Pesachim 107a One who did not make Kiddush on Friday evening may make it anytime during the entire Shabbat day. One who did not recite Havdalah on Motzaei Shabbat ..
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Rashi summarizes and says that the great benefit of Tehillim 145 (commonly referred to as Ashrei), is that it is written using a format following the entire alef-bais, ..
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Rabbi Abahu said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish: “… With regard to prayer in a Shul and the obligation to wash hands, the distance set by the Sages is four ..
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Learning Gemara can spring up some very obvious questions. When learning Brachos 2a the most obvious question of all is: ‘Why does the Mishnah choose the reading ..
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והוצאתי אתכם מתחת סבלות מצרים, והצלתי אתכם מעבודתם, וגאלתי אתכם בזרוע נטויה…: ולקחתי אתכם ..
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What blessing should one recite before studying Torah? Rav Yehudah said in the name of Shmuel: “Asher Kiddeshanu Bemitzvotav Vetzivanu La’asok ..
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Once, 400 barrels of Rav Huna’s wine turned sour into vinegar. Rav Yehudah, the brother of Rav Salla Chasida, (and some say it was Rav Adda bar Ahavah) as well ..
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Gathering Torah Knowledge Chagigah 3a There was once an incident involving Rabbi Yochanan ben Berokah and Rabbi Elazar Chisma who went to visit Rabbi Yehoshua in Peki’in. ..
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Note: It should be stressed that the statements in a summary must not be interpreted as halachic rulings no matter how definitively they are worded. When such rulings ..
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Rabbi Yossi said: I was once travelling on the road and I entered one of the ruins of Jerusalem to pray1. Elijah the prophet, who is remembered for the good, came ..
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