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 Chanukah 5785 Can orlah or tevel oil be used to light the Chanukah menorah? Can a Kohen use terumah oil? Should we separate challah from donut batter? Learn here about... Read More Parashat Bechukotai: Two Types of Ma'aserot in Jerusalem Ahead of Jerusalem Day, we'll discuss ma'aserot brought to Jerusalem: ma'aser sheni and ma'aser behema, and find the difference between them. We will also... Read More The Bikkurim Festival at Agricultural Settlements in the Early Zionist Period On the "bikkurim" festivities in the early Zionist period in kibbutzim and moshavim. When the farmers called fruit "bikkurim," did this confer to the fruit a... 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 Rosh Hashanah: The Pomegranate On the pomegranate in Tanach, special halachic considerations, symbolism, and most important: how many seeds are actually in a pomegranate? 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: Matzah and Marror - When Ma'aserot Were Not Delivered to a Levi and Poor Person If someone buys matzah and lettuce, which the owner named the ma'aserot but may have not delivered the ma'aserot to the appropriate destinations (ma'aser rishon... Read More Tu BiShevat: The New Year for Trees Tu BiShevat is an important date for the laws of ma'aserot, orlah and neta revay 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 Rosh Hashanah: Number of Seeds in a Pomegranate Do pomegranates have 613 seeds? Plus: on the orlah problem of pomegranate tree root suckers – for Rosh Hashanah Read More 1 2 3 4
