1. The fifteenth of Av is a happy day, because of a number of happy things which happened on that day through the generations, as
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
1. It is a good thing to give a donation to charity before praying, as it says “And I will see you face with charity!”.
Parshas Emor “And you may not eat bread, parched corn or fresh ears until the middle of this day!” (Vayikra 23:14) It is a negative
Tehilim – 118 Even though the Exile endures for a long time we must not give up hope that the Redemption will come, for
Chapter 28 A Miscellany Including Stationery, Clocks, Noises, Baby Carriages, Remuneration and Advance Preparations PRODUCING MUSICAL AND OTHER SOUNDS ON SHABBATH OR YOM TOV 36.a.
פרק י, א-ג Esther – Chapter 10, 1-3 (א) וַיָּשֶׂם֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֧שׁ ׀ מַ֛ס עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְאִיֵּ֥י הַיָּֽם׃ (ב) וְכָל־מַֽעֲשֵׂ֤ה תָקְפּוֹ֙ וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹ וּפָֽרָשַׁת֙ גְּדֻלַּ֣ת מָרְדֳּכַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר
The verse says “When you lend my people money; the pauper with you etc.”, and Chazal derive from the words “The pauper with you” that
8. Some say that it is permitted to speak lashon hara about a baal machlokes -one who is at the forefront of a feud –
(מא) שלישי אָ֣ז יַבְדִּ֤יל מֹשֶׁה֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן מִזְרְחָ֖ה שָֽׁמֶשׁ: אָ֣ז יַבְדִּ֤יל מֹשֶׁה֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן מִזְרְחָ֖ה שָֽׁמֶשׁ: בְּכֵן אַפְרֵשׁ מֹשֶׁה תְּלַת קִרְוִין בְּעִבְרָא
1. שמע ישראל ה’ אלוקינו ה’ אחד “Hear Yisrael, Hashem is our G-d, Hashem is one!” It is a positive commandment to believe
(א) לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְעֶבֶד יְיָ לְדָוִד. (ב) נְאֻם פֶּשַׁע לָרָשָׁע בְּקֶרֶב לִבִּי אֵין פַּחַד אֱלֹהִים לְנֶגֶד עֵינָיו. (ג) כִּי הֶחֱלִיק אֵלָיו בְּעֵינָיו לִמְצֹא עֲוֹנוֹ לִשְׂנֹא. (ד)
Another that can be learned from the verse, ‘One thing I asked from Hashem, that I will request, to sit in the house of Hashem
