If the time for Kriat Shma arrives during a eulogy, what should one do? And if the time for Kriat Shma arrives after the burial, but before one has had a chance to comfort the mourners, what takes precedence?
Last time we established that one is exempt from saying Kriat Shma when he is preoccupied while doing a mitzvah. How does this principle apply to the participants at a funeral?
Last time we established that one is exempt from saying Kriat Shma when he is preoccupied while doing a mitzvah. How does this principle apply to the participants at a funeral?
Last time we established that one is exempt from saying Kriat Shma when he is preoccupied while doing a mitzvah. How does this principle apply to the participants at a funeral?
This shiur continues the topic of what may and may not be said in a bathroom. Today the Rambam discusses the prohibition of saying G-d's names in a bathroom, but limits its applicability to certain names... while the Raavad disagrees with the Rambam's limitation in one particular case.
This shiur continues the topic of what may and may not be said in a bathroom. Today the Rambam discusses the prohibition of saying G-d's names in a bathroom, but limits its applicability to certain names... while the Raavad disagrees with the Rambam's limitation in one particular case.
This shiur continues the topic of what may and may not be said in a bathroom. Today the Rambam discusses the prohibition of saying G-d's names in a bathroom, but limits its applicability to certain names... while the Raavad disagrees with the Rambam's limitation in one particular case.
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