The Shulhan Aruch (O.H. 308: 39), based on the Gemara (Shabbat 128b) rules that animals are not considered vessels and […] Read More
Author: Magen Avot
Briefly, crypto mining refers to the use of complicated mathematical algorithms by computers to eventually create, or mine, a fraction […] Read More
Flying and Swimming During Ben HaMetzarimBen HaMetzarim refers to the period between the Seventeenth of Tammuz andTisha Be’Av and is commonly known in English […] Read More
Upon observation of a Torah scroll, one will notice that the text is divided into paragraphs. How the Torah’s text […] Read More
The Torah mandates that one rise when one’s father passes by as a sign of respect. The HIDA (LeDavid Emet) […] Read More
The Shulhan Aruch (O.H. 282:3) says that all are eligible to receive an Aliya, including women and minors. Although our […] Read More
According to the Arizal (Sha’ar Hakavanot, 49a) quoting the Zohar (Parashat Shelah), the most valued Aliyot are the third and […] Read More
The Parashiot of Behukotai and Ki Tavo both contain sections that deal with Hashem rebuking the Jewish people, known as […] Read More
The Midrash (Bamidbar Rabba, Parashat Korah) relates that David Hamelech instituted the requirement to recite one hundred blessings a day […] Read More
The Shulhan Aruch (O.H. 282:7) writes that if, during the reading of the Torah of Shaharit of Shabbat, one skipped […] Read More