Rephael Cattan

  We have finished siman 6, where we discussed kol isha, and touched on the topic of zemiros. We are going to go off topic to understand some of the hashkafic and halachic aspects of zemiros shabbos. We will begin with an introduction.    There is a sefer about minhagim of Klal Yisroel known as […]

We are continuing in siman 6, discussing the halachos of kol. There is a Gemara in Pesachim which discusses hana’ah haba’ah lo l’adam ba’al korcho. When a person is in a situation where a prohibited pleasure comes to them against their will. Examples include the smell of chometz on Pesach, the smell of basar b’chalav,

  We are continuing in siman 6, discussing the halachos of kol. Today, we will discuss a man hearing his wife sing when she is a niddah.   As we have learned, this question will apply both in the context of hearing her sing in general, and to zemiros. The Pischei Teshuva, in Hilchos Niddah,

  We are continuing in siman 6, discussing the halachos of kol. Specifically, we are discussing the halachos of a woman or women singing zemiros in the presence of men.    There are four scenarios where this question applies: A family singing, so the question regards close relatives (brother/sister, mother/son, father/daughter). We have learned that

  We are continuing in siman 6, discussing the halachos of kol. We mentioned the possibility of there being a difference between hearing a woman sing in person versus a recording or live transmission, such as radio. Rav Ovadia Yosef has a teshuva in Yabia Omer (vol. 1) on this question. He first discusses whether

  We are continuing in siman 6, discussing the halachos of kol. The Gemara in Megillah, in discussing kriyas hatorah, says that trei koli lo mishta’mai, that two people reading something simultaneously is problematic, because the listeners cannot hear either voice properly. The gemara continues and says that Megillas Esther is an exception, because since

  We are continuing in siman 6, discussing the halachos of kol. We raised the question regarding a man hearing close relatives’ singing voices while davening or learning. Some make an argument based on the language of the Rema, who writes that kol haragil is permitted, that a close relative is someone who a man

We are continuing in siman 6, discussing the halachos of kol. We left off with a question regarding the status of listening to the kol of close relatives, for whom one does not have a yetzer hara.   The assumption of the poskim is that it is muttar to hear the singing voice of close

 We are beginning siman 6, which discusses the issue of kol, voice.  The Chayei Adam writes that kol b’isha ervah, a woman’s voice is considered ervah. This psak is based on a Gemara in Brachos 24b, which says kol b’isha ervah, and supports it from the pasuk in Shir Hashirim ki koleich areiv, that [a

  We are continuing in siman 5, discussing the halachos of covering hair. Today, we will discuss shaitels.   We have learned that there is a concept of certain women covering their hair, but we have not discussed what that covering should be. We know that the covering must cover the hair in a way

  We are continuing in siman 5, discussing the halachos regarding covering hair. It is clear in the Shulchan Aruch that a woman who has never been married does not need to cover her hair, as we have learned (shiur 1552). We learned from the Magen Avraham that although her hair does not need to

  We are continuing in siman 5. We have been speaking about the chiyuv for married women to cover their hair. We know that a woman who is not married is not chayav to cover her hair. Today, we will discuss a woman who is no longer married, whether divorced or widowed.   We know

  We are continuing in siman 5, and left off with a question about the halachic requirements regarding uncovering parts of the body at home.    We learned that the Shulchan Aruch writes clearly that one must be tznius at home, based on the Gemara of Rav Yosi. This obligation applies to men and women

 We are continuing in siman 5. We learned the halacha brought in Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim siman 2, about being careful about the halachos of tznius.  In the Mishnah Berurah there, the Mishnah Berurah writes that one must act with the appropriate tznius and humility, aware that they are standing in Hashem’s presence. This is

  We have finished siman 5, discussing the chiyuv of a woman to cover her hair. We learned that there is a machlokes how we pasken regarding covering hair at home and other private areas. The question is raised whether this machlokes is extended to other parts of the body. We know hair is unique

We have been discussing the halachos of hair, and we will recap and summarize what we have learned. There are two related but different halachos regarding hair. One regards a woman’s general chiyuv to cover her hair, and the second regards the issurim of ervah for kriyas shema, learning, and other devarim shebikedusha. These are