D'var Halacha

  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 […]

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

 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

 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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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,

  We are continuing in siman 11. The Chayei Adam will now discuss hadlakas neiros on Yom Tov. Whereas on Shabbos, kabbalas Shabbos may preclude a person from lighting neiros, on Yom Tov, even though one cannot create a new fire, one may transfer a flame from a preexisting fire. If so, on Yom Tov,

  We are continuing in siman 11. We learned that the kabbalas Shabbos which takes place through hadlakas neiros does not affect the rest of the family members. However, the Chayei Adam clarifies that the candles and leichter (candelabra) become muktza even for those who have not yet accepted Shabbos.  The source for this halacha

We are continuing in siman 11. We left off with a question about amira l’yisroel, and whether a parent who has already accepted Shabbos through hadlakas neiros can ask a child to perform a melacha in the home. Although amira l’yisroel is muttar, the Pri Megadim raises the following question. There is an issur of

We are continuing in siman 11. The Chayei Adam seems to disregard a point made by the Shulchan Aruch. If a woman is making the bracha after lighting (as is our minhag), does the kabbalas Shabbos take place when she finishes lighting, or when she makes the bracha? The practical difference between these two options

  We are continuing in siman 11, discussing the bracha on the neiros. We learned that out of concern that by making the bracha on the neiros a woman accepts Shabbos, she does not make the bracha until after lighting the neiros.    We need to discuss whether a woman can make a tnai that

 We are beginning siman 11, where the Chayei Adam will discuss making the bracha. In general, we know that Chazal instituted that before one performs a mitzvah, they make a bracha. They instituted that the bracha should be made over le’asiyasan, that before the mitzvah is performed one should thank Hashem for the opportunity to

 We have finished siman 10, discussing different scenarios of where one lights. Today, we will discuss additional points related to the siman.  We learned that a person has a chiyuv hadlakah both in the makom achila (place they are eating) and the makom sheina (place they are sleeping). If one has the option of lighting

We are beginning siman 10. We have learned the background to the siman over the past few shiruim, and today we will begin it inside.    The Chayei Adam writes that one has a chiyuv to light in all rooms which they will be using over Shabbos. If there is a room which they do