Halakha 9a – When Does a Boy Become a Bar Mitzvah – How to Count a Minyan – Responding to Kaddish – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. 00:00 – A boy becomes a Gadol on the day of his Bar Mitzvah – not the hour. 04:41 – The meaning of Bar Mitzvah? 05:26 – Continue Reading »
Halakha 8b – Respecting the Daled Amos of Someone Davening Shemoneh Esrei – Mezuman – Minyan – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. 00:00 – It’s forbidden to stand, sit, or walk directly in front of a person saying the Shemoneh Esrei. Daled Amos is about six feet. 07:28 – It’s forbidden to stand, sit, Continue Reading »
Halakha 8a – Shir HaShirim – Kriyas Shema – Harnessing the Yetzer Hara to Serve HaShem – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. 00:00 – Description of how Hisbodedus – personal prayer – is done. Dovid HaMelech and Yeravom ben Navat. 02:00 – Shlomo HaMelech and Shir HaShirim. *03:52 – A Hidden Name of HaShem Continue Reading »
Halakha 7b – Kriyas Shema – Ana beKoach – Shem Mem Beis – Teshuvah Through Hisbodedus – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. 00:00 – The importance of pronouncing every word of Kriyas Shema carefully. 09:15 – Parshios of Kriyas Shema. 14:14 – Ana beKoach is also called Shem Mem Beis – the 42-Letter Name [of Continue Reading »
Halakha 7a – Tefilas Shacharis – Ashrey – Kavana – Psukei dZimra – Timing of Tzedakah – Az Yashir – Yishtabach – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. 00:00 – The Four Worlds of creation correspond to the structure and progression of Tefilas Shacharis. Olam HaAsiya parallels the first part of Shacharis, from the morning Continue Reading »
Halakha 6b – Kiddush Levana – Holiness of a Shul – Mechitza – Order of Prayer in the Siddur – The Four Worlds – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. 00:00 – Announcing the Molad and Kiddush Levana. 05:42 – Holiness of a Shul. Not kissing a child in Shul. 08:53 – Honoring the Kedushah Continue Reading »
Halakha 6a – Tefilah beTzibur – Responding to Kaddish – The Power of Omein (Amen) – Tefilah beKoach – Skhar Pesiya – Early to Shul – Makom Kavuah – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. 00:00 – Tefilah BeTzibur. *02:60 – The importance of responding to Kaddish . 03:19 – The punishment of Cherem. *05:51 Continue Reading »
Halakha 5b – Simcha of Yom Tov – Past and Present – Binding the Lulav with the Hadassim and Aravos – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. [Sound restored from a CD copy of a copy – not from original.} 00:00 – Simcha – Joy – of Yom Tov – Past and Present. 04:44 – Continue Reading »
Halakha 5ab – Preparation for Tefilah – Tzedakah – Nusach for Hiskashrus to the Tzaddik – Hilkos Sukkos – Arba Minim – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. 00:00 – Hoshana Rabba. 06:25 – Dinim of Tefilah: preparing for Tefilah by dressing with respect for HaShem. 12:44 – Binding one’s soul to the souls of Continue Reading »
Halakha 4 – Tzitzis – Mezuza Washing Hands in the Morning – Elul – Laws and Customs – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld ז”ל. 00:00 – Hilkhos Tzitzis. 14:37 – Height of Mezuza. 19:47 – Seif 6. How the Mezuza parchment is rolled and attached to the doorpost. 24:51 – The Mezuza must be fastened Continue Reading »
