Table Of Contents
- ►Shabbat (372)
- ►01 – Introduction (16)
- ►02 – Preparing for Shabbat (12)
- ►03 – Shabbat Times (5)
- ►04 – Lighting Shabbat Candles (8)
- ►05 – Torah Study and Prayer on Shabbat (15)
- ►06 – Laws of Kiddush (10)
- ►07 – Shabbat Meals and Melaveh Malka (8)
- ►08 – Havdala and Saturday Night (8)
- ►09 – The Principles of the Melakhot (12)
- ►10 – Bishul (Cooking) (25)
- ►11 – Borer (Separating) (18)
- ►12 – Food Preparation (12)
- ►13 – Melakhot Pertaining to Clothing (16)
- ►14 – Personal Grooming (9)
- ►15 – Boneh and Soter (14)
- ►16 – Mav’ir and Mekhabeh (8)
- ►17 – Electricity and Electrical Appliances (18)
- ►18 – Kotev, Moĥek, and Tzove’a (6)
- ►19 – Agricultural Melakhot (Ĥoresh, Zore’a, Kotzer, and Me’amer) (11)
- ►20 – Animals (10)
- ►21 – Hotza’ah (15)
- ►22 – The Spirit of Shabbat (19)
- ►23 – Muktzeh (15)
- ►24 – Children (10)
- ►25 – Melakha Performed by a Non-Jew (9)
- ►26 – Ma’aseh Shabbat and Lifnei Iver (10)
- ►27 – Sick People and Saving Lives (17)
- ►28 – Illness That Is Not Life-Threatening (14)
- ►29 – Eruvin (8)
- ►30 – Teĥum Shabbat (14)
- ►01 – Introduction (16)
- ►Laws of Women’s Prayer (205)
- ►Chapter 01: Fundamentals of the Laws of Prayer (8)
- ►Chapter 02: The Mitzva of Prayer for Women (10)
- ►Chapter 03: The Reasons behind Women’s Mitzvot (9)
- ►Chapter 04: Waking Up in the Morning (3)
- ►Chapter 05: Netilat Yadayim in the Morning (9)
- ►Chapter 06: Birkhot Ha-shaĥar – The Morning Blessings (7)
- ►Chapter 07: Birkhot Ha-Torah – The Blessings on the Torah (7)
- ►Chapter 08: The Shaĥarit Prayer and the Laws Prior to its Recitation (10)
- ►Chapter 09: Preparing the Body for Prayer (7)
- ►Chapter 10: Mental Preparation and Proper Attire (7)
- ►Chapter 11: The Place of Prayer (11)
- ►Chapter 12: The Amida (14)
- ►Chapter 13: Additions, Errors, and Omissions in the Amida (10)
- ►Chapter 14: Respect for Prayer (6)
- ►Chapter 15: Korbanot and Pesukei De-zimra (7)
- ►Chapter 16: Keri’at Shema and Its Berakhot (14)
- ►Chapter 17: The Prayers after the Amida (7)
- ►Chapter 18: Minĥa and Ma’ariv (3)
- ►Chapter 19: The Bedtime Shema (3)
- ►Chapter 20: Praying with a Minyan (19)
- ►Chapter 21: Some Laws Concerning the Synagogue, Tzitzit, and Tefilin (6)
- ►Chapter 22: Shabbat Prayer and Kiddush (11)
- ►Chapter 23: Some Laws Concerning the Holidays and Festivals (11)
- ►Chapter 24: Prayer Rites (Nusaĥ) and Customs of Different Communities (6)
- ►Chapter 01: Fundamentals of the Laws of Prayer (8)
- ►Laws of the Festivals (140)
- ►Preface (1)
- ►Introduction (1)
- ►01 – Introduction (17)
- ►02 – Positive Yom Tov Obligations (13)
- ►03 – The Principles of the Melakhot (10)
- ►04 – Melakhot Pertaining to Food (8)
- ►05 – Mav’ir, Mekhabeh, and Electricity (11)
- ►06 – Hotza’ah and Muktzeh (6)
- ►07 – Various Laws of Yom Tov (5)
- ►08 – Eruv Tavshilin (5)
- ►09 – Yom Tov Sheni (9)
- ►10 – The Mitzvot of Ḥol Ha-mo’ed (7)
- ►11 – Melakha on Ḥol Ha-mo’ed (18)
- ►12 – When Work Is Permitted on Ḥol Ha-mo’ed (13)
- ►13 – Shavu’ot (15)
- ►Glossary (1)
- ►Preface (1)
- ►Simḥat Ha-bayit U-virkhato – On the Mitzvot of Marital Intimacy and Procreation (120)
- ►Preface (1)
- ►01 – The Mitzva of Marital Sexual Relations (8)
- ►02 – The Laws of Ona (19)
- ►03 – Sanctity and Intention (15)
- ►04 – Safeguarding the Covenant of Circumcision (17)
- ►05 – Procreation (23)
- ►06 – Complications and Infertility (9)
- ►07 – Castration and Sterilization (6)
- ►08 – Consolation for the Childless (8)
- ►09 – Terminating Pregnancy (14)
- ►Preface (1)
- ▼Pesaĥ (167)
- ►Introduction & Glossary (2)
- ►1-The Meaning of the Holiday (8)
- ►2 – General Rules of the Prohibition against Ĥametz (7)
- ►3 – The Mitzva of Getting Rid of Ĥametz (7)
- ►4 – Bedikat Ĥametz – the Search for Ĥametz (14)
- ►5 – Bitul and Bi’ur Ĥametz (6)
- ▼6 – Mekhirat Ĥametz – the Sale of Ĥametz (6)
- 1. Sparing Ĥametz from Destruction by Selling It to a Gentile
- 2. How the Practice of Selling Ĥametz Spread
- 3. For Whom Is the Ĥametz Sale Intended Today?
- 4. The Laws of the Sale
- 5. The Deadline for Selling Ĥametz and the Status of One Visiting Israel or Abroad
- 6. Ĥametz That Was Sold – Its Status after Pesaĥ
- ►7 – Ĥametz Mixtures (6)
- ►8 – Pesaĥ Kashrut (9)
- ►9 – Kitniyot (7)
- ►10 – The Principles of Hagalat Kelim (14)
- ►11 – Koshering the Kitchen (16)
- ►12 – The Laws of Matza (8)
- ►13 – The Laws and Customs of Erev Pesaĥ (8)
- ►14 – When Erev Pesaĥ Falls on Shabbat (2)
- ►15 – The Hagada (9)
- ►16 – Seder Night (38)
- ►Introduction & Glossary (2)
- ►Tefila (236)
- ►01 – Fundamentals of the Laws of Prayer (10)
- ►02 – The Minyan (10)
- ►03 – The Place of Prayer (11)
- ►04 – The Chazan and the Mourner’s Kaddish (8)
- ►05 – Preparations for Prayer (11)
- ►06 – Nusach: Wording of Prayer (9)
- ►07 – Waking Up in the Morning (3)
- ►08 – Washing One’s Hands in the Morning (9)
- ►09 – Birkot HaShachar – The Morning Blessings (6)
- ►10 – Birkot HaTorah – The Blessings on the Torah (7)
- ►11 – The Times of Keriat Shema and Shacharit (12)
- ►12 – Before the Shacharit Prayer (10)
- ►13 – Korbanot – The Passages of the Sacrificial Offerings (6)
- ►14 – Pesukei d’Zimrah (6)
- ►15 – Keriat Shema (12)
- ►16 – Birkot Keriat Shema (7)
- ►17 – The Amidah (21)
- ►18 – Errors, Additions, and Omissions in the Amidah (10)
- ►19 – The Chazan’s Repetition of the Amidah (9)
- ►20 – Birkat Kohanim – The Priestly Blessing (11)
- ►21 – Nefillat Apayim and the Prayers of Supplication (8)
- ►22 – Several Laws of Torah Reading (9)
- ►23 – The Conclusion of Shacharit and the Laws of Kaddish (12)
- ►24 – The Minchah Prayer (7)
- ►25 – The Ma’ariv Prayer (9)
- ►26 – The Bedtime Shema (3)
- ►01 – Fundamentals of the Laws of Prayer (10)
- ►Zemanim (216)
- ►01 – Rosh Ĥodesh (18)
- ►2 – The Laws of Counting the Omer (10)
- ►3 – Customs of Mourning During the Omer Period (12)
- ►4 – Yom HaAtzmaut, Yom Yerushalayim, Yom HaZikaron (14)
- ►5 – Lag B’Omer (7)
- ►6 – The Four Fasts Commemorating the Churban (5)
- ►7 – The Laws of the Minor Fasts (12)
- ►8 – The Customs of the Three Weeks (23)
- ►9 – The Eve of Tish’a B’Av (5)
- ►10 – The Laws of Tish’a B’Av (21)
- ►11 – Hanuka (11)
- ►12 – Lighting the Chanukah Candles (15)
- ►13 – When and Where to Light Ĥanuka Candles (16)
- ►14 – The Month of Adar (10)
- ►15 – Purim and Reading the Megillah (15)
- ►16 – The Mitzvot of Joy and Kindness (16)
- ►17 – Walled and Unwalled Cities (5)
- ►01 – Rosh Ĥodesh (18)
- ►Shabbat (372)
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Series Editor: Rabbi Elli FischerThe Laws of Shabbat (1+2) - Yocheved Cohen
The Laws of Prayer - Atira Ote
The Laws of Women’s Prayer - Atira Ote
The Laws of Pesach - Joshua Wertheimer
The Laws of Zemanim - Moshe LichtmanEditor: Nechama Unterman
Chapter: 6 – Mekhirat Ĥametz – the Sale of Ĥametz
1. Sparing Ĥametz from Destruction by Selling It to a Gentile
By midday of the fourteenth of Nisan, every Jew must have disposed of the ĥametz in his possession. In the past, Jews would plan their food purchases and their meals so that by Pesaĥ they would have finished consuming any … Continue reading
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2. How the Practice of Selling Ĥametz Spread
About 400 years ago, many Jews living in Europe began to support themselves through the production and sale of whiskey. This was because the barons, the landowners, would often contract Jews to manage their affairs, and it was common for … Continue reading
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3. For Whom Is the Ĥametz Sale Intended Today?
In recent generations, new storage methods have been introduced that allow us to preserve food products for long periods of time. As a result, food manufacturers and dealers are in constant possession of large inventories of food, and they need … Continue reading
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4. The Laws of the Sale
Every Jew, before selling ĥametz, should read the authorization contract he will be signing, so that he understands that he is empowering the rabbi to sell his ĥametz, and that the sale is absolute. Nonetheless, if instead of reading the … Continue reading
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5. The Deadline for Selling Ĥametz and the Status of One Visiting Israel or Abroad
The sale must take place while it is still permitted to derive benefit from ĥametz, for when the sixth hour of the day of the fourteenth of Nisan arrives, and it becomes forbidden to derive benefit from ĥametz, it likewise … Continue reading
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6. Ĥametz That Was Sold – Its Status after Pesaĥ
After Pesaĥ, it is best not to use the ĥametz that was sold until one can assume that the rabbi has bought it all back. When necessary, though, one may take out some ĥametz immediately after Pesaĥ with a willingness … Continue reading
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