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)
- ►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)
- 01 - Emotional Preparation
- 02 - Washing One’s Hands
- 03 - Kippah and Belt
- 04 - The Appropriate Dress for Prayer
- 05 - Detailed Laws of One’s Dress for Prayer
- 06 - One May Not Bring to Synagogue Children Who Are Likely to Disrupt
- 07 - Preventing Possible Disruptions in Prayer
- 08 - One Who Must Relieve Himself While Praying
- 09 - One Who Needs to Relieve Himself Before Reciting Other Matters of Sanctity
- 10 - One Who Needs to Relieve Himself in the Middle of Praying
- 11 - One Who Is Tipsy or Drunk
- ►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: 05 – Preparations for Prayer
01 – Emotional Preparation
Prayer is intended to elevate and strengthen people. Therefore, knowing that one is about to be uplifted and brought closer to Hashem, a person must approach prayer out of joy and not while in a state of sadness or apathy. … Continue reading
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02 – Washing One’s Hands
A person who prays must be in a state of purity. It is therefore a mitzvah to wash one’s hands before engaging in prayer. However, a distinction is made between a situation in which a person knows that his hands … Continue reading
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03 – Kippah and Belt
A person must prepare himself for prayer, feel awe towards God’s majesty and glory, and be happy that he is about to stand before the King of Kings in prayer. This should also be apparent in his dress; one’s clothes … Continue reading
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04 – The Appropriate Dress for Prayer
A person who finds himself in a situation in which he has no clothes is obligated to wear at least shorts and an undershirt for prayer (Berachot 25a; Shulchan Aruch 91:1). Although while reciting Shema and berachot it is sufficient, … Continue reading
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05 – Detailed Laws of One’s Dress for Prayer
Those whose profession requires them to wear work clothes and it is difficult for them to change before praying are permitted to pray in their work clothes, because for them, these articles of clothing are not considered disgraceful. Nevertheless, in … Continue reading
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06 – One May Not Bring to Synagogue Children Who Are Likely to Disrupt
It is forbidden for a person praying to seat a baby down in front of him because there is concern that the baby will disturb his concentration (Mishnah Berurah 96:4). All the more so, during times of prayer services, one … Continue reading
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07 – Preventing Possible Disruptions in Prayer
While reciting the Amidah, one may not hold an object that he fears will fall, such as tefillin, a book, a full bowl, a knife, coins, or food, because he will worry that it may drop, and thus his kavanah … Continue reading
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08 – One Who Must Relieve Himself While Praying
The Chachamim teach that one who needs to relieve himself, be it to urinate or to defecate, is prohibited from praying (Berachot 23a), since the need to relieve himself is likely to disrupt his kavanah. In addition, it is not … Continue reading
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09 – One Who Needs to Relieve Himself Before Reciting Other Matters of Sanctity
Just as one who needs to relieve himself and cannot wait 72 minutes is prohibited from reciting the Amidah, so too, he is prohibited from reciting berachot, saying Shema, and learning Torah, for it is not proper to engage in … Continue reading
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10 – One Who Needs to Relieve Himself in the Middle of Praying
The ruling regarding a person who does not need to relieve himself when he starts to pray, but in the middle of his prayer feels a rising need, is based on how much he needs to relieve himself, and what … Continue reading
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11 – One Who Is Tipsy or Drunk
A person must be clearheaded when he prays. Unlike many idol worshipers who perform their rituals using drugs and alcohol to attain a state of ecstasy, our petitions to Hashem are achieved through seriousness and deep thought. That is why … Continue reading
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