Rephael Cattan

We are beginning siman 7, which discusses the concept of mitzvah bo yoser m’shlucho, that if a person has the option to perform a mitzvah through their own effort, or to have a shliach (proxy) perform it, it is preferable that the mitzvah be performed by the person himself. Even though the mitzvah is kosher […]

 We are continuing in siman 6, regarding the concept of zrizin makdimin. Today, we will discuss scenarios where zrizin makdimin is not only an expression of hiddur mitzvah, but an intrinsic component of the mitzvah itself.   The first example is sefiras haomer. The Torah describes sefiras haomer as temimos, whole. One explanation is that one

 We are continuing in siman 6, regarding the concept of zrizin makdimin. We will continue the discussion (shiur 1403) regarding how to balance between zrizin makdimin and other elements of hiddur mitzvah. We learned that the Chayei Adam brought a proof from the Gemara in Rosh Hashanah to prove that zrizin makdimin takes precedence over

We are continuing in siman 6, discussing the concept of zrizin makdimin. Today we will clarify the different leshonos found in Chazal regarding doing mitzvos with alacrity. There are a few concepts found in Chazal regarding doing mitzvos with alacrity, and they seem to overlap.  The first is zirizin makdimin.  Next is the concept of

 We are beginning siman 6, where the Chayei Adam discusses the concept of zrizin makdimin lemitzvos (those who have alacrity rush to perform mitzvos). It is interesting to note that the concept is not about zrizin u’makdimin, those who have alacrity and those who rush to perform mitzvos (which would indicate two actions), but rather

 We are continuing in siman 5, regarding the concept of hiddur mitzvah. We left off discussing whether hiddur mitzvah applies after a mitzvah has been completed. The Brisker Rov brought the Gemara of bris milah on Shabbos to learn that once a mitzvah has been completed, it is impossible to have hiddur mitzvah. This is

 We have finished siman 5, and have a few points to clarify. In siman 656, which discusses the halachos of hiddur mitzvah, the Mishnah Berurah brings up a discussion regarding whether the addition of one third applies to everyone, regardless of financial status, or maybe a wealthy person would be required to add more, and

 We are continuing in siman 5, discussing the concept of hiddur mitzvah. We learned that there is a machlokes about how to understand the Gemara which teaches us that one must spend up to one third on hiddur mitzvah. Rashi understands that it refers to one third more expensive, while Tosfos understands that it refers

 We are continuing in siman 5, discussing hiddur mitzvah.  In Bava Kamma 9b, Rav Zeira says that hiddur mitzvah requires up to one third. There is a machlokes rishonim how to understand the Gemara. Tosfos says that Rav Zeira refers to a case such as where one bought an esrog and then finds another esrog

  We are beginning siman 5, where the Chayei Adam discusses the concept of hiddur mitzvah,.  The Chayei Adam writes that one of the concepts a person must be aware of when they do a mitzvah is the concept of hiddur mitzvah, doing the mitzvah in a manner which is more beautiful. This concept is

 We are continuing in siman 4, discussing the concept of oseik bmitzvah patur min hamitzvah. We have mentioned that in siman 38, the Shulchan Aruch writes that people writing STA”M are patur from shema, tefillah and other mitzvos. The Shulchan Aruch mentions that people who sell tefillin are also patur from other mitzvos. The Mishnah

 We are continuing in siman 4, discussing the concept of oseik bmitzvah patur min hamitzvah.  In siman 71, the Biur Halacha writes that oseik bmitzvah applies only when both mitzvos are mitzvos asei. However, oseik bmitzvah does not exempt someone from a mitzvas lo saasei. Thus, in the case we discussed yesterday of an ani

 We are continuing in siman 4, discussing the concept of oseik bmitzvah patur min hamitzvah. We learned that according to the Ritva, the chiddush of the pasuk which teaches oseik bmitzvah patur min hamitzvah is to teach that one should not leave mitzvah A to perform mitzvah B, even if mitzvah B is a mitzvah

 We are continuing in siman 4, discussing the concept of oseik bmitzvah patur min hamitzvah. We left off with a question regarding the reason the Torah teaches the concept of oseik bmitzvah patur min hamitzvah twice. We learned that according to the Ran, the second pasuk comes to teach that even when a person is

1We are continuing in siman 4, discussing the concept of oseik bmitzvah patur min hamitzvah. There are many machlokos surrounding this concept, but one of the most famous is between Tosfos and the Ran in a situation where one can perform two mitzvos without one diminishing from the other. The Ran holds that once a

We are continuing siman 4, regarding the concept of oseik bmitzvah patur min hamitzvah. We learned that the Chayei Adam writes that the idea that one is patur from mitzvah B is only when the mitzvah B will require tircha (effort) which will take one away from mitzvah A. The Chayei Adam had given two

We are beginning siman 4. The Chayei Adam will discuss the concept of oseik b’mitzvah patur min hamitzvah, that when one is involved with mitzvah A they are not chayav to switch to mitzvah B.  The Chayei Adam writes that the source for the halacha that oseik b’mitzvah patur min hamitzvah is the pasuk u’velechtecha