October 20, 2022

 We are beginning siman 7. The Chayei Adam writes that there is no chiyuv of kimah in any place in which one cannot say “Shalom” to someone else. Shalom is one of Hashem’s names, so it cannot be recited in places such as a beis hamerchatz. There is no chiyuv of kimah in such a […]

 We are beginning siman 6. The Chayei Adam writes, based on a Gemara, that it is assur for one to close their eyes when a talmid chacham (or seivah) are about to pass. The pasuk which teaches us the chiyuv for kimah and hiddur ends with veyareisa mei’elokecha, that regarding this mitzvah one should have