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A noted scholar and researcher, Rabbi Yehuda Shurpin serves as content editor at Chabad.org, and writes the popular weekly Ask Rabbi Y column. Rabbi Shurpin is the rabbi of the Chabad Shul in St. Louis Park, Minn., where he resides with his wife, Ester, and their children.
And why doesn’t Chabad recite “E-l Melech Ne’eman”?
The Shema contains 245 words. This is significant because it is just three words shy of 248, the number of “limbs” in the human body according to the Talmudic reckoning. See Mishna Ohalot 1:9; Talmud Bechorot 45b, cited by Maimonides in Hilchot Tumat Met ...
Practically, a Kohen must be careful not to become ritually impure through exposure to a dead body.
Since these clothes are worn in honor of Shabbat itself, not in honor of whoever may happen to see you, this applies even when you’re alone.
The Sages were concerned that unrestricted festival cooking might lead people to cook for an ordinary weekday as well.
Can it be likened to a pre-set timer?
When, where, and how to fulfill the Mitzvah.
Precious little is known about this period, but some details may be gleaned from rabbinic sources.
Getting an aliyah consists of being called to the Torah, saying a blessing, standing near the reader while the Torah is read, and then saying a concluding blessing.
Kedushah reenacts the angels’ praise as we rise toward G-d and acknowledge His unknowable greatness.
Throughout the day, there are many situations that require different methods of ritual handwashing.
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