Hilchot Shavuot – Staying Up All Night
Rabbi Silverberg reviews of the halachot of how being up all night, affects the halachic morning procedure, and the brachot one does/does not say, as a result of being up all night.
Daf Kesher on Parshat Naso (Israel)
Shapell’s/Darche Noam brings you the weekly Daf Kesher, featuring a faculty article, guided text study, and Dvar Torah on the weekly parsha. If you would like to dedicate a Daf Kesher in honor/memory of a loved one please contact the Development Department at emuna@darchenoam.org To open the Daf Kesher in a new window as a […]
Daf Kesher on Parshat Bamidbar (Chutz Laaretz)
Shapell’s/Darche Noam brings you the weekly Daf Kesher, featuring a faculty article, guided text study, and Dvar Torah on the weekly parsha. If you would like to dedicate a Daf Kesher in honor/memory of a loved one please contact the Development Department at emuna@darchenoam.org To open the Daf Kesher in a new window as a […]
Rav Fyvel Shuster “Allegiance to the Flag”
Shavuot:A Divine Invitation
by: Rabbi Francis Nataf, Teacher, Midreshet Rachel v’Chaya The Beit haLevi asks an interesting question on the nusach of our Shavuot prayers: We speak of Shavuot as “zman matan torateinu,” yet the Torah was actually given on the seventh day of Sivan, the day after we celebrate Shavuot (ed note; make reference to gemara that […]
Shavuot: Choosing a Profession: Torah Considerations
Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz Part II – Entering the Professional World: Pros and Cons Many deliberate over whether to enter the professional world (usually preceded by university study) or to pursue full-time Torah study in a kollel framework. I draw on my experience in the yeshiva, the academic and the professional worlds to present some of […]
Shavuot: Torah and Professionalism
Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz Part I – Full-time learning vs. combining learning with a profession General introduction We will attempt here to explore a diversity of views on the subject of Torah and professionalism. When Rav Yaakov Kaminetsky zt”l discussed this issue he emphasized that it is not an area subject to clear cut halakhic analysis […]
Shavuot: The Students of Rabbi Akiva & Shavuot
Rabbi Joel Zeff We are now nearing the end of the countdown (countup?) towards Shavuot and Matan Torah. This period of the Omer involves customs associated with mourning. Why? The Talmud relates that during this period, 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva died in a plague. (Several other tragic events in Jewish history also occurred during […]
Shavuot: Preparation for Shavuot
Rabbi Menachem Farber How strange it seems to prepare for Matan Torah through re-experiencing the tragic demise of Rabbi Akiva’s Talmidim. Yet, the proximity of such a major tragedy to Matan Torah is surely not coincidental. What lesson is there for us in that tragedy and in its timing? The Gemara tells us that Rabbi […]
Shavuot: Regaining our Crowns
Rabbi Menachem Farber, senior lecturer, Darche Noam/Shapell’s I. The Taste of Torah In the beginning of Parshat Mishpatim, Hashem taught Moshe Rabbeinu a powerful lesson about transmitting Torah. On the words, “These are the laws that you should place before them,” Rashi makes the following comment: Hashem said to Moshe: Do not say, “I will […]
