Practical Medical Halachah Whatsapp #5 - Taking Pills on Fast Days - Jul 30, 2024 - A weekly 5-10 minute Medical Halachah Whatsapp. This installment: Taking pills on fast days. Note: Please consult your doctor for medical advice. To sign up for the whatsapp go to http://tiny.cc/wamedical

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 49: 12:35-47 - Concluding the Dedication, Collecting Taxes - Jul 29, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Nechemiah, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Completing the joyous dedication of the wall around Jerusalem, and setting up a new system of collecting terumah and maaser - an occasion for celebration!

Fourteen Centuries #25: Rabbeinu Gershom, Part 2 - Jul 28, 2024 - Rav Yehudah Leontin, rebbe of Rabbeinu Gershom, and more about Rabbeinu Gershom himself. Note: The history is more overview than granular, and certainly not academic.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 48: 12:27-34 - Re-Dedicating Jerusalem - Jul 28, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Nechemiah, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. A parade along the new wall of Jerusalem dedicates it - but was it necessary, and effective?

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 47: 12:10-26 - Documenting Levi, Singing Dovid - Jul 26, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Nechemiah, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. We see the list of kohanim gedolim who served in the first 34 years of the second Beit haMikdash, as well as lists of the leviyim, and a description of the leviyim singing the songs of Dovid HaMelech.

Loeg LaRash: A Call for Empathy in Discussing the Draft - Jul 25, 2024 - Derashah for Parshat Pinchas 5784. Why it's wrong for non-Israelis to debate the Chareidi draft issue with Israelis. Loeg larash prohibits acting in a way that ignores the emotional pain of others.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 46: 12:1-21 - The 24 Shifts of Kohanim - Jul 25, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Nechemiah, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Listing the 24 shifts of kohanim at the start of the second Beit haMikdash. Were there 24?

Makkot 9a-9b - Jul 24, 2024 - More on the goel hadam: May he kill the murderer before the beit din tries him? And is there a mitzvah for the goel hadam to act? And then within the gemara: what is the halachic status of a ger toshav, regarding ir miklat and in general?

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 45: 11:1-26 - The Volunteers and Leaders - Jul 24, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Nechemiah, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. The list of leaders who lived in Jerusalem. And who were those who volunteered to live there?

Practical Medical Halachah Whatsapp #4 - Fasting During Pregnancy on the "Minor Fasts" - Jul 23, 2024 - A weekly 5-10 minute Medical Halachah Whatsapp. This installment: May a pregnant woman fast on Tzom Gedalyah, Asarah b'Tevet, and Shivah Asar b'Tammuz? Note: Please consult your doctor for medical advice. To sign up for the whatsapp go to http://tiny.cc/wamedical