Dirshu Mishnah Berurah

By Moshe Zeidman

A page a day (amud yomi) of Mishnah Berurah explained and clarified following (roughly) the cycle of the Dirshu program for mastery of the laws of daily Jewish living. Master the text in under 30 minu... more

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Dirshu Mishnah Berurah episodes:

July 04, 2023 MB 141.1 - 142.1 Making a Mistake With Reading the Torah
When should we correct the person who reads from the Torah in public? Not every mistake should be called out. Only where there is a material change in meaning where the mistake is made.
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21min
July 02, 2023 MB 141.4 - 141.7 The 3 People Needed at the Bimah During the Reading of the Torah
We recreate the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai every time we read from the Torah in shul. We have the Giver of Torah (HaShem) who stands as the gabbai, the reader (Moses) who communicates the Torah, and the one called to the Torah to make the blessings - who is the representative of the Jewish People - who receives the Torah.

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32min
June 28, 2023 MB 141.1 - 141.3 Reading from the Torah must be done standing.
The person called to the Torah, the reader, and the gabay must all stand unsupported when the Torah is read unless under certain specific conditions
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27min
June 27, 2023 MB 140.2 - 140.3 Correctly Identifying the Starting Point of Each Torah Reading
The blessing that is made during a call up to the Torah must relate to the correct reading for that day and section. Where the wrong place is shown to the one making the blessing, there are times when a repeat blessing must be made.
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24min
June 25, 2023 MB 139.7 - 140.1 Holding the Torah when making the Bracha and Reading from it
We discuss the practices of holding the sefer Torah when making its blessing and reading from it together with interruptions in the reading of the Torah.
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30min
June 22, 2023 MB 139.4b - 139.6 How to Make the Bracha for An Aliyah - Open or closed?
When called to the Torah to make a bracha there are differing practices as to whether the Torah scroll is open or rolled. We discuss what to do.
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20min
June 21, 2023 MB 139.2 - 139.4a Can Someone Who Cannot Read the Torah Correctly be Called to the Torah?
The original practice was for each person called to the Torah would read from the Torah. Since today, there is an appointed person who reads on behalf of others, there is not the same level of requirement for someone called to make the brocha to be able to read.
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27min
June 20, 2023 MB 138.1b - 139.1 Appropriate places to stop reading for an aliyah to the Torah.
We discuss being mindful of inaccurate impressions we give to those entering and leaving shul during the reading of the Torah that they shouldn’t think only two pesukim are being read.
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23min
June 18, 2023 MB 137.5- 138.1a Is it Permitted to Repeat Previous Call Ups to the Torah?
There are some exceptions where it is permitted to repeat previous verses read, most noticably on Simchat Torah, however, ordinarily we should not go back and repeat verses unless there is no other option to complete the 10 verses needed.

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20min
June 14, 2023 MB 137.4 Apart from Parshat Amalek, a Minimum of 10 Verses Need to be Recited
Previously we learned that each call up to the Torah needs to read 3 verses. Ideally a combined total of 10 verses should be read.
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19min

FAQs about Dirshu Mishnah Berurah:

How many episodes does Dirshu Mishnah Berurah have?

The podcast currently has 779 episodes available.