Articles Lema'seh Beit Midrash Articles Categories Around the Jewish Year Grafting Kashrut Kila'im Land of Israel Orlah & Neta Revay Other Topics Shemitah Terumot & Ma’aserot Place and Parasha Chadash Challah Kids Garden of Mitzvot Subscribe to our Newsletter Full Name Email I agree to the terms of use and privacy policy of the site. How is Yom Ha'atzma'ut connected to the level of obligation of terumot and ma'aserot? Does the reinstatement of Jewish sovereignty over the Land of Israel impact the level of obligation for land-dependent mitzvot? Read More The Prohibition of Chadash Today — A Brief Overview According to data from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, approximately 93% of the wheat consumed in the State of Israel is currently imported, while only... Read More Pesach: Instructions for Baking Hand Matzah This article covers the entire matzah baking process, from baking preparations, through dough preparation and docking, baking, challah separation and cleaning. Read More Are women obligated in birkat ha'ilanot? Is birkat ha'ilanot, the blessing over budding trees that we say during Nissan, a time-bound mitzvah? If not, are women obligated? Read More On the Exemption and Avoidance of the Terumot and Ma‘aserot Obligation Is there an obligation to create the circumstances that generate a halachic obligation to separate terumot and ma‘aserot? This broad topic—of exempting oneself... Read More Pesach: Bi'ur Ma'aserot and Viduy Ma'aserot, Nissan 5786 Biur and viduy ma'aserot are unique mitzvot that occur once every three years; this year (5786) is one of them. On the halachot of bi'ur and viduy ma'aserot as... Read More Bi'ur and viduy ma'aserot What is involved in the mitzvah of bi'ur ma'aserot? Can we perform viduy ma'aserot today? On two unique mitzvot that occur twice during the shemitah cycle.... Read More Bi'ur ma'aserot and viduy ma'aserot This article discusses a rare mitzvah we do twice in sevem years, in the 4th and 7th year of the shemitah cycle (5786, 5789). Read More What to do if you forgot to do bi'ur ma'aserot by the deadline The ma'aser sheni coin should be destroyed by Pesach (years four and seven of the shemita cycle: 5779,5782, 5786). What happens if you forget? Can you use... Read More The Prohibition of Chadash in Israel Today: A Review To understand which food products may be problematic vis-à-vis chadash in Israel today, we need to familiarize ourselves with the halachot, cultivation methods,... Read More 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
