This week’s essay will discuss a fascinating Sugya related to the rapidly approaching fast of Yom Kippur, yet a fundamental topic in and of itself. Preparation is an intrinsic part of every Mitzva. For example, building...
Category - Moadim
Yossi Sprung
Neither Snow nor Rain – nor Yisurim
The following words of the Rambam (Hilchos Talmud Torah, 1:8) are well known: Every man of Israel is obligated in Talmud Torah – whether he is poor or rich, whether his body is healthy and whole or afflicted with...
The (Questionably) Interrupted Count
“And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Shabbos, from the day you have brought the Omer [of the Korban that is] waved; they shall be seven complete weeks.” (Vayikra 23:15) [Note: we will return to the...
Rabbi Yossi Sprung
