We have finished siman 2, in which the Chayei Adam listed some examples of the proper age to begin chinuch in specific mitzvos. We have discussed the examples of lulav, talmud torah, birchas hamazon and brachos in general. Today, we will discuss kiddush. The Mishnah Berurah points out that the age for brachos is six […]
We have finished siman 2, in which the Chayei Adam listed some examples of the proper age to begin chinuch in specific mitzvos. We have discussed the examples of lulav, talmud torah and birchas hamazon, and will continue discussing brachos in general. Rav Shlomo Zalman, ztl, in Sefer Halichos Shlomo, raises the question that if
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We have finished siman 2, in which the Chayei Adam listed some examples of the proper age to begin chinuch in specific mitzvos. We have discussed the examples of lulav and talmud torah, and will begin discussing birchas hamazon. The Chayei Adam mentioned birchas hamazon as an example of something taught to a child from
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We have finished siman 2, in which the Chayei Adam listed some examples of the proper age to begin chinuch in specific mitzvos. We have discussed the example of lulav, and have begun discussing talmud torah. Yesterday, we learned about using maaser money for talmud torah, and the difference between talmud torah which is a
We have finished siman 2, in which the Chayei Adam listed some examples of the proper age to begin chinuch in specific mitzvos. We have discussed the example of lulav, and have begun discussing talmud torah. Today, we will discuss the use of maaser money for this chiyuv. We left off with the question of
We have finished siman 2, in which the Chayei Adam listed some examples of the proper age to begin chinuch in specific mitzvos. We have discussed the example of lulav, and today we will discuss talmud torah. The Chayei Adam writes that the mitzvah of talmud torah begins when a child can speak, and a
We have finished siman 2, in which the Chayei Adam listed some examples of the proper age to begin chinuch in specific mitzvos. The Chayei Adam wrote that the correct time for a child to begin shaking lulav is when he is able to follow the procedures of na’a’nuim and kiskus. Yesterday, we learned that,
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We have finished siman 2, in which the Chayei Adam listed some examples of the proper age to begin chinuch in specific mitzvos. The Chayei Adam wrote that the correct time for a child to begin shaking lulav is when he is able to follow the procedures of na’a’nuim and kiskus. Today, we will discuss
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We have finished siman 2, in which the Chayei Adam listed some examples of the proper age to begin chinuch in specific mitzvos. The Chayei Adam wrote that the correct time for a child to begin wearing tzitzis is when the child is able to position the strings properly and follow the correct procedures for
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1 We are continuing in siman 2. The Chayei Adam continues listing some examples of the proper age to begin chinuch in specific mitzvos: When a child reaches the age to do na’a’nuim, the father is chayav to buy him arba minim. There are two parts to na’a’nuim, the order of the directions in
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We are continuing in siman 2. The Chayei Adam writes that the parents’ chiyuv applies to all mitzvos deoraysa and derabanan. The parents’ chiyuv is to train the child to do what they are supposed to do as an adult, therefore chinuch includes both mitzvos deoraysa and derabanan. The Chayei Adam writes that each mitzvah
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We are beginning siman 2. The Chayei Adam writes that a father is chayav to be mechaneich both a son and daughter. Although the Gemara clearly states the chiyuv chinuch for a son, and the chiyuv on a daughter is less clear, the Chayei Adam paskens that the chiyuv extends to a daughter as well.
We are continuing in siman 1, discussing a child born on the 30th of Cheshvan or Kislev, and how to calculate his bar mitzvah in a year which is missing those days. It is important to clarify that when the Gemara refers to a two-day Rosh Chodesh, the first day of Rosh Chodesh is also
We are continuing in siman 1. The Chayei Adam is discussing a child born in the month of Adar, and how to calculate his bar mitzvah. We have learned that the “real” Adar, for the purposes of calculating bar mitzvah, is the second Adar. Therefore, if a child is born in a regular year, and
We are continuing in siman 1. The Chayei Adam is discussing a child born in the month of Adar, and how to calculate his bar mitzvah. So far, we have learned that if a child is born in a leap year, and their bar mitzvah is in a leap year, their bar mitzvah is calculated
We are continuing in siman 1, regarding a parent’s chiyuv of chinuch vis a vis their child. We last learned that the Chayei Adam writes that if a child will not listen through words, one may hit them. However, The Chayei Adam clarifies that one should not hit their child to cause pain, as that
We are beginning siman 1. The Chayei Adam writes one who has children under bar mitzvah has a positive mitzvah to be mechaneich them. This mitzvah is midivrei kabbalah, a chiyuv based on the pasuk in Nach, chanoch la’naar al pi darko (Mishlei 22:6). The Chayei Adam explains that the concept of chinuch is
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We are beginning Klal 66, which discusses the halachos of chinuch from parent to child. We will learn that this chiyuv certainly applies to a father and possibly to a mother. Although we colloquially use the word chinuch as education, the precise usage is as follows. There are three levels of responsibility towards a child:
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We are beginning siman 7. The Gemara in Brachos, daf 57, tells us that Chazal instituted a birchas hodaah for rain. The Chayei Adam will discuss this bracha. The Chayei Adam writes that if there is a dry season which has caused tzaar to the populace, one recites a bracha when it rains again. Even
We have finished siman 6, regarding birchas hagomeil, and have a few more points to clarify. The Mishnah Berurah discusses a person traveling down a river. On the one hand, they are not exactly in the situation as described by the pasuk in Tehillim 107 (“yordei hayam ba’oniyos”, those who travel into the sea), but
