Rephael Cattan

  We have finished the simanim of the Chayei Adam regarding kiddush, and we are clarifying  additional points not mentioned in the Chayei Adam. Today, we will discuss whether there is a need to make a bracha achrona over the kiddush wine for someone who had a revi’is.    The minhag is to assume it […]

  We have finished the simanim of the Chayei Adam regarding kiddush, and we will now clarify  additional points not mentioned in the Chayei Adam. Today, we will discuss the pesukim added to kiddush.    The Mishnah Berurah raises the problem that we have a halacha that kol pasuk d’lo paskei moshe, anan lo paskinan,

  We have finished the simanim of the Chayei Adam regarding kiddush, and we will now clarify  additional points not mentioned in the Chayei Adam. Yesterday, we mentioned that a person can be yotzei kiddush even without having drunk anything themselves, as long as there was someone who drank a melo lugmav of the kos.

  We have finished the simanim of the Chayei Adam regarding kiddush, and we will now clarify  additional points not mentioned in the Chayei Adam. We began discussing a question which occurred over Sukkos, where a person made kiddush, said the bracha on the fire, forgot to recite the bracha of havdalah, and then recited

  We have finished the simanim of the Chayei Adam regarding kiddush, and we will now clarify  additional points not mentioned in the Chayei Adam. We learned yesterday about being yotzei through shomeah k’oneh, and left off discussing a situation in which a person is not able to be yotzei with the mekadeish, such as

  We have finished the simanim of the Chayei Adam regarding kiddush, and we will now clarify  additional points not mentioned in the Chayei Adam.    The Chayei Adam does not clarify whether it is preferable to be yotzei kiddush through shomeah k’oneh or to make kiddush oneself.    The sefer Olas Shabbos, an early

 We are skipping siman 27, which discusses a person who does not have wine, bread or fruits for kiddush. Baruch Hashem, we do not have this challenge.  In siman 28, the Chayei Adam writes that the Gemara discusses making kiddush in shul. People traveling would often sleep and eat in the shul over Shabbos (or,

We are beginning siman 26, where the Chayei Adam discusses one who forgets to make kiddush. The Chayei Adam begins with a case of a person who forgot to make kiddush, washed, made the bracha for hamotzi, and then remembered they did not make kiddush–before they ate from the hamotzi. We know that a person

We are beginning siman 23. The Chayei Adam writes that if Shimon is in one house, and Reuvein is in another house, and Shimon hears Reuvein make kiddush, if Reuvein has in mind to be motzi Shimon, Reuvein is yotzei even though they will be eating separate meals. The Mishnah Berurah adds that even though

We are beginning siman 22, discussing the definition of “seudah” as it pertains to being yotzei kiddush b’mokom seudah. We mentioned the approach of Rav Moshe regarding people who eat by a kiddush on Pesach without eating mezonos or wine. Rav Moshe understands that there are two points relevant to kiddush b’mokom seudah. One is

  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 22, where the Chayei Adam is discussing kiddush b’mokom seudah. Today, we will discuss the definition of a “seudah”.  The Gra holds that a meal means

  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 21, where the Chayei Adam continues the halachos of kiddush b’mokom seuda. The Chayei Adam writes that there should not be a time lapse between making

  We are continuing in siman 20, learning about kiddush b’mokom seudah. We left off discussing a person who makes kiddush in the sukkah and is forced to leave, or vice versa, and whether they need to repeat kiddush when they move to their new place since they did not have a seudah in their

  The current series, which will cover Maariv on Friday night and Kiddush, is available for sponsorship. Please contact Rabbi Reingold for more information.   We have finished siman 20, which discussed the definition of makom as it regards kiddush b’mokom seudah. The Chayei Adam will discuss which foods qualify as creating a seudah in

  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 20, which begins the halachos of kiddush b’mokom seudah. The Chayei Adam writes that kiddush must take place in the same place as the “seudah mamish”.

  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 15. The Chayei Adam writes that if one is presented with a kos shel bracha, they must drink from it in a significant way. The Chayei

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 14, where the Chayei Adam will discuss a person who made kiddush and spoke before drinking. The Chayei Adam writes that if a person made kiddush and