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I am a Sephardic Rabbi and I write about contemporary halakhic issues.
Sunday, 12 December 2021
Fast of the Tenth of Tevet
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Why do we fast on the Tenth of Tevet? The short answer is it was the start of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, 2600 years ago. But ...
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
Translation of Tefilla Composed by Rav Yitzchak Yosef - By Rabbi Yehuda Rapoport
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Translation of Tefilla Composed by Rav Yitzchak Yosef, The Rishon Lezion Chief Rabbi of Israel Translation by: Rabbi Yehuda Rapoport ...
Cleaning for Pesach Refresher Course!
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This year's Pesah is going to be like no Pesah we have had in living memory. Please read this refresher on how to clean Pesah and plea...
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Laws of Purim
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Shabbat Parshat Zachor, 11 Adar, March 7th The Shabbat immediately preceding Purim is called Shabbat Zachor. It is very important that ev...
Friday, 28 February 2020
Shabbat Zachor Short Reflections
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This Shabbat we read Parashat Zachor – 3 pesukim which command us to remember what Amalek did to us after we left Egypt and to utterly d...
Geniza Day - Yevar La Ley
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Our Sifrei Torah do not last forever. We have several Sifrei Torah that are too old and worn out to be used, the writing is too cracked an...
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Is God in Our Synagogues?
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In this week’s Perasha, God tells Moshe to “make for me a sanctuary and I will dwell in their midst” (Shemot 25:8). Note that God plans to...
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