D'var Halacha

We are continuing in siman 1, where the Chayei Adam delineates the 39 melachos. The next 13 melachos are related to the process of making the yerios (curtains) and bigdei kehuna:   Gozeiz, shearing the wool from the sheep. We will discuss whether the melacha is defined by obtaining the hair for use, or by

We are continuing in siman 1. The Chayei Adam begins to list the melachos. Each of these melachos will be expanded upon, including their avos and toldos, in later simanim:   Zoreah, planting; Choreish, plowing and any other actions performed for preparing the ground for planting; Kotzeir; detaching something from its source of growth; Ma’ameir,

We are beginning Klal 9. To review, whereas most seforim divide their content by perakim/simanim and subdivides into seifim, the Chayei Adam divides his content by Klalim and subdivides into simanim.  We are beginning siman 1 in Klal 9. In this Klal, the Chayei Adam discusses the basic yedios a person needs to know regarding

  BE”H, we will be starting Klal 9 on January 3rd. Klal 9 is all of the basic rules of meleches Shabbos, and therefore a very important klal. Sponsorships are available for the whole klal or individual concepts or individual shiurim. Please contact Rabbi Reingold at (301)996-5910 or rabbireingold@gmail.com to sponsor   We are continuing

  BE”H, we will be starting Klal 9 on January 3rd. Klal 9 is all of the basic rules of meleches Shabbos, and therefore a very important klal. Sponsorships are available for the whole klal or individual concepts or individual shiurim. Please contact Rabbi Reingold at (301)996-5910 or rabbireingold@gmail.com to sponsor   We are beginning

  BE”H, we will be starting Klal 9 on January 2nd. Klal 9 is all of the basic rules of meleches Shabbos, and therefore a very important klal. Sponsorships are available for the whole klal or individual concepts or individual shiurim. Please contact Rabbi Reingold at (301)996-5910 or rabbireingold@gmail.com to sponsor   We are beginning

  BE”H, we will be starting Klal 9 on January 1st. Klal 9 is all of the basic rules of meleches Shabbos, and therefore a very important klal. Sponsorships are available for the whole klal or individual concepts or individual shiurim. Please contact Rabbi Reingold at (301)996-5910 or rabbireingold@gmail.com to sponsor   We are beginning

  BE”H, we will be starting Klal 9 on January 1st. Klal 9 is all of the basic rules of meleches Shabbos, and therefore a very important klal. Sponsorships are available for the whole klal or individual concepts or individual shiurim. Please contact Rabbi Reingold at (301)996-5910 or rabbireingold@gmail.com to sponsor   We are beginning

 BE”H, we will be starting Klal 9 on January 1st. Klal 9 is all of the basic rules of meleches Shabbos, and therefore a very important klal. Sponsorships are available for the whole klal or individual concepts or individual shiurim. Please contact Rabbi Reingold at (301)996-5910 or rabbireingold@gmail.com to sponsor  We are beginning siman 29

 BE”H, we will be starting Klal 9 on January 1st. Klal 9 is all of the basic rules of meleches Shabbos, and therefore a very important klal. Sponsorships are available for the whole klal or individual concepts or individual shiurim. Please contact Rabbi Reingold at (301)996-5910 or rabbireingold@gmail.com to sponsor We are continuing in siman

  BE”H, we will be starting Klal 9 on January 1st. Klal 9 is all of the basic rules of meleches Shabbos, and therefore a very important klal. Sponsorships are available for the whole klal or individual concepts or individual shiurim. Please contact Rabbi Reingold at (301)996-5910 or rabbireingold@gmail.com to sponsor We are continuing in

We are continuing in siman 25, discussing the besamim for havdalah. We left off discussing the bracha of hanosein reiach tov bapeiros, and whether one who says atzei besamim on such a fruit has fulfilled their obligation or not. It is a machlokes whether one is yotzei bedieved or not. Therefore, one should say the

We are continuing in siman 25, where the Chayei Adam is discussing besamim for havdalah. We learned that one does not need to wait to recite havdalah until finding besamim. Additionally, we learned about using a specific type of item for besamim. The term used in the Chayei Adam for this item is english pepper,

  We are continuing in siman 24, where the Chayei Adam discusses the proper procedure for reciting havdalah. Yesterday, we learned that the Chayei Adam holds one should stand for havdalah, out of kavod for the departure of the Shabbos Queen. The Chayei Adam writes that one should hold the cup of wine in his

 We are beginning siman 24, where the Chayei Adam discusses the proper procedure for havdalah. On the one hand, it can be argued that one should stand, because it is more appropriate to stand when escorting out the Shabbos Queen. On the other hand, it can be argued that one should sit, because being motzi

  We are continuing in siman 23, discussing the performance of melacha after Shabbos. We learned that there is a halacha, based on kabbalistic sources, that a man should not light a candle on Motzei Shabbos until reciting kedusha d’sidra. The kabbalistic concerns behind this halacha do not apply to women, so a woman can

  We are continuing in siman 23, where the Chayei Adam is discussing performing melacha before havdalah. We pasken in accordance with the opinion that all melacha is assur until making havdalah, including “lighter” melachos (see yesterday’s shiur).  If a person needs to perform melacha, but they have not yet davened maariv and they are

  We are beginning siman 23. The Chayei Adam writes that if a person has not said any language of havdalah, they cannot perform any melacha. Once a person recites havdalah in shemoneh esrei (atah chonantanu), they can perform any melacha.   There is an opinion brought in the Shulchan Aruch which says that before