Completing a Book of Talmud - Tractate Horiyot
Click here for the original text of the Talmud. The tractate Horayot, one of the shortest tractates in the Talmud, discusses the laws governing the various sacrifices brought by people who accidentally...
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Click here for the original text of the Talmud. This tractate, which literally means “profane [items],” covers the laws of preparing kosher meat for consumption (as opposed to sacred sacrificial meat)...
View ArticleCompleting a Tractate of Talmud - Tractate Erchin
Tractate Erchin, (literally “assessments”) deals with various kinds of donations to the Holy Temple. It is named for the Biblical model of donation in which one donates the “worth” of an individual to...
View ArticleCompleting a Tractate of Talmud - Tractate Meila
Tractate Meila discusses the sanctity of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and its sacrifice, and the prohibition against using sacred items –or animals consecrated for sacrifice –for personal use.
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Although I had no experience as a congregational rabbi, I succeeded at it largely because the Rebbe guided me every step of the way—not telling me what to do, just making sure I fulfilled my mission...
View ArticleCompleting a Book of Talmud - Tractate Chagigah
The tractate of Chagigah (lit. "festivity") details the laws of the biblically mandated thrice-yearly pilgrimage to the Holy Temple—on Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. The tractate also discusses at...
View ArticleCompleting a Book of Talmud - "Nine Days" Siyum
Click here for the original text of the Talmud. This tractate, which literally means “profane [items],” covers the laws of preparing kosher meat for consumption (as opposed to sacred sacrificial meat)...
View ArticleCompleting Tractate Chagigah - Nine Days Siyum
The tractate of Chagigah (lit. "festivity") details the laws of the biblically mandated thrice-yearly pilgrimage to the Holy Temple—on Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. The tractate also discusses at...
View ArticleCompleting a Book of Talmud - Tractate Horiyot
Click here for the original text of the Talmud. The tractate Horayot, one of the shortest tractates in the Talmud, discusses the laws governing the various sacrifices brought by people who accidentally...
View ArticleCompleting a Book of Talmud - Tractate Chullin
Click here for the original text of the Talmud. This tractate, which literally means “profane [items],” covers the laws of preparing kosher meat for consumption (as opposed to sacred sacrificial meat)...
View ArticleCompleting a Tractate of Talmud - Tractate Erchin
Tractate Erchin, (literally “assessments”) deals with various kinds of donations to the Holy Temple. It is named for the Biblical model of donation in which one donates the “worth” of an individual to...
View ArticleCompleting a Tractate of Talmud - Tractate Meila
Tractate Meila discusses the sanctity of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and its sacrifice, and the prohibition against using sacred items –or animals consecrated for sacrifice –for personal use.
View ArticleThe Rebbe Guides a Young Man Through Life
Although I had no experience as a congregational rabbi, I succeeded at it largely because the Rebbe guided me every step of the way—not telling me what to do, just making sure I fulfilled my mission...
View ArticleCompleting a Book of Talmud - "Nine Days" Siyum
Click here for the original text of the Talmud. This tractate, which literally means “profane [items],” covers the laws of preparing kosher meat for consumption (as opposed to sacred sacrificial meat)...
View ArticleCompleting Tractate Meila - "Nine Days" Siyum
Tractate Meila discusses the sanctity of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and its sacrifice, and the prohibition against using sacred items –or animals consecrated for sacrifice –for personal use.
View ArticleCompleting Tractate Berachot - "Nine Days" Siyum
Berachot is the first tractate of the first order of the Mishnah. The Order of Zeraim (Seeds) primarily deals with laws relating to plants and farming. The connection between Berachot (Blessings) and...
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