Fast Days
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Rav Dovid gives a daily halacha at the Wall Street Synagogue in Lower Manhattan. This series covers public Fast Days.
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20 Tevet 5771 | 27 Dec 2010 | Duration: 1:39
Asarah b'Tevet is the only public fast that can fall on a Friday. How does that work?
6 Tevet 5771 | 13 Dec 2010 | Duration: 13:54
OC 428:1,3; MB 428:3; OC 550:3; MB 550:8-11
Dedicated for a refuah shleimah for Breina bas Frieda.
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The time of halachic noon has consequences on the 10th of Av.
10 Av 5770 | 21 Jul 2010 | Duration: 14:34
Igros Moshe OC 4:62
By mourning on Tisha b'Av, we create the foundation of Redemption.
8 Av 5770 | 19 Jul 2010 | Duration: 12:24
OC 544:25; OC 557:1; MB 557:3
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The source of our Redemption was established before the destruction of Tisha b'Av.
4 Av 5770 | 15 Jul 2010 | Duration: 14:16
Tosefta Taanit 3:9; Bereishis Rabbasi Vayetze 131; Mak. 24a
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The massacre of the residents of Beitar is the 4th of the five tragedies listed by the Mishna as occuring on the 9th of Av.
3 Av 5770 | 14 Jul 2010 | Duration: 14:50
Gittin 47b; San. 17b; Gittin 57b; Brachot 45b
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Hatred among Jews is a constant cause of our destruction.
1 Av 5770 | 12 Jul 2010 | Duration: 13:02
Taanit 29a; Yoma 9b; HaEmek Davar, Introduction to Breishis; Josephus, Antiquities 20:8
We cannot understand either the depth of what we did wrong or the depth of the destruction of our Holy Temple.
26 Tamuz 5770 | 8 Jul 2010 | Duration: 16:39
Isa. 31:16; Metzudat David, Isa. 31:16; Gittin 57b; Lev Eliyahu I:63
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The second cause of the destruction of the first Beis HaMikdash.
25 Tamuz 5770 | 7 Jul 2010 | Duration: 15:42
Yoma 9b; II Kings 21:16; II Chron. 24:15; Gittin 57b
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Understanding the depth of mourning on Tisha B'Av.
24 Tamuz 5770 | 6 Jul 2010 | Duration: 14:45
Introduction to Eicha Rabba; 2 Kings 25:5-7, 21; Yoma 9b
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The origin of Tisha B'Av goes back to the sin of the spies...
19 Tamuz 5770 | 1 Jul 2010 | Duration: 13:51
Yerushalmi Yoma 1:1; Mishna Taanis 4:6; Midrash Tanchuma Shelach 21
The spiritual origin of the 17th of Tamuz pre-date the golden calf by some 1500 years.
18 Tamuz 5770 | 30 Jun 2010 | Duration: 14:46
Seder Olam Rabba 4; Gen. 8:4-13
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More details of the 17th of Tamuz.
17 Tamuz 5770 | 29 Jun 2010 | Duration: 7:32
Taanit 29a
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Also: the cessation of the daily offering; the burning of the Torah.
13 Tamuz 5770 | 25 Jun 2010 | Duration: 15:06
Taanit 28b
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How do we know that the tablets were smashed on the 17th of Tamuz?
12 Tamuz 5770 | 24 Jun 2010 | Duration: 16:11
MT Taaniyot 5:1; BT Taanit 26a, 28b-29a; Zech. 16:19
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What is the Torah source for declaring a public fast day?
10 Tamuz 5770 | 22 Jun 2010 | Duration: 14:47
MT Taaniyot 1:1-4
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Rav Moshe defines the end time for rabbinic fasts based on the various opinions on when nightfall comes.
9 Tamuz 5770 | 21 Jun 2010 | Duration: 13:28
Igros Moshe OC 4:62
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On Yom Kippur, we set a beautiful table and dress like angels.
7 Tishrei 5770 | 25 Sep 2009 | Duration: 18:16
OC 610:4; MB 610:7-18; Baer Heitev 610:1,3
The mitzvah of lighting candles for Yom Kippur.
5 Tishrei 5770 | 23 Sep 2009 | Duration: 10:37
OC 610:1-3; MB 610:1-8
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What do you do if you need to take medicine on a public fast day?
4 Tishrei 5770 | 22 Sep 2009 | Duration: 8:44
OC 328:2,9, 618:1
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Issues we should each address to become the Holy Nation we can be...
14 Av 5769 | 4 Aug 2009 | Duration: 16:52
Reflections on Tisha B'Av: what should we learn from the fast?
10 Av 5769 | 31 Jul 2009 | Duration: 17:32
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A review of mourning customs on Tisha B'Av, and the special leniencies of lifting mourning to prepare for Shabbos when Tisha B'Av falls on Thursday.
8 Av 5769 | 29 Jul 2009 | Duration: 17:16
OC 558:1; MB 558:1-3
During the Three Weeks, we don't simply mourn; rather, we long for Hashem and experience our deep loneliness
25 Tamuz 5769 | 17 Jul 2009 | Duration: 15:04
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The 17th of Tamuz, Self-Defense, and "Never Again."
17 Tamuz 5769 | 9 Jul 2009 | Duration: 12:55
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Selichos for Asara b'Tevet focus on three tragedies that occured during the month.
10 Tevet 5769 | 6 Jan 2009 | Duration: 9:35
II Kings 25
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A brief history of the events that brought about the first downfall of Yerushalayim. What caused the Jewish people to lose the Holy City, and what can we learn from those events about what is taking place in Eretz Yisroel today?
9 Tevet 5769 | 5 Jan 2009 | Duration: 15:11
2 Kings 16-24
In memory of Tamar Rivkah bas Sheur Zalman on the occasion of her yahrzeit.
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What are a child's obligations with regard to Yom Kippur and the Teshuva process? Does an adult need to do teshuva for the indiscretions of his or her youth? What about a ba'al teshuva?
5 Elul 5768 | 5 Sep 2008 | Duration: 17:19
OC 343:1 (Rama); MB 343:6; Ch"A 66; Yoma 8:4
The significance of Tisha b'Av goes beyond fasting and even beyond mourning. What are we to learn from Tisha b'Av?
7 Av 5768 | 8 Aug 2008 | Duration: 13:17
Ch"A 133:1;135:16
Summary and overview of all the special aspects of Shabbos Erev Tisha b'Av.
5 Av 5768 | 6 Aug 2008 | Duration: 15:23
Ch"A 135:23
On motzei shabbos erev Tisha b'Av, we cannot drink wine. How do we make havdala?
4 Av 5768 | 5 Aug 2008 | Duration: 15:22
OC 556; MB 556:1-5
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On Shabbos, the third meal usual extends past sunset into the night; on Erev Tisha b'Av, we begin fasting at sunset. So what do we do when Erev Tisha b'Av falls on Shabbos?
29 Tamuz 5768 | 1 Aug 2008 | Duration: 16:05
OC 552:10;553:2; MB 552:23-24;553:6-7
28 Tamuz 5768 | 31 Jul 2008 | Duration: 14:51
OC 551:9;553:2,12; MB 553:8-10,12
In general, we don't launder or wear clean clothes, take haircuts, or wash during the nine days. What about lichvod shabbat?
27 Tamuz 5768 | 30 Jul 2008 | Duration: 15:34
OC 551:3,16; MB 551:32,95-97
On Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av, do we read the haftarah for Rosh Chodesh or for the Tlat d'Puranuta? Also: the brachot for the haftorah and musaf on Shabbos Rosh Chodesh.
26 Tamuz 5768 | 29 Jul 2008 | Duration: 13:20
OC 425:1-3; MB 425:8,15; OC 284:2; MB 284:4; OC 428:8
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Overview and summary of the history and halachot of the Three Weeks
14 Tamuz 5768 | 17 Jul 2008 | Duration: 5:01
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We make havdala following Yom Tov, but we don't include the candle or spices. Why?
3 Sivan 5768 | 6 Jun 2008 | Duration: 15:13
OC 491:1; MB 491:1-2; OC 298:1; MB 298:1
Kiddush Lavana is ideally said on Motzei Shabbos or Motzei Yom Tov. What about after a fast day? This shiur discusses Yom Kippur, Tisha B'Av, Asara B'Tevet, Ta'anit Ester, and other Taaniot.
3 Iyar 5768 | 8 May 2008 | Duration: 17:18
OC 426:2; MB 426:7-11; Beur Halacha d.h. "v'Lo kodem Yom HaKippurim"
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One who forgets aneinu on a fast day does not go back to insert it. But the halacha is quite different for an individual as compared to the shaliach tzibbur.
9 Tevet 5768 | 18 Dec 2007 | Duration: 14:55
OC 119:4; MB 119:16-19
In memory of Tamar Rivkah bas Sheur Zalman on the occasion of her yahrzeit.
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After Yom Kippur, we rush to do several mitzvot, among them building the sukkah. We also leave out tachnun as the days until Sukkos have a quasi Yom Tov status. What is the connection between these themes?
13 Tishrei 5768 | 25 Sep 2007 | Duration: 11:51
OC 624:5; MB 624:18-19; OC 625:1; MB 625:2; I Kings 7-8
Dedicated as a zechut for a refuah shleima for Moshe ben Ester Ruchel.
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We eliminate several prayers on Erev Yom Kippur, including LaMinatzeach, Mizmor L'Todah, and Tachnun -- though each is eliminated for a different reason. Slichot are shortened and Avinu Malkeinu is skipped.
7 Tishrei 5768 | 19 Sep 2007 | Duration: 7:57
OC 604:2; MB 604:3-5
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Most of us eat on the day before Yom Kippur to prepare ourselves for the upcoming fast. But it is actually a mitzvah to eat on Erev Yom Kippur. Why is that?
6 Tishrei 5768 | 18 Sep 2007 | Duration: 15:39
OC 604:1; MB 604:1-2
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Join Rav Dovid for a corporate "Lunch and Learn" discussion on relating to the High Holidays in our modern times. What makes the Yomim Noraim relevant for us today? Is this just a bunch of "New Year's Resolutions" that, like all other such resolutions, will be forgotten within days of Yom Kippur? How should we relate to Rosh HaShanah, and why do these Holidays occur back-to-back on the calendar?
28 Elul 5767 | 11 Sep 2007 | Duration: 51:47
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Some people fast every Erev Rosh Chodesh for Yom Kippur Katan. What's it all about?
29 Av 5767 | 13 Aug 2007 | Duration: 9:56
OC 417:1; MB 417:4
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There are leniencies in the restrictions regarding haircuts during the three weeks for mourners just coming out of shloshim and for children's clothing. Also: avoiding the evil forces that lurk about during the three weeks.
8 Av 5767 | 23 Jul 2007 | Duration: 11:05
OC 551:14-15,18; MB 551:81-87
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Kiddush Levana is a time of joy, so it is delayed until after Tisha B'Av. Meat and wine are not eaten during the Nine Days, but what about at a seudat mitzvah?
5 Av 5767 | 20 Jul 2007 | Duration: 15:14
OC 551:8,10; MB 551:54-55,63-78
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An overview of all the halachot appertaining to the Nine Days from Rosh Chodesh Av until Tisha B'Av, plus the details on laundering, new clothes, and freshly-pressed clothes.
2 Av 5767 | 17 Jul 2007 | Duration: 16:12
OC 551:6; MB 551:44-45
Many tragedies befell the Jewish people in the month of Av, from the sin of the spies to the death of Aharon HaCohen.
1 Av 5767 | 16 Jul 2007 | Duration: 7:39
OC 580:1-2; MB 580:3
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The tlata d'puranuta -- three calamaties.
17 Tamuz 5767 | 3 Jul 2007 | Duration: 1:15
The fasts of BaHa"B are held twice a year following both Pesach and Sukkos. This shiur explores the reasons behind the fasts and brings out the relevant halachot of BaHa"B.
2 Iyar 5767 | 20 Apr 2007 | Duration: 22:34
OC 492:1; Tur 492; BY 492; MB 492:1-6
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The 8th and 9th of Tevet are among the lesser known fast days that are, in general, publicly observed.
8 Tevet 5767 | 29 Dec 2006 | Duration: 10:51
OC 580:1-2; MB 580:13
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The four levels of transgression and the requirements of kaporah for each.
29 Av 5766 | 24 Aug 2006 | Duration: 12:47
MT Teshuva 1:4
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Teshuva and the se'ir hamishtaleach of Yom Kippur.
28 Av 5766 | 23 Aug 2006 | Duration: 12:43
MT Teshuva 1:2-3
The obligation to rend one's garments at the sight of the destroyed Cities of Judah, Jerusalem, and the Temple.
13 Av 5766 | 8 Aug 2006 | Duration: 14:25
OC 561:1-5; MB 561:2,5-6,10-13
Restrictions on meat, wine, shaving, haircuts, and washing continue into the 10th of Av, though there are leniencies when the 10th falls on Friday.
10 Av 5766 | 4 Aug 2006 | Duration: 8:23
OC 558:1; MB 558:1,3
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Nachem, a special prayer for Tisha B'Av is added to boneh Yerushalayim. Aneinu is added as on all fast days. There are no selichot nor is tachnun recited, both due to the fact that Tisha B'Av is a moed.
7 Av 5766 | 2 Aug 2006 | Duration: 14:37
OC 557:1; MB 557:1-5; OC 559:4; MB 559:18-21
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Summary of the hilchot Tisha B'Av.
8 Av 5766 | 2 Aug 2006 | Duration: 13:12
MB 549:2; OC 554:25
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Tallis and tefillin are not worn at shacharit onTisha B'Av. Why? Also: sleeping on the floor or without a pillow.
6 Av 5766 | 1 Aug 2006 | Duration: 9:19
OC 555:1-2; MB 555:1,3,8; Lam. 2:17
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Take the day off if possible, and avoid greeting others.
2 Av 5766 | 28 Jul 2006 | Duration: 12:41
OC 554:23-24,20-21; MB 554:48-50,41-42
Ma'ariv, Eicha, and sitting on the floor.
3 Av 5766 | 28 Jul 2006 | Duration: 11:04
OC 559:2-3; MB 559:4-7,10-11,13
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The parameters of the prohibitions on annointing with oil and wearing shoes.
28 Tamuz 5766 | 25 Jul 2006 | Duration: 10:34
OC 554:15-17; MB 554:30-31,34-35
Marital relations are forbidden, but does the prohibition have all the stringencies of niddah? Introduction to the prohibition of working on Tisha B'Av.
29 Tamuz 5766 | 25 Jul 2006 | Duration: 12:10
OC 554:18,22; MB 554:37,43-45
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On Tisha b'Av, the restrictions on eating, drinking, and washing are identical to the restrictions on Yom Kippur.
25 Tamuz 5766 | 21 Jul 2006 | Duration: 15:55
OC 554:5-11; MB 554:16,21-22
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The first of the five afflictions: Torah study. What is prohibited, what is allowed?
24 Tamuz 5766 | 21 Jul 2006 | Duration: 13:52
OC 554:2-4; MB 554:3-8
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The five afflictions of Tisha b'Av and the acceptance of the fast.
23 Tamuz 5766 | 20 Jul 2006 | Duration: 13:43
OC 554:1; MB 554:1; OC 553; MB 553:1-3,8
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A variety of (raw) fruits, cheeses, and dairy products are permitted, though a mourner's meal is best. Also: why do we skip tachnun at mincha?
22 Tamuz 5766 | 19 Jul 2006 | Duration: 11:13
Taanit 30a; OC 552:4-8,12; Baer Heitev 552:5; MB 552:15-18
L'ilui nishmat Chaim ben Micha'el on the occasion of his yahrzeit.
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The Seudah HaMafseket is a simple meal, with one simple cooked dish and no wine.
21 Tamuz 5766 | 18 Jul 2006 | Duration: 11:13
OC 552:1-3; MB 552:1,3-6,11; Shaar HaTziun 552:1
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The Talmud lists five calamities that befell the Jewish People on Shiva Asar b'Tamuz.
17 Tamuz 5766 | 14 Jul 2006 | Duration: 3:38
OC 549; MB 549:2
What is the seudah hamafseket eaten on Erev Tisha b'Av?
18 Tamuz 5766 | 14 Jul 2006 | Duration: 10:49
OC 552:9; MB 552:20,22
L'ilui nishmat Avraham ben Leib on the occasion of his 25th yahrzeit.
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Prohibitions on washing and bathing during the Three Weeks. Avoiding missing opportunities to say shehechiyanu.
16 Tamuz 5766 | 13 Jul 2006 | Duration: 14:04
OC 551:16-17; MB 551:88,90,92,94,96-100; Beur Halacha d.h. V'litzorech mitzvah
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Prohibitions on meat and wine; more on haircuts and shaving; summary of the mourning customs of the Three Weeks.
15 Tamuz 5766 | 12 Jul 2006 | Duration: 10:27
OC 551:4,7,9,11-13; MB 551:36-37,40,49,58-59,79-80
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Haircuts and clean or new clothes are avoided as a sign of mourning.
14 Tamuz 5766 | 11 Jul 2006 | Duration: 15:05
OC 551:3,5; MB 551:20-22,25,32,44-45
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During the Nine Days or Three Weeks, we diminish our joy in all endeavors, whether for business or pleasure.
11 Tamuz 5766 | 7 Jul 2006 | Duration: 13:47
OC 551:2; MB 551:11-19
Introduction to the mourning period leading up to Tisha b'Av.
10 Tamuz 5766 | 6 Jul 2006 | Duration: 9:17
Taanit 26b; OC 551:1; MB 551:2,9
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An overview of the four fasts: the 10th of Tevet, the 17th of Tamuz, the 9th of Av, and the 3rd of Tishrei.
9 Tamuz 5766 | 5 Jul 2006 | Duration: 13:12
OC 550; MB 550:1,4,6-10
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The 9th of Tamuz is a fast day for a ba'al nefesh. Why is it not a fast day for the rest of us?
7 Tamuz 5766 | 3 Jul 2006 | Duration: 10:14
OC 549; MB 549:1,4
Why do we fast? Who is obligated to fast?
2 Adar 5766 | 2 Mar 2006 | Duration: 8:28
OC 686:2-3; MB 686:2,3,5,8; Shaar HaTziun 686:11
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Rav Dovid tells the story of Rabbi Akiva and the Ten Martyrs, rabbinic leaders killed by the Romans during the Hadrianic persecution. This emotional story lays the ground for deep theological concepts concerning Torah, martyrdom, and justice.
13 Tevet 5766 | 13 Jan 2006 | Duration: 8:54
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What if you accidentally eat on a public fast day? This is one of the most commonly misunderstood halachot of fast days. Rav Dovid clarifies based on the Mishnah Brurah.
10 Tevet 5766 | 10 Jan 2006 | Duration: 3:10
MB 549:3; OC 568
Why do we continue to fast today? Who must fast? What about someone who is sick? Pregnant? Nursing?
9 Tevet 5766 | 9 Jan 2006 | Duration: 8:45
OC 549:1; OC 550:1; MB 550:1; MT Taaniyot 5:1,19
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The History of the Tenth of Tevet as found in II Kings chapter 25.
6 Tevet 5766 | 6 Jan 2006 | Duration: 9:34
OC 549; II Kings 25
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