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Center for the Jewish Future

November 30-December 6 • Kislev 26-Tevet 2

This learning on the site this week was sponsored:

in memory of Hindu & Pinchas Chaimovitz, and Batya Gitel bat Moshe Aaron
by the Cohen, Kraut and Silver families in memory of Elaine Bienenfeld Silver z”l
in memory of Reb Dan Chaim Haleivi ben Michael / Rabbi Dan Segal z"l and Ben Grossman z"l, and Batya Gitel bat Moshe Aaron z"l
by Reuben Pludwinski in memory of his mother Edith, Itta bas Yehudah Leib
by Dr. Alexander & Meryl Weingarten in memory of Dr. Alvin M. Lashinsky, Avraham Moshe ben Meir Hakohen, on the occasion of his yahrzeit on the 19th of Kislev and in honor of their children, Mark, Michael, Julie, Marnie and Michelle
by Susan Lieberman and family in memory of their dear husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, Aron ben Eliezer z"l

New This Week

 
Rabbi Eli Belizon

Stitching Up the Chag of Chanukah

What's the connection between getting stitches on Shabbos and lighting Chanuka candles?

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Rabbi Tzvi Benoff

Power of the Press: Scientific Progress in Halacha and Hashkafa

What is the status of a sefer that isn't written by hand?

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Rabbi Yoni Levin

Hidur Mitzvah of Chanuka: Making Your Own Olive Oil

What kinds of oils and wicks are kosher for Chanuka candles?

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Rabbi Hershel Schachter

Chanuka and Torah Sheb'al Peh

What the miracle of Chanuka teaches us about the halachic process and the mesorah of Torah.

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Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky

Chinuch in Regard to Lighting Chanukah Candles

Why is there a mitzvah of chinuch for lighting candles if there's only one obligation on the entire household? Is there a concept of chinuch for hiddur mitzvah?

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Rabbi Michael Taubes

The Berachah of "She'Asah Nissim" on Chanukah

Do you make this bracha if you aren't lighting for yourself?

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Rabbi Moshe Weinberger

Chanukah - A New Light At The End Of The Tunnel

What would life be like without Chanuka? Insights from Rav Nachman.

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Rabbi Michoel Zylberman

Achsinai and Neiros Chanukah
How does someone who is away from home fulfill the mitzvah of lighting Chanuka candles?

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Featured This Week

 
Shabbat Chanuka

Navigating the complicated lighting both erev and motzei Shabbat, as well as the shared lessons of Chanuka and Shabbat.

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What is Zos Chanuka?

What's so special about the last day of Chanuka as an end to the Yamim Noraim period?

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The History and Significance of the Dreidel

Why is there such a focus on a simple child's game on Chanuka? And is it permitted to play with money?

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Kollel & Midreshet Yom Rishon @YUTORAH

Recordings from the program on Sunday, November 28

Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman: Happy Chanukah: What Kind of Festival is it?

Rabbi Baruch Simon: Inyanei Chanuka

The Abraham Arbesfeld Kollel Yom Rishon for Men and Millie Arbesfeld Midreshet Yom Rishon for Women are programs of Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future.

Daf Yomi @YUTORAH

Insights to the Daf with Shiurim for the week of Taanit 12-18

Rabbi Tanchum Cohen: Aspirational and Practical: Why are Anshei Ninveh our Model for Teshuva? (16a)

 

Rabbi Chaim Eisenstein: Fasting for Only Part of the Day (12b)

Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman: Yitzchak’s Ashes (16a)

 

Rabbi Yonah Gross: Tefilla at the Kevarim of Tzadikim (16b)

 

Rabbi Eliakim Koenigsberg​​​​: When Do the Three Weeks Begin? (12a) The Five Inuyim of Tisha B'Av (13a)

Rabbi Isaac Rice: Waking Up To Eat Before the Fast (12a) Bathing During Aveilus (13a) The Pregnant or Nursing Woman on a Fast Day (14a) The Mitzvah of Simcha on Rosh Chodesh (15b) When To Visit a Cemetery (16a) Torah & Mitzvos are for Everyone (17b) Putting Your Life on the Line for Jewish People (18b)

 

Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner: Stress in Jewish Law (12b) Tefilat Shav: The Wasted Prayer in Jewish Law (18b)

 

Rabbi Jonathan Ziring: Can the Chazan for the Yamim Noraim be a Baal Teshuva? (16a)

Rabbi Michoel Zylberman: Rechitza and Sicha on Tisha B'Av (13b)

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