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Appropriate Wine 3; Chamer Medina 2 (Klal 6 Siman 9) Hilchos Shabbos – S0163

  The current series, which will cover Maariv on Friday night and Kiddush, is available for sponsorship. Please contact Rabbi Reingold for more information.   We are continuing in siman 9, discussing the concept of chamer medina. The Shulchan Aruch, in siman 272:9, brings down an opinion that one cannot use chamer medina for kiddush. […]

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Appropriate Wine 2; Chamer Medina 1 (Klal 6 Siman 7-9) Hilchos Shabbos – S0162

 The current series, which will cover Maariv on Friday night and Kiddush, is available for sponsorship. Please contact Rabbi Reingold for more information. We are continuing in siman 7, where the Chayei Adam discusses the halachos of gilui. The Chayei Adam wrote that one should be makpid not to use wine for kiddush which has

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Appropriate Wine – 1 – Bishul and Gilui -(Klal 6 Siman 7)- Hilchos Shabbos – S0161

The current series, which will cover Maariv on Friday night and Kiddush, is available for sponsorship. Please contact Rabbi Reingold for more information. We are beginning siman 7. The Chayei Adam writes that Chazal enacted that the mitzvah of kiddush should be fulfilled through wine. Next, he writes that raisin wine is considered wine. Although

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Mitzvas Kiddush 6; Being Motzi Others 2 (Klal 6 Siman 6) Hilchos Shabbos – S0160

  The current series, which will cover Maariv on Friday night and Kiddush, is available for sponsorship. Please contact Rabbi Reingold for more information.   We are continuing in siman 6, discussing the idea that while one can normally be motzi others, it does not apply to birchas hanehenin. That being said, it does apply

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Mitzvas Kiddush 5; Being Motzi Others 1 (Klal 6 Siman 6) Hilchos Shabbos – S0159

 The current series, which will cover Maariv on Friday night and Kiddush, is available for sponsorship. Please contact Rabbi Reingold for more information.  We are beginning siman 6. Yesterday, we learned that when one person is being motzi someone else, both individuals must have the same level of chiyuv towards that mitzvah. The way one

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Mitzvas Kiddush 4; Chiyuv Nashim 2 (Klal 6 Siman 5-6) Hilchos Shabbos – S0158

  The current series, which will cover Maariv on Friday night and Kiddush, is available for sponsorship. Please contact Rabbi Reingold for more information.   We are continuing in siman 5. We learned that women are chayav in kiddush mideoraysa, and that a katan cannot be motzi an adult woman (nor man). We left off

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Mitzvas Kiddush 2 (Klal 6 Siman 4) Hilchos Shabbos – S0156

  The current series, which will cover Maariv on Friday night and Kiddush, is available for sponsorship. Please contact Rabbi Reingold for more information.   We are beginning siman 5. The Chayei Adam writes that women are chayav in kiddush mideoraysa, just like men. This is a chiddush, because kiddush is a mitzvas asei shehazman

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Mitzvas Kiddush 2 (Klal 6 Siman 4) Hilchos Shabbos – S0156

  The current series, which will cover Maariv on Friday night and Kiddush, is available for sponsorship. Please contact Rabbi Reingold for more information.   We are beginning siman 4. We learned that the ikar chiyuv kiddush can be fulfilled through shemoneh esrei, and that miderabanan one has  to make kiddush on wine, and it

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Tefillas Maariv on Shabbos 4 – Mitzvas Kiddush 1 (Klal 6 Siman 2-3) Hilchos Shabbos – S0155

  The current series, which will cover Maariv on Friday night and Kiddush, is available for sponsorship. Please contact Rabbi Reingold for more information.   We are beginning siman 3, where the Chayei Adam continues discussing davening maariv before tzeis hakochavim on Friday night. We have learned that people who normally daven maariv after tzeis

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Tefillas Maariv on Shabbos 3 (Klal 6 Siman 1-2) Hilchos Shabbos – S0154

The current series, which will cover Maariv on Friday night and Kiddush, is available for sponsorship. Please contact Rabbi Reingold for more information. We are continuing in siman 2, where the Chayei Adam is discussing davening maariv before tzeis hakochavim on Friday night. The Chayei Adam began by referencing Klal 34, which is the general

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Tefillas Maariv on Shabbos 2 (Klal 6 Siman 1-2) Hilchos Shabbos – S0153

 The current series, which will cover Maariv on Friday night and Kiddush, is available for sponsorship. Please contact Rabbi Reingold for more information.  We are continuing in siman 1, where the Chayei Adam is discussing davening maariv before tzeis hakochavim on Friday night. Yesterday, we learned that although one is allowed to daven early (after

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Tefilas Maariv on Shabbo 1 -(Klal 6 Siman 1) -Hilchos Shabbos -S0152

 Today’s shiur is sponsored l’ilui nishmas Menachem Yitzchak ben R’ Moshe Yehuda Leib, Manny Sadwin zl, who considered Friday night Kiddush extremely important and special, and was careful with all of its halachos. May the learning be an ilui for his neshama.   The current series, which will cover Maariv on Friday night and Kiddush,

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Hadlakas Neiros 24 – Miscellaneous 3 (Klal 5 Siman 23) Erev Shabbos – S0151

We would like to thank our sponsor for this series, who sponsored a total of 41 shiurim on the topic of tosefes Shabbos and hadlakas neiros. May this zechus of limmud HaTorah and tzedakah help those who need shidduchim , and stand as a zechus for him for sponsoring!!  The next series, on the halachos

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Hadlakas Neiros 23 – Miscellaneous 2 (Klal 5 Siman 23) Erev Shabbos – S0150

We would like to thank our sponsor for this series, who sponsored a total of 41 shiurim on the topic of tosefes Shabbos and hadlakas neiros. May this zechus of limmud HaTorah and tzedakah help those who need shidduchim , and stand as a zechus for him for sponsoring!!  The next series, on the halachos

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Hadlakas Neiros 22 – Miscellaneous 1 (Klal 5 Siman 23) Erev Shabbos – S0149

We would like to thank our sponsor for this series, who sponsored a total of 41 shiurim on the topic of tosefes Shabbos and hadlakas neiros. May this zechus of limmud HaTorah and tzedakah help those who need shidduchim , and stand as a zechus for him for sponsoring!!  The next series, on the halachos

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Hadlakas Neiros 21 – Potential Concerns of Kibui (Extinguishing) (Klal 5 Siman 22) Erev Shabbos – S0148

We are continuing in siman 21, where we learned that one needs to light the majority of the available wick. This is known as lighting rov hayotzei, the majority of the wick which protrudes above the oil. This halacha applies to Chanukah as well. When one lights the neiros on Chanukah, they should not move

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Hadlakas Neiros 20 – Proper Procedure for Lighting (Klal 5 Siman 19, 21) Erev Shabbos – S0147

We are beginning siman 19. The Chayei Adam writes that one does not need to scorch the wick before lighting, but nevertheless, the minhag is to pre-light the wicks by lighting and extinguishing the wick so that the wick has sufficiently drawn the oil. Thus, when it is lit for the mitzvah, it will light

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Hadlakas Neiros 19 – Makom Hadlakah 6 (Klal 5 Siman 13) Erev Shabbos – S0146

We are beginning siman 14. The Chayei Adam writes that the hadlaka should be done in the makom achila, where one will be eating. When one has a choice between the makom achila and elsewhere, the makom achila takes precedence. Within the makom achila, the neiros should be on the table so that they light

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Hadlakas Neiros 18 – Makom Hadlakah 5; Benefit from the Neiros (Klal 5 Siman 13) Erev Shabbos – S0145

  We are continuing in siman 13. The Chayei Adam writes that the purpose of the neiros is to enhance the meal, so preferably they should last throughout the meal. Furthermore, if one makes early Shabbos, the neiros should last until nighttime, because the point is to light up the home when it is dark,

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Hadlakas Neiros 17 – Multiple Hadlakos in One Place; The Proper Amount of Neiros (Klal 5 Siman 12-13) Erev Shabbos – S0144

  We are beginning siman 12. The Chayei Adam writes that the minhag is for multiple women to light in the same place and make a bracha. We learned (S0131) that the Shulchan Aruch holds this is incorrect, and once one woman lights in a room, additional women who light do not make a bracha.

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