Around the Jewish Year Lema'seh Beit Midrash Articles Around the Jewish Year 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. Three Weeks Rosh Hashanah Sukkot Tu BiShevat Purim Pesach Nissan Shavuot Chanukah Iyar Elul Laws of selichot and their significance in light of the teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook From the beginning of the month of Elul, Sephardi and Yemenite Jews are accustomed to reciting selichot at dawn, while Ashkenazi Jews customarily begin selichot... Read More The Three Weeks: From Sorrow to Joy During the Three Weeks—from the 17th of Tammuz until the 9th of Av—various customs of mourning are observed. This article explores the laws of mourning observed... Read More Planting during the Nine Days Is it permissible to plant during the Nine Days? On permissible and forbidden gardening activities during this time. Read More Marking bikkurim today Suggestion for marking first fruit to demonstrate that we are anticipating using them as bikkurim with the imminent rebuilding of the Beit Hamikdash, without... Read More Bikurim and the giving of the Torah: Gratitude The foundation of the commandment of bringing bikurim lies in our appreciation for the Creator, as expressed in the text read during the bikurim, when one... Read More Status of Land-Dependent Mitzvot in Areas Liberated in the Six-Day War On the halachic status of various territories conquered during the Six-Day War vis-à-vis the land-dependent mitzvot: Gaza, Arava, and the Golan Heights, and... Read More Laws governing birkat ha'ilanot Rosh Chodesh Nissan is the first day we can say birkat ha'ilanot, the blessing on blossoming fruit trees, praising Hashem for creating a beautiful world with... Read More Shavuot: The connection between Shavuot, Megillat Rut, and Harvest One reason cited for reading Megillat Rut on Shavuot is because it occurred during the harvest. Does this fact really matter? On the spiritual significance of... Read More Pesach: Oat and Rye Matzah In recent years, bakeries started selling matzah from various types of flour, such as oats and rye. On wheat matzah vs. matzah from other grains: do they have... Read More Pesach: Maror on Seder Night This article covers various halachic issues related to eating lettuce as maror on Seder night. Eating maror on Seder night: five practical questions and... Read More 1 2 3 4
