 31, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 61: Bishul 10 - adding hot water to the cholent
Dec 28, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 60: Bishul 9 - מגיס
Dec 27, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 59: Bishul 8 - cooking after roasting or baking; bread and soupnuts in soup
Dec 26, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 58: Bishul 7 - cold drops of water in a cup; can a hot piece of food cook
Dec 25, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 57: Bishul 6 - tea and coffee preparation
Dec 21, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 56: Bishul 5 - כלי ראשון, שני, ושלישי
Dec 20, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 55: Bishul 4 - אין בישול אחר בישול continued: solids and liquids together; the Rama’s psak
Dec 20, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 54: Bishul 3 - אין בישול אחר בישול continued: liquids vs solids
Dec 19, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 53: Bishul 2 - אין בישול אחר בישול
Dec 18, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 52: Bishul 1 - intro
Dec 07, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 51: General Guidelines for Melacha on Shabbat 8 - שבות לצורך מצווה דרבים
Dec 07, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 50: General Guidelines for Melacha on Shabbat 7 - שבות דשבות לצורך מצוה
Dec 05, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 49: General Guidelines for Melacha on Shabbat 6 - קיום and גרמא
Dec 05, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 48: General Guidelines for Melacha on Shabbat 5 - מקלקל
Dec 03, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 47: General Guidelines for Melacha on Shabbat 4 - מלאכה שאינה צריכה לגופה
Dec 03, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 46: General Guidelines for Melacha on Shabbat 3 - דבר שאין מתכוון, פסיק רישא
Nov 28, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 45: General Guidelines for Melacha on Shabbat 2 - intro continued; avot, toladot, drabanan
Nov 28, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 44: General Guidelines for Melacha on Shabbat 1 - intro
Nov 27, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 43: Havdala 8 - eating and מלאכה is prohibited before havdala
Nov 26, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 42: Havdala 7 - until when can you make havdala
Nov 23, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 41: Havdala 6 - the candle
Nov 22, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 40: Havdala 5 - besamim
Nov 20, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 39: Havdala 4 - on what can you make havdala besides wine ( חמר מדינה )
Nov 20, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 38: Havdala 3 - minhagim of havdala
Nov 16, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 37: Havdala 2 - the 4 brachot
Nov 16, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 36: Havdala 1 - intro; דאורייתא/דרבנן; womens’ obligation
Nov 15, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 35: Shabbat Meals 6 - מלוה מלכה
Nov 14, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 34: Shabbat Meals 5 - Bentching/רצה
Nov 13, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 33: Shabbat Meals 4 - סעודה שלישית
Nov 09, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 32: Shabbat Meals 3 - the day seudah
Nov 09, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 31: Shabbat Meals 2 - לחם משנה
Nov 07, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 30: Shabbat Meals 1 - intro; oneg shabbat, obligation to eat 3 meals
Nov 06, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 29: Kiddush 9 - קידוש במקום סעודה
Nov 06, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 28: Kiddush 8 - cannot eat before kiddush
Nov 06, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 27: Kiddush 7 - sit or stand for kiddush; covering the challot
Nov 02, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 26: Kiddush 6 - how to share the kiddush wine with others
Nov 02, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 25: Kiddush 5 - כוס של ברכה; the cup itself
Oct 31, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 24: Kiddush 4 - shiur ( amount ) for the cup and for drinking
Oct 30, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 23: Kiddush 3 - Wine and Bread for kiddush
Oct 26, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 22: Kiddush 2 - קידוש מדאורייתא או מדרבנן; night and day kiddush
Oct 26, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 21: Kiddush 1 - intro to זכור ושמור
Oct 25, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 20: Shabbat Tefilot 4 - Kabbalat Shabbat, Bameh Madlikin, and other tefilot
Oct 24, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 19: Shabbat Tefilot 3 - מגן אבות
Oct 23, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 18: Shabbat Tefilot 2 - ויכולו
Oct 22, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 17: Shabbat Tefilot 1 - Shmonah Esreh
Oct 19, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 16: Torah reading 4 - shnayim mikrah
Oct 17, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 15: Torah reading 3 - reading the Torah on Shabbat at Mincha
Oct 16, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 14: Torah Reading 2 - maftir and haftara
Sep 21, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 13: Torah Reading 1 - extra aliyot
Sep 20, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 12: Candle Lighting 4 - guests, hotels, singles
Sep 20, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 11: Candle Lighting 3 - electric lights
Sep 19, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 10: Candle Lighting 2 - how many candles, when to make the bracha
Sep 14, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 9: Candle Lighting 1 - intro, where to light, who should light
Sep 14, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 8: Tosefet Shabbat 3 - can one be Mekabel Shabbat and afterwards daven weekday mincha?
Sep 13, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 7: Tosefet Shabbat 2 - how does one accept Tosefet Shabbat and what is forbidden at that moment
Sep 11, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 6: Tosefet Shabbat 1 - intro
Sep 11, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 5: Preparing for Shabbat 5 - going on a cruise during the week that will lead into Shabbat
Sep 07, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 4: Preparing for Shabbat 4 - beginning work or activities on Friday afternoon that goes into Shabbat ( Shabbat Clocks, washing machines, etc )
Sep 07, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 3: Preparing for Shabbat 3 - eating and doing work on Fridays
Sep 05, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 2: Preparing for Shabbat 2 - clothing, washing, home and body prep for Shabbat
Sep 05, 2023
Hilchot Shabbat 1: Preparing for Shabbat 1 - shopping and cooking on Thursday
Sep 05, 2023
To remember the destruction/זכר לחורבן: 8 - tearing ones’ garments for makom hamikdash; what is considered a new sighting which generates kriyah
May 31, 2023
To remember the destruction/זכר לחורבן: 7 - tearing ones’ garments: cities of yehuda; Jerusalem; the beis hamikdash
May 31, 2023
To remember the destruction/זכר לחורבן: 5- זכר לחובן at meals; women’s jewelry
May 31, 2023
To remember the destruction/זכר לחורבן: 6 - chatan and kallah; musical instruments
May 29, 2023
To remember the destruction/זכר לחורבן: 4 - is the idea to demonstrate זכר לחורבן, or is to leave the home unfinished
May 28, 2023
To remember the destruction/זכר לחורבן: 3 - clarification regarding a Jewish contractor; wallpaper, fancy ceramics and painting patterns
May 24, 2023
To remember the destruction/זכר לחורבן: 2 - to leave an ama by ama by the front door
May 23, 2023
To remember the destruction/זכר לחורבן: 1 - intro
May 22, 2023
Tefilla 118 - קריאת שמע על המיטה, המפיל
May 22, 2023
Tefilla 117 - arvit: activities to refrain from before arvit
May 18, 2023
Tefilla 116 - arvit: until when can you recite the night kriyat shma
May 18, 2023
Tefilla 115 - arvit: zman shma and zman tefilla at night
May 16, 2023
Tefilla 114 - to be סומך גאולה לתפילה at night
May 15, 2023
Tefilla 113 - arvit: reshut or chova, continued; barchu
May 14, 2023
Tefilla 112 - arvit: kriyat shma at arvit; arvit is reshut
May 10, 2023
Tefilla 111 - mincha: not to begin activities before mincha; rabbi yehuda and chachamim
May 10, 2023
Tefilla 110 - mincha: until when can you daven mincha
May 09, 2023
Tefilla 109 - mincha: mincha gedola and mincha ketana
May 08, 2023
Tefilla 108 - mincha: intro, timing
May 07, 2023
Tefilla 107 - the kaddish
May 04, 2023
Tefilla 106 - פטום הקטורת, עלינו, קדיש
May 03, 2023
Tefilla 105 - the conclusion of shacharit: if one must leave early; shir shel yom
May 01, 2023
Tefilla 104 - the conclusion of shacharit: אשרי, למנצח, קדושה דסיטרא
May 01, 2023
Tefilla 103 - Kriyat HaTorah as a chiyuv on the tzibbur, not on the individual
Apr 27, 2023
Tefilla 102 - the tzibur during Kriyat HaTorah
Apr 27, 2023
Tefilla 101 - Kriyat HaTorah: order of the Olim
Apr 24, 2023
Tefilla 100 - Kriyat HaTorah: the Baal Kriyah; the Brachot
Apr 23, 2023
Tefilla 99 - Kriyat HaTorah: taking out the wrong sefer; hagbaha
Apr 19, 2023
Tefilla 98 - Kriyat HaTorah: source; pasul Sefer Torah
Apr 18, 2023
Tefilla 97 - exemptions from tachanun
Apr 18, 2023
Tefilla 96 - tachanun continued
Mar 26, 2023
Tefilla 95 - tachanun
Mar 22, 2023
Tefilla 94 - kedusha
Mar 22, 2023
Tefilla 93 - when there isn’t time for a full Chazarat HaShatz
Mar 14, 2023
Tefilla 92 - are 9 people answering amen required for Chazarat HaShatz
Mar 14, 2023
Tefilla 91 - the tzibburs responses during Chazarat HaShatz
Mar 13, 2023
Tefilla 90 - intro to Chazarat HaShatz
Mar 12, 2023
Tefilla 89 - additional halachot regarding tashlumin
Mar 12, 2023
Tefilla 88 - situations where you cannot say a tefilla for tashlumin
Mar 12, 2023
Tefilla 87 - tashlumin for tefilla
Mar 05, 2023
Tefilla 86 - taking 3 steps back when someone is still davening behind you; additional details
Mar 01, 2023
Tefilla 85 - taking 3 steps back when someone is still davening behind you
Feb 28, 2023
Tefilla 84 - not to walk within 4 amot of one saying Shmona Esreh
Feb 28, 2023
Tefilla 83 - not to sit within 4 amot of one saying Shmona Esreh
Feb 23, 2023
Tefilla 82 - davening during a journey
Feb 23, 2023
Tefilla 81 - interruptions in Shmona Esreh
Feb 22, 2023
Tefilla 80 - how long must one stand in place after taking the 3 steps backwards
Feb 21, 2023
Tefilla 79 - the 3 steps back at the end of Shmona Esreh
Feb 19, 2023
Tefilla 78 - the conclusion of Shmona Esreh ; יהיו לרצון
Feb 16, 2023
Tefilla 77 - personal requests in Shmona Esreh
Feb 15, 2023
Tefilla 76 - Kavana in Shmona Esreh
Feb 15, 2023
Tefilla 75 - to say Shmona Esreh quietly
Feb 14, 2023
Tefilla 74 - bowing during Shmona Esreh
Feb 14, 2023
Tefilla 73- standing and position during shmona esreh
Feb 14, 2023
Tefilla 72 - face yerushalayim during Shmona Esreh
Feb 09, 2023
Tefilla 71 - 3 steps before Shmona Esreh
Feb 08, 2023
Tefilla 70 - to be סומך גאולה לתפילה
Feb 07, 2023
Tefilla 69 - hefsek during shma and bircot kriyat shma
Feb 07, 2023
Tefilla 68 - the kedusha in yotzer; answering amen before shma
Feb 05, 2023
Tefilla 67 - between yishtabach and barchu; standing for דברים שבקדושה
Feb 02, 2023
Tefilla 66 - intro to Bircot Kriyat Shma
Feb 02, 2023
Tefilla 65 - 248 words in shma
Jan 29, 2023
Tefilla 64 - tefillin and tzitzit in shma
Jan 25, 2023
Tefilla 63 - in what position should shma be recited
Jan 25, 2023
Tefilla 62 - saying shma in a precise manner; in translation
Jan 25, 2023
Tefilla 61 - mitzvot need kavana; the required kavana in shma
Jan 22, 2023
Tefilla 60 - the necessary Kavana in the second verse ברוך שם כבוד
Jan 22, 2023
Tefilla 59 - the necessary Kavana in the first pasuk
Jan 18, 2023
Tefilla 58 - intro to Kriyat Shma
Jan 18, 2023
Tefilla 57 - priorities when you have more time before Shmona Esreh
Jan 17, 2023
Tefilla 56 - skipping Psukei Dzimra to say Shmona Esreh with a minyan
Jan 15, 2023
Tefilla 55 - hefsek in Psukei Dzimra
Jan 15, 2023
Tefilla 54 - development and customs of Psukei Dzimra
Jan 12, 2023
Tefilla 53 - intro to Psukei Dzimra
Jan 11, 2023
Tefilla 52 - korbanot
Jan 11, 2023
Tefilla 51 - tzitzit and tefillin in shma and shmoneh esreh
Jan 09, 2023
Tefilla 50 - eating and drinking before shacharit
Jan 05, 2023
Tefilla 49 - going on a journey before shacharit
Jan 04, 2023
Tefilla 48 - things you CAN do before shacharit
Jan 03, 2023
Tefilla 47 - not to greet others or begin work before shacharit
Jan 02, 2023
Tefilla 46 - halachik hours and zman shma and Tefilla
Dec 18, 2022
Tefilla 45 - netz as an individual vs minyan before or after netz
Dec 15, 2022
Tefilla 44 - zman Tefilla
Dec 15, 2022
Tefilla 43 - zman kriyat shma
Dec 13, 2022
Tefilla 42 - zman kriyat shma and Tefilla, intro
Dec 11, 2022
Tefilla 41 - birkot hatorah when one was awake through the night
Dec 11, 2022
Tefilla 40 - is sleep a hefsek for birkot hatorah
Dec 11, 2022
Tefilla 39 - birkot hatorah are said once a day; should one learn immediately following the bracha
Dec 07, 2022
Tefilla 38 - on what learning do you say birkot hatorah; hirhur; must you stand for the bracha
Dec 04, 2022
Tefilla 37 - is birkot hatorah d’orayta or d’rabanan
Dec 04, 2022
Tefilla 36 - intro to birkot hatorah
Dec 04, 2022
Tefilla 35 - birkot hashachar when you haven’t slept at all during the night
Dec 04, 2022
Tefilla 34 - birkot hashachar when you wake in the middle of the night
Nov 29, 2022
Tefilla 33 - until when can you say birkot hashachar
Nov 29, 2022
Tefilla 32 - birkot hashachar if a person unfortunately cannot benefit from the action
Nov 26, 2022
Tefilla 31 - intro to Birkot Hashachar
Nov 23, 2022
Tefilla 30 - must one wash hands upon waking during the night?
Nov 23, 2022
Tefilla 29 - sleeping during the day; remaining awake at night
Nov 23, 2022
Tefilla 28 - when to make the Bracha על נטילת ידיים
Nov 23, 2022
Tefilla 27 - Does Ruach Ra’a Exist Today?
Nov 23, 2022
Tefilla 26 - Washing Hands in the Morning
Nov 23, 2022
Tefilla 25 - Does a Chazan (and a wife) Change Nusach?
Nov 23, 2022
Tefilla 24 - Davening in a Shul Where the Nusach is Different
Nov 23, 2022
Tefilla 23 - proper attire for Tefilla ( head covering and belt )
Nov 14, 2022
Tefilla 22 - washing hands before Tefilla
Nov 12, 2022
Tefilla 21 - preparation for Tefilla
Nov 12, 2022
Tefilla 20 - the chazans’ dress code
Nov 12, 2022
Tefilla 19 - more on being a chazan
Nov 12, 2022
Tefilla 18 - the chazan
Nov 07, 2022
Tefilla 17 - where to daven: windows and closed areas
Nov 07, 2022
Tefilla 16 - not to daven next to your rav hamuvhak
Nov 02, 2022
Tefilla 15 - not to have anything between you and the wall when you daven
Nov 02, 2022
Tefilla 14 - to go into the shul the distance of “two doors”
Nov 02, 2022
Tefilla 13 - priorities in choosing a shul; not to stand on a stool when davening
Oct 31, 2022
Tefilla 12 - the importance of davening in a shul and of a permanent seat
Oct 30, 2022
Tefilla 11 - continuing on when people leave the minyan
Oct 27, 2022
Tefilla 10 - where must you stand to join the minyan
Oct 26, 2022
Tefilla 9 - can a non religious Jew count towards a minyan
Oct 06, 2022
Tefilla 8 - who counts towards a minyan
Oct 03, 2022
Tefilla 7 - the obligation to daven in a minyan
Oct 02, 2022
Tefilla 6 - the merits of minyan
Sep 29, 2022
Tefilla 5 - The language of Tefilla
Sep 28, 2022
Tefilla 4 - May one “think” the words rather than say them out loud
Sep 22, 2022
Tefilla 3 - Kavana / Intent, in Tefilla
Sep 22, 2022
Tefilla 2 - Three Tefilot a day and the established nusach
Sep 22, 2022
Tefilla 1 - Is Tefilla a Torah or Rabbinic obligation
Sep 22, 2022
Kavod Sefer Torah 7: writing psukim for educational purposes
Jun 29, 2022
Kavod Sefer Torah 6: can one take a small chumash or siddur into the bathroom
Jun 15, 2022
Kavod Sefer Torah 5: other sifrei kodesh
Jun 15, 2022
Kavod Sefer Torah 4: if c”v a sefer falls
Jun 15, 2022
Kavod Sefer Torah 3: moving a Sefer Torah
Jun 12, 2022
Kavod Sefer Torah 2: not to turn your back to the Torah
Jun 12, 2022
Kavod Sefer Torah 1: stand when the Sefer Torah is in motion
Jun 12, 2022
Ikar and Tafel 7: soup and yogurt
Jun 08, 2022
Ikar and Tafel 6: crackers, ice cream cones
Jun 08, 2022
Ikar and Tafel 5: specific foods; shnitzel, etc.
Jun 02, 2022
Ikar and Tafel 4: when a mezonot food is mixed in
Jun 02, 2022
Ikar and Tafel 3: two foods mixed together
May 30, 2022
Ikar and Tafel 2: safek if it’s really Tafel
May 30, 2022
Ikar and Tafel 1: intro
May 25, 2022
Bracha Achrona 10: what constitutes a break between eating that would generate a new bracha
May 25, 2022
Bracha Achrona 9: time frame in which you can say bracha achrona
May 25, 2022
Bracha Achrona 8: ice cream and ice pops - food or drink?
May 22, 2022
Bracha Achrona 7: after drinking liquids
May 22, 2022
Bracha Achrona 4: size of an olive
May 22, 2022
Bracha Achrona 3: Borei Nefashot
May 22, 2022
Bracha Achrona 2: Me’ein Shalosh
May 22, 2022
Bracha Achrona 6: al hamichya after cake
May 19, 2022
Bracha Achrona 5: size of an olive; and the amount of time to eat it
May 18, 2022
Bracha Achrona 1: intro
May 12, 2022
Birkot Nehenin 10: precedence with fruits of the seven species
May 11, 2022
Birkot Nehenin 9: determining chashivus with several foods of the same bracha
May 09, 2022
Birkot Nehenin 8: order and precedence in brachot
May 09, 2022
Birkot Nehenin 7: does a location change generate a new bracha
May 09, 2022
Birkot Nehenin 6: how long the bracha lasts for ( היסח הדעת )
May 03, 2022
Birkot Nehenin 5: what foods are covered by the bracha
May 03, 2022
Birkot Nehenin 1: Only if you have real pleasure and enjoyment; bracha on water
May 01, 2022
Birkot Nehenin 4: how to make the bracha
May 01, 2022
Birkot Nehenin 3: no hefsek between bracha and eating
May 01, 2022
Birkot Nehenin 2: how to define enjoyment of foods
May 01, 2022
Fruit Vegetables and Shehakol - 6 rice cakes and vegetable soup
Apr 07, 2022
Fruit Vegetables and Shehakol - 5 cooked and raw foods; fruit juice
Apr 05, 2022
Fruit Vegetables and Shehakol - 4 apple sauce, choomoos, and more
Apr 05, 2022
Fruit Vegetables and Shehakol - 3 fruits that have changed its form
Apr 03, 2022
Fruit Vegetables and Shehakol - 2; Shehakol , and cases of safek
Apr 03, 2022
Fruit Vegetables and Shehakol - 1 Safek if בורא פרי העץ or בורא פרי האדמה
Mar 31, 2022
Bracha on wine - 3 Birkat Hatov Vehameitiv
Mar 31, 2022
Bracha on wine - 2 wine exempts other drinks from a bracha
Mar 23, 2022
Bracha on wine - 1
Mar 22, 2022
Bracha on baked goods - croutons, french toast, matza brei
Mar 21, 2022
Bracha on baked goods 5 - Pizza Noodles and other cooked foods
Mar 20, 2022
Bracha on baked goods 4 - Matza and Burekas as פת הבאה בכיסנין
Mar 20, 2022
Bracha on baked goods 3 - פת הבאה בכיסנין continued; “mezonot rolls”
Mar 10, 2022
Bracha on baked goods 2 - פת הבאה בכיסנין
Mar 10, 2022
Bracha on baked goods 1 - intro
Mar 08, 2022
Zimun 12 - drinking the cup of wine after Birkat Hamazon
Mar 02, 2022
Zimun 11 - halachot of the cup of wine
Mar 02, 2022
Zimun 10 - zimun on a cup of wine; intro
Mar 01, 2022
Zimun 9 - can you answer twice to zimun
Feb 28, 2022
Zimun 8 - leaving before zimun
Feb 27, 2022
Zimun 7 - criteria for joining a zimun
Feb 24, 2022
Zimun 6 - women in zimun
Feb 22, 2022
Zimun 5 - say the brachot out loud; until where is zimun
Feb 21, 2022
Zimun 4 - nusach of zimun
Feb 21, 2022
Zimun 3 - who should be mezamen
Feb 17, 2022
Zimun 2 - not to break up a zimun
Feb 17, 2022
Zimun 1 - the obligation to do zimun
Feb 16, 2022
Birkat Hamazon 11 - Until when may one say Birkat Hamazon
Feb 15, 2022
Birkat Hamazon 10 - Bentching where you ate
Feb 14, 2022
Birkat Hamazon 9 - Additional Halachot; Hefsek during bentching
Feb 13, 2022
Birkat Hamazon 8 - Minhagim of Birkat Hamazon
Feb 09, 2022
Birkat Hamazon 7 - Additional Halachot of Mayim Achronim
Feb 08, 2022
Birkat Hamazon 6 - Mayim Achronim
Feb 07, 2022
Birkat Hamazon 5 - if one forgot to say רצה or יעלה ויבוא
Jan 30, 2022
Birkat Hamazon 4 - Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, and Yom Tov additions
Jan 27, 2022
Birkat Hamazon 3 - what amount generates a Torah obligation; women’s chiyuv in Birkat Hamazon
Jan 26, 2022
Birkat Hamazon 2 - basic halachot
Jan 24, 2022
Birkat Hamazon 1 - intro
Jan 20, 2022
Birkat Hamotzi 9 - eating something just prior to washing and eating Hamotzi
Jan 19, 2022
Birkat Hamotzi 8 - does leaving the house constitute a hefsek
Jan 19, 2022
Birkat Hamotzi 7 - when you have decided that you’ve finished the meal, does Hamotzi still cover
Jan 18, 2022
Birkat Hamotzi 6 - mezonot as dessert
Jan 17, 2022
Birkat Hamotzi 5 - fruit and vegetables during the meal
Jan 16, 2022
Birkat Hamotzi 4 - what other foods does Hamotzi include
Jan 13, 2022
Birkat Hamotzi 3 - better for one to say the bracha for others
Jan 12, 2022
Birkat Hamotzi 2 - which bread to preference; the bracha precedes slicing
Jan 11, 2022
Birkat Hamotzi 1 - intro
Jan 10, 2022
Netilat Yadayim for bread 11 - when water is not available to wash with
Jan 09, 2022
Netilat Yadayim for bread 10 - going to the bathroom just before hand washing for bread
Jan 05, 2022
Netilat Yadayim for bread 9 - not to speak between drying your hands and hamotzi
Jan 04, 2022
Netilat Yadayim for bread 8 - not to touch hands until end of process; when to say the bracha
Jan 04, 2022
Netilat Yadayim for bread 7- how many times on each hand
Jan 03, 2022
Netilat Yadayim for bread 6 - Chatzitza
Jan 02, 2022
Netilat Yadayim for bread 5 - requirement of a utensil; the need for ko’ach gavra
Jan 02, 2022
Netilat Yadayim for bread 4- how much bread generates the requirement to wash hands
Dec 28, 2021
Netilat Yadayim 3 - דבר שטיבולו במשקה
Dec 27, 2021
Netilat Yadayim for bread 2 - how much of the hands should be washed
Dec 26, 2021
Netilat Yadayim for bread 1 - The reasons for the takana
Dec 23, 2021
Brachot 4 - Responding ברוך הוא וברוך שמו; being Yotzeh with someone else’s bracha
Dec 23, 2021
Brachot 3 - Answering Amen
Dec 22, 2021
Brachot 2 - Basic ground rules for brachot
Dec 21, 2021
Brachot 1- Introduction
Dec 19, 2021
Honoring one’s parents 12 - a parents spouce; older siblings; parents in law
Dec 16, 2021
Honoring one’s parents 11 - grandparents
Dec 16, 2021
An idea for Asara B’tevet - Yom Hakadish Haklali
Dec 15, 2021
Honoring one’s parents 10 - kavod towards one’s adoptive biological parents
Dec 15, 2021
Honoring one’s parents - 9 performing a medical procedure on a parent
Dec 13, 2021
Honoring one’s parents - 8: situations where kibbud av va’em is not relevant
Dec 09, 2021
Honoring one’s parents-7: the obligation to honor parents who are not religious
Dec 09, 2021
Honoring one’s parents - 6 is one obligated to live near one’s parents
Nov 28, 2021
Honoring one’s parents - 5 a daughters obligation; involvement of the community
Nov 25, 2021
Honoring one’s parents - 4 helping with their needs; financial responsibility
Nov 24, 2021
Honoring one’s parents - 3 not to call them by their names; not to wake them
Nov 23, 2021
Honoring one’s parents - 2: not sitting in their seats; standing when they enter
Nov 21, 2021
Honoring one’s parents - 1 intro
Nov 17, 2021
Tefillat Haderech - 3 how often; short distances
Nov 16, 2021
Tefillat Haderech - 2 Distance or Time
Nov 15, 2021
Tefillat Haderech - 1
Nov 14, 2021
Preventing damage; from ma’akeh to traffic laws
Nov 11, 2021
Precedence to whom to lend money or to give tzedaka
Nov 09, 2021
The Mitzva to lend money; and the Heter Iska
Nov 09, 2021
Stealing in the Workplace
Nov 08, 2021
Borrowing books ( secular, kodesh ) without permission
Nov 04, 2021
Borrowing without permission coat and umbrella switches, using other’s Talit and Tefillin
Nov 04, 2021
Stealing
Nov 04, 2021
Gneivat Da’at
Nov 04, 2021
Ona’at Devarim and Halbanat Panim
Oct 31, 2021
Lashon Hara and Rechilut
Oct 28, 2021
The Prohibition to take revenge and to bear a grudge
Oct 26, 2021
The Prohibition to Hate
Oct 25, 2021
Intro to Mitzvot Bein Adam Lechaveiro
Oct 25, 2021
Shacharit - Proper Kavana for the second Pasuk of Shema (ברוך שם)
May 06, 2021
Shacharit - Proper Kavana for the first pasuk of Shema
May 06, 2021
Shacharit - Intro to Shema
May 06, 2021
Shacharit - What to skip from Psukei Dzimra to make Shmoneh Esreh with a minyan
May 06, 2021
Shacharit - Hafsaka in Psukei Dzimra
May 06, 2021
Shacharit - Psukei Dzimra
May 06, 2021
Intro to Psukei Dzimra
May 06, 2021
Can you cook pareve food in a fleishik pot for milchik? The leniency of the pnenei halacha
Jan 13, 2021
Kashering utensils - 6; Summary of metal pots and other materials
Jan 13, 2021
Kashering utensils - 5; The status of metal vessels today
Jan 13, 2021
Kashering utensils - 4; the status of metal vessels today
Jan 06, 2021
Kashering Utensils - 3; can you kasher glass?
Jan 05, 2021
Kashering utensils - 2; ben yomo or not; mayzid and shogeg
Jan 05, 2021
Kashering Utensils - 1; intro: כבולעו כך פולטו
Jan 05, 2021
Tevilat keilim - 7: Aluminum trays, glass jars, and electrical appliances.
Dec 31, 2020
Tevilat keilim - 6: Can utensils be used before tevila?
Dec 31, 2020
Tevilat keilim - 5: Intent of the buyer; factories; non jewish owned utensils
Dec 31, 2020
Tevilat keilim - 4: The Bracha and who can do it
Dec 31, 2020
Tevilat keilim - 3: The process of tevila
Dec 31, 2020
Tevilat keilim - 2
Dec 31, 2020
Tevilat keilim - 1
Dec 31, 2020
Bishul Akum - part 2
Nov 17, 2020
Pat Palter and Bishul Akum
Nov 17, 2020
Pat Akum
Nov 17, 2020
Chezkat Basari
Nov 12, 2020
Waiting After Hard Cheese; Kids and the Sick
Nov 12, 2020
Waiting Between Meat and Milk - Continuation
Nov 10, 2020
Waiting Between Meat and Milk, and Between Milk and Meat
Nov 10, 2020
Ovens
Nov 05, 2020
Stovetops
Nov 03, 2020
Dishwashers
Nov 03, 2020
Hot Fleishig Sauce on Milchig Pots; 2 sinks
Nov 03, 2020
Cutting Boards and Parve Mixtures
Nov 03, 2020
Clarification Re Pareve Food Cooked in Fleishig Pot
Nov 01, 2020
Ketchup and Salt; and cooked pareve foods
Nov 01, 2020
Bread and salad served at a fleishik meal
Oct 26, 2020
Meat and Milk at the same table; milchik bread
Oct 26, 2020
Quick 4 minim summary
Oct 01, 2020
Milk into a fleishik pot with meat
Oct 01, 2020
Piece of meat falls into pot of hot milk
Sep 29, 2020
Milchik spoon ben yomo in fleishik pot
Sep 23, 2020
Milchik spoon not ben yomo in fleishik pot
Sep 23, 2020
Bitul in 60
Sep 22, 2020
Din of she’eino ben yomo pot itself
Sep 21, 2020
Ta’am pagum and kli she’eino ben yomo
Sep 21, 2020
Bli'a and Plita of Ta'am
Sep 16, 2020
Meat and Milk - Rabbinic Prohibitions
Sep 15, 2020
Meat and Milk - Torah prohibitions
Sep 14, 2020