Make Your Days Count
It was the second night of Pesach. The congregation had just finished their silent Shemoneh Esrei. The chazzan was about to continue the service. Suddenly, Boruch hurried across the shul toward Shimon.
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Tefillah and Berachos
Hallel
Saying Hallel on Yom Tov, Rosh Chodesh and the Seder night, and its berachah.
Racing Towards Chatzos
Recap: Boruch called Shimon a sheigetz for eating popcorn and peanuts on Erev Pesach, when chametz was already forbidden. Shimon politely explained that his posek ruled that popcorn is permitted, and peanuts are not…
Do We Need to Suffer for Torah?
The Gemara (Bava Kama 61b) expounds a story recorded in Shmuel and Divrei Hayamim. Dovid HaMelech was fighting the Philistines. A halachic question arose whether his army was permitted to destroy an individual’s…
Hallel On Purim: The Whole Megillah
Is Hallel recited on Purim? Of course not; it’s that simple! Or is it? The Gemara in Megillah (14a) tells us that the sages were motivated to institute the reading of the Megillah from the laws of Pesach.
Our Better Halves
The second perek of Maseches Megillah starts by discussing the laws of someone who read the Megillah l’mafreiah. If someone read the Megillah out of order, he has not fulfilled his obligation.
Half And Half
When we use the term half we don’t always refer to 50%. When someone is called a half-wit that doesn’t mean he has half of the intelligence of a regular human.
Gemara stories on Hallel
The Baal HaTanya and Hallel on Pesach Night
A rav bangs the table at the Baal HaTanya for saying Hallel in shul on Pesach night. Rav Meir Shapiro uses the reply to answer a donor about learning in comfort.
Hashem Silences the Angels at the Yam Suf
As the Egyptians drown in the Yam Suf, the angels want to sing shirah, but Hashem stops them: 'My creations are drowning and you sing?'