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. Tevel – untithed produce Tevel - produce that grow and Israel and Terumot and Ma'aserot were not taken from it yet. In this article we will discuss more about the Tevel Read More Parashat Toldot: Yitzchak's Gevura in Gerar Yitchak personifies midat hadin and gevura. These qualities are manifest in that he stands before G-d alone, and does not negotiate with the Philistines. This... Read More Orlah: source sheet English and Hebrew Source sheet about the mitzvah of Orla: Practical halacha and the ideas behind it Read More Parashat Noach: Can an exceptional event actually rectify the situation? Do extraordinary, miraculous events have a long-lasting effect? On the role of the extraordinary and the mundane, and the connection to the mitzvot hatelyuot... Read More Parashat Bereishit: Averting Failure with Death The day of death was a gift to mankind, our Doomsday arsenal to counter our evil inclination. So tells us the Reish Lakish, the bandit-turned-Amora. Also about... Read More Separating terumot and ma'aserot from one year to the next Is it permissible to separate terumot and ma'aserot from tomatoes or cucumbers that were picked before Rosh Hashana to exempt tomatoes/cucumbers picked after... Read More Parashat Devarim - Serving G-d After the Sin Service of Hashem pre- and post-sin is not necessarily identical, as we see with sowing teruma seeds—a lesson the ma'apilim failed to understand. Bikurim is a... Read More Parashat Chayei Sara: The Patriarch Who Never Left Israel About Yitzchak Avinu, the only patriarch who never left the Land of Israel, and the connection to the Beraita that says that a gentile who sells fruit and... Read More The Prohibition of Chadash What is "chadash" and "yashan"? Does the prohibition of chadash apply outside of Israel? Why don't we ever see certification relating to chadash in Israel? Read More Taking Challah Parashat Shelach, dedicated to the uniqueness of the Land of Israel, features the mitzvah of challah. While this mitzvah is tied to the Land of Israel, it was... 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
