After over 4000 days of study,
Touching on every Torah topic imaginable, on any place on the globe, at any time of day or night,
We are giving you the opportunity to study past material, in any category you choose.
The learning is concise, clear, and elucidated – so you can study, absorb, and understand the material with ease.
1) When the cantor says “Barechu etc.”, the congregation answers “Baruch Hashem hamevorach etc.”. Even if he personally did not hear the words of the
Chapter 12 Washing Dishes and Cleaning the Table on Shabbath and Yom Tov WASHING DISHES 16.a. It is permissible to plug up a sink
7. One who listens to a story that he knows is true, however he is able to judge the subject favorably, if the speaker judges
Chazal say “there is no comparison between many people who perform the commandments and few people who perform the commandments”, for a commandment done by
Even if a person’s thoughts are not completely devoid of sinful thoughts should not despair from learning Torah and doing mitzvas, as our Sages said,
The trait of tzedakah is so great that it is equated with the Torah, for the word ashrei, “praiseworthy” is used in connection with the
(א) לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר לַיְיָ הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ תֵּבֵל וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ. (ב) כִּי הוּא עַל יַמִּים יְסָדָהּ וְעַל נְהָרוֹת יְכוֹנְנֶהָ. (ג) מִי יַעֲלֶה בְהַר יְיָ וּמִי יָקוּם
(א) וַיְהִ֤י רָעָב֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ מִלְּבַד֙ הָרָעָ֣ב הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה בִּימֵ֣י אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ יִצְחָ֛ק אֶל-אֲבִימֶּ֥לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ-פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים גְּרָֽרָה: וַיְהִ֤י רָעָב֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ מִלְּבַד֙ הָרָעָ֣ב הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה בִּימֵ֣י
(א) מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד יְיָ רֹעִי לֹא אֶחְסָר. (ב) בִּנְאוֹת דֶּשֶׁא יַרְבִּיצֵנִי עַל מֵי מְנֻחוֹת יְנַהֲלֵנִי. (ג) נַפְשִׁי יְשׁוֹבֵב יַנְחֵנִי בְמַעְגְּלֵי צֶדֶק לְמַעַן שְׁמוֹ. (ד) גַּם
Once there was a pious man who regularly kept the mitzvah of tzedakah. One time he traveled abroad on a ship. A storm came, and
Our Sages taught, ‘If you learned much Torah, don’t feel entitled, for this is what you were created for’. We see from this that man
Chapter 12 Washing Dishes and Cleaning the Table on Shabbath and Yom Tov WASHING DISHES 14.a. One may wash dishes with a liquid-soap container
5. It is a Torah prohibition for one to go to a specific place in order to hear another speak lashon hara. One who is
The severity of the prohibition against lending money at interest is well-known, as one transgresses five negative commandments and one’s property loses value and he
1) One who enters the synagogue and hears the congregation answering “Yehei shemeih etc.”, should answer with them from “Yehei shemeih etc.” but not say
(יט) וְאֵ֛לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֥ת יִצְחָ֖ק בֶּן-אַבְרָהָ֑ם אַבְרָהָ֖ם הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת-יִצְחָֽק: וְאֵ֛לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֥ת יִצְחָ֖ק בֶּן-אַבְרָהָ֑ם אַבְרָהָ֖ם הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת-יִצְחָֽק: וְאִלֵּין תּוּלְדַת יִצְחָק בַּר אַבְרָהָם אַבְרָהָם אוֹלִיד יָת יִצְחָק:
3. If one’s friends starts telling him lashon hara, he must first stop and ask him whether there is something constructive to be gained by
(א) לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל אַיֶּלֶת הַשַּׁחַר מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד. (ב) אֵלִי אֵלִי לָמָה עֲזַבְתָּנִי רָחוֹק מִישׁוּעָתִי דִּבְרֵי שַׁאֲגָתִי. (ג) אֱלֹהַי אֶקְרָא יוֹמָם וְלֹא תַעֲנֶה וְלַיְלָה וְלֹא דֻמִיָּה
Tzedakah is so great that even the Holy One is praised about it, as it is written, The Holy God will be sanctified through tzedakah-justice
There are people who start out learning many hours a day, and as time goes by they cannot learn as much, and they temporarily give
Chapter 12 Washing Dishes and Cleaning the Table on Shabbath and Yom Tov WASHING DISHES 12. Neither natural loofahs nor artificial dish cleaners made
It says in Tehillim that “I will run on the way of Your commandments!”, and Chazal say that one should always run to do a
1. It is forbidden to speak or accept lashon hara. The sin of one who accepts lashon hara is greater than that of the speaker,
1) When answering “Amen yehei shemeih etc.”, one should make a short break between the word “Amen” and the words “Yehei shemeih etc.”, as the
