The Gemara (Bava Batra 13b, Yerushalmi Megillah 1:9) rules that a Megillah scroll must be attached to a bar or stick (“Amud”) […] Read More
Author: Magen Avot
Every one of the forty-nine days of the Omer is characterized by a different combination of Hashem’s Attributes; Lag BaOmer’s combination is “Hod Shebehod” (“Eminence […] Read More
The Gemara (Yevamot 62b) relates that Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students died between Passover and Shavuot because they lacked respect […] Read More
The Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 170:5) rules that a guest is obligated to do whatever the host tells him to. […] Read More
Besides the Hallel that is recited during the Seder, the Shulhan Aruch (Orah Haim 487:4) writes that on the first night of Pesah (and on […] Read More
In Parashat Vayehi, Ya’akov Avinu tells Yosef that he vanquished the Emorites with his sword and with his bow (Bereshit […] Read More
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul says that Elul is a time of spiritual awakening and one is urged to prepares […] Read More
It is written in Tanya Rabati that if one is reciting Selihot without a Minyan, one should not recite those […] Read More
Elul is an auspicious month for examining one’s deeds and making Teshuva. The letters of the word Elul in Hebrew correspond to […] Read More
There are situations in which one starts off the Omer not being obligated in counting but at some point during the Omer becomes obligated. […] Read More