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Rav Dovid gives a daily halacha at the Wall Street Synagogue in Lower Manhattan. This series covers Adar and Purim.
A special message from Rabbi Dovid Bendory, Executive Director of Pidyon.
20 Tevet 5771 | Duration: 1:39
11 Adar 5770 | Duration: 13:13
Shaarei Teshuva 682:1; OC 693:1; MB 693:1
What to do if you forget al hanissim in either the amidah or in birkat hamazon.
10 Adar 5770 | Duration: 13:39
OC 682:1; MB 682:1-5
If your Seudat Purim stretches into nighttime, do you still say al hanissim?
9 Adar 5770 | Duration: 15:06
MB 188:33; Baer Heitev 188:8
When Sunday is Rosh Chodesh, we say both retzei and ya'aleh v'yavo in birkat hamazon as shabbos ends. What about when Sunday is Purim?
8 Adar 5770 | Duration: 16:30
OC 187:4; OC 188:10; MB 188:33
If Taanit Esther is pushed back from shabbos to Thursday, does a bris override the fast?
5 Adar 5770 | Duration: 10:06
OC 686:2; MB 686:7
There is no better tochacha than that of a prophet -- such as Mordechai's tochacha to Esther. Also: Taanit Esther when Purim is on Sunday.
4 Adar 5770 | Duration: 14:26
Est. 4:13-14; OC 686:2; MB 686:2-3
Various topics in aspects of the Chanukah blessings.
24 Kislev 5770 | Duration: 16:27
Igros Moshe OC 5:20b
Reasons to make a shehechiyanu.
23 Kislev 5770 | Duration: 14:45
Igros Moshe OC 5:20b
Do we make a shehechiyanu bracha on the day of Chanukah itself or just on the mitzvah of lighting the candles?
21 Kislev 5770 | Duration: 14:52
Igros Moshe OC 5:20b
It's best not to verbally blot out Haman's name.
13 Adar 5769 | Duration: 8:22
Igros Moshe OC 1:192
Even when we blot out Haman's name during megilla reading, we still have to hear the megilla.
10 Adar 5769 | Duration: 17:37
OC 690:17; MB 690:59-60; Shar HaTziun 690:57; Baer Heitev 690:14; Igros Moshe OC 1:192
An overview of the halachot of interruptions in kriat shema helps us better understand the halachot of interruptions in the reading of the megilla.
9 Adar 5769 | Duration: 12:37
OC 65:1, 690:17; MB 65:1
The reading of Parshat Zachor.
7 Adar 5769 | Duration: 15:45
OC 685:2,7; MB 685:6-8,14-16
If you pause during or interrupt the reading of the Megilla, do you need to start over? NOTE: there are mistakes in this shiur that will be corrected in part 2!
2 Adar 5769 | Duration: 15:24
Mishna Megilla 2:1-2; OC 690:5; MB 690:17-19
If you have a pasul Megillat Ester, make sure not to read aloud with the ba'al koreh
30 Shevat 5769 | Duration: 11:44
OC 690:4; MB 690:13-16
Rav Moshe's psak on microphone use with regard to megilla.
29 Shevat 5769 | Duration: 13:57
Igros Moshe OC 4:126
If you hear the megilla read over a microphone, have you fulfilled your obligation?
25 Shevat 5769 | Duration: 15:45
Igros Moshe OC 2:108
If the megilla is missing letters, words, or entire verses, can it be used?
24 Shevat 5769 | Duration: 14:16
OC 690:3; MB 690:6-12
Introduction to the halachot surrounding the public megilla reading.
23 Shevat 5769 | Duration: 15:03
OC 690:1-3; MB 690:1-5
Fasting on Purim is forbidden, and mourning only be observed in private.
19 Shevat 5769 | Duration: 11:21
OC 686:1, 695:2, 696:3; MB 695:6, 696:8-9
Be careful not to drink too much at the Purim meal.
18 Shevat 5769 | Duration: 14:48
Meg. 7b; OC 695:1-2; MB 698:4
Who was Ahashveirosh who made a 180-day party? Why is it important that he sat on his throne in Shushan, his capitol city; isn't that what all kings do?
12 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 14:58
Est. 1:1; Targum, ad loc.
An introduction to the first few verses of the Megilla as an example of the rabbinic exegetic process.
11 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 14:00
Est. 1:1; Rashi, Ebn Ezra, Rishon LeTzion, Targum, ad loc.
If you must be away for Purim such that you won't have an opportunity to hear the megilla at the right time, what should you do?
10 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 13:45
OC 688:7-8; MB 688:19-23
When Shushan Purim falls on Shabbos, Jews in walled cities celebrate Purim for three days!
9 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 15:43
OC 688:6; MB 688:14-18
A dweller of a walled city who goes to a village for Purim or vice versa... when does he read the Megilla? Also: Two Biblical walled cities of questionable status.
6 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 13:51
II Sam. 20:14; Judges 16:2; OC 688:5; MB 688:12-13
Halachot for situations when you are unsure whether to observer Purim on the 14th or 15th of Adar, including questionably walled cities, and an introduction to people who travel to or from walled cities for Purim.
5 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 16:13
OC 688:4-5; MB 688:9-12; Beur Halacha d.h. "Ben ir she'halach l'krach"
The status of various cities -- modern Jerusalem, Shushan, Jaffa, Tiberias, Hebron, and more.
4 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 14:08
OC 688:2-3; MB 688:5-8
Most of us celebrate Purim on the fourteenth of Adar, but certain cities, like Shushan, celebrate on the fifteenth.
3 Adar II 5768 | Duration: 14:32
Est. 9:17-23; OC 688:1; MB 688:1,3-4
In a leap year, are events observed in Adar 1 or Adar 2?
30 Shevat 5768 | Duration: 9:24
OC 697:1; MB 697:1-3 Shaar HaTziun 697:2
What if you forget al hanissim in birkat hamazon? Also: what if Purim falls before or after shabbos and your meal begins in the day and continues into the night -- can you say both al hanissim and r'tzei?
12 Adar 5767 | Duration: 15:47
OC 695:3; MB 695:15
Matanot L'Evyonim and Mishloach Manot are mitzvot that enhance the communal joy of Purim and increase the loving brotherhood of all Jews for each other.
10 Adar 5767 | Duration: 14:48
OC 694:4; MB 694:12-13; OC 695:4; MB 695:18-27
The obligations of half-slaves, androginus, and tumtum; reading megilla without a minyan: odd situations that demonstrate the halachic importance of hearing the megilla read.
9 Adar 5767 | Duration: 13:00
OC 689:3-5; MB 689:9,14-15
Is the obligation to read the Megilla, or is the obligation to hear it read? Is the obligation the same for men and women? Can women read the megilla in public? Can women read it for men?
5 Adar 5767 | Duration: 14:35
OC 689:2; MB 689:4-7; Shaar HaTziun 689:7
Megilla is so important that we put aside (almost) any other mitzvah to read the megilla -- even a mitzvah d'oraita.
4 Adar 5767 | Duration: 14:35
OC 687:2; MB 687:7,10-12
Also: what if you forget to read one of the four parshiyot?
20 Shevat 5767 | Duration: 19:20
Ex. 30:11-16; Meg. 29b; OC 685:1; MB 685:2
Also: Why are some verses recited aloud by all?
13 Adar 5766 | Duration: 6:20
OC 689:1,6; MB 689:1-3,16-17
10 Adar 5766 | Duration: 9:44
OC 694:1; MB 694:5; Ex. 25:1-3
The Mitzvot of Purim: giving food and gifts to the poor.
9 Adar 5766 | Duration: 8:35
OC 695:4; OC 694:1; MB 695:25; MB 694:1-3; Est. 9:19
Is there really a mitzvah to get drunk on Purim?
8 Adar 5766 | Duration: 8:53
Meg. 7b; OC 695:1-2; MB 695:5
Is there a reference to Purim in the Torah?
7 Adar 5766 | Duration: 12:57
Chul. 139b; Gen. 3:11; Deu. 31:18; Ex. 30:23
The reading of Parshat Zachor on the Shabbos before Purim.
7 Adar 5766 | Duration: 2:37
OC 685:2,7; MB 685:14; Gen. 36:12; Ex. 17:8-16; Deu. 25:17-19
Is there a difference between the daytime and nighttime Megilla reading?
3 Adar 5766 | Duration: 7:43
OC 687:1; MB 687:2; Shaarei Teshuva *
Why do we fast? Who is obligated to fast?
2 Adar 5766 | Duration: 8:28
OC 686:2-3; MB 686:2,3,5,8; Shaar HaTziun 686:11
30 Shevat 5766 | Duration: 5:53
Taanit 26b; Taanit 29a-b
The reading of Parshat Shekalim on the Shabbos before Rosh Chodesh Adar.
23 Shevat 5766 | Duration: 10:19
Ex. 30:11-16; Meg. 29a; OC 685:5; MB 685:1
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