Shikul Da'at

Each week we will learn one halachah from the Shulchan Aruch, a central text to the understanding of how Jewish life is lived day to day.  Unlike the other Shikul Da'at episodes, which focus on interpretations of the weekly Torah reading, "Weekly Halachah" examines Jewish law as summarized in the great legal code Shulchan Aruch, with occasional insights from Mishnah Berurah commentary.  This episode deals with 2:5 & 6, which deals with covering the head and emptying one's bowels.

A teaching from the Shem Mishmuel's commentary on the Haggadah. 

This week we begin the book of Leviticus, with all its challenging sacrifices and rituals. How can the sacrificial system still have meaning for us today? We'll explore Maimonides, Nachmanides, Rabbi David Hartman and the Seforno to find an answer.

Each week we will learn one halachah from the Shulchan Aruch, a central text to the understanding of how Jewish life is lived day to day.  Unlike the other Shikul Da'at episodes, which focus on interpretations of the weekly Torah reading, "Weekly Halachah" examines Jewish law as summarized in the great legal code Shulchan Aruch, with occasional insights from Mishnah Berurah commentary.  This episode deals with Chapter 2 #4, which concerns the proper way to put on shoes. 

The Shem Mishmuel shares a very deep teaching (in the name of the Kotzker Rebbe) that reveals the inner meaning of the opening of Parshat Pekudei.

There is a beautiful message in the Torah this week.  We look at the structure of the Torah itself and the 39 labors prohibited on Shabbat to uncover something hidden in plain sight in our Torah portions: a powerful teaching about the meaning of our lives, our search for God and God's search for us. 

Each week we will learn one halachah from the Shulchan Aruch, a central text to the understanding of how Jewish life is lived day to day.  Unlike the other Shikul Da'at episodes, which focus on interpretations of the weekly Torah reading, "Weekly Halachah" examines Jewish law as summarized in the great legal code Shulchan Aruch, with occasional insights from Mishnah Berurah commentary.  This episode deals with 2:2&3, concerning the correct way to get dressed in the morning.

A magnificent, humbling and revealing teaching from the Kedushat Levi on Purim about 6:1 of the Megillah, "The King's sleep was disturbed." 

The Shem Mishmuel compares two terms connected with prophecy and discovers in one of them the essence of spiritual life and commitment - a teaching for the ages.