Kitzur Yomi: Dietary Laws

Covers separating challah from dough of the five grains: the blessing, the minimum amount of flour and cases of matzos and leaven. Also covers dough for cooking or frying.

Learning Halacha in a year with Rabbi Trump through the prism of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.

Main Concepts

- Mitzva of Challa (1,5,8)

- Volume of dough (2-4)

- Processing of dough (6-7)

- On Shabbos (9)

Covers preparing meat for salting: washing, soaking for about half an hour, and what happens if it soaked too long. Also covers frozen meat, cut pieces and the soaking vessel.

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Main Concepts

- Soaking the meat (1-7)

- Salting (8-14,27)

- Different organs (15-26,28)

Covers immersing new metal and glass food utensils bought from a non-Jew in a mikvah, and which utensils are exempt. Includes borrowed utensils, wooden utensils with metal parts and glass made in a Jewish-owned factory.

Learning Halacha in a year with Rabbi Trump through the prism of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.

Main Concepts

- What needs tevila? (1-3)

- Ownership (4-7)

- Types of Utensils (8-9)

- The Immersion (2,10-13)

Covers the prohibition of bread baked by a non-Jew: when localities are lenient, and how a Jew adding wood to the oven changes the law. Also covers glazed bread, dough made by a Jew and foods cooked by a non-Jew.

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Main Concepts

- Bishul Akum (6-11)

- Pas Akum (1-5)

- Chalav Akum (12-15)

Covers what may be eaten or drunk before washing for the meal, such as wine or cake, and how that affects blessings. Also covers when an item requires the after-blessing Al Hamichyah.

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Covers washing the hands before bread: when the blessing is said, and which vessels and how much water are acceptable. Also covers rubbing and raising the hands and what happens if the water is touched.

Learning Halacha in a year with Rabbi Trump through the prism of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.

Main Concepts

Part 1

- The vessel (1-3,7)

- The water (4,8-10)

- How to wash hands (4-6)

Part 2

- Chatzitza (11-12)

- Koach Gavra (13)

- No water (14)

- Interruptions (15-16)

- Foods which are dipped in liquid (17-21)

Covers washing the hands before bread: when the blessing is said, and which vessels and how much water are acceptable. Also covers rubbing and raising the hands and what happens if the water is touched.

Learning Halacha in a year with Rabbi Trump through the prism of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.

Main Concepts

Part 1

- Concept 1 - The vessel (1-3,7)

- The water (4,8-10)

- Concept 3 - How to wash hands (4-6)

Part 2

- Chatzitza (11-12)

- Koach Gavra (13)

- No water (14)

- Interruptions (15-16)

- Foods which are dipped in liquid (17-21)

Covers the blessing of Hamotzi and Birkas Hamazon: not speaking between washing and Hamotzi, how to break and cut the bread, and salt on the table. Also covers not throwing bread.

Learning Halacha in a year with Rabbi Trump through the prism of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.

Main Concepts

- The Bracha (1-2,5-6)

- Cutting the Bread (3-4,7)

- Which bread first (8-10)

Covers conduct at meals: feeding your animals before eating, not eating gluttonously or standing, and not talking while eating. Also covers a clean table and not being irritable during the meal.

Learning Halacha in a year with Rabbi Trump through the prism of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.

Main Concepts

- Feeding one’s animals first (1)

- Meal Etiquette (2-7)

- Special care for bread (8-11)

- Humility when eating (12-18)

- Making breaks in the meal (19-23)

Covers which foods eaten during a meal with bread need no separate blessing, such as meat, fish, drinks and baked goods. Explains the cases of fruit eaten as a main part of the meal or as a side dish.

Learning Halacha in a year with Rabbi Trump through the prism of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.

Main Concepts

- Foods during the meal (1,6-7)

- Drinks during the meal (2)

- Fruit during the meal (3-4)