Uman (Ukrainian: Умань, IPA: [ˈumɐnʲ]) is a city in Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine. It is located to the east of Vinnytsia. Situated in the east of the historical region of Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River. For more than a…
The verse "הוּא עָשָֽׂנוּ וְלוֹ (וְלֹא) אֲנַֽחְנוּ" contained in this chapter of Tehillim can be read in two ways: "וְלוֹ" (He created us, and we are His) or "וְלֹא" (He created us, and we did not create ourselves). The Sfas Emes, quoting his grandfather, the Chidushe…
Source To Learn Halachos Thirty Days Before Rosh Hashanah Gemara Pesachim (6A) tells us that 30 days before Pesach, we begin learning the halachos of Pesach. Ben Yehoyada says the obligation applies to Rosh Hashanah too. Sources: Ben Yehoyada: Eruvi…
Focus on making the bracha of "shehakol nihiyah bed'varo" with concentration. For the month of Elul, wash Netilas Yadayim next to your bed in the morning. (The Chofetz Chaim highly encourages this.) Arrange a Mussar study session with a partner …
Moshe directed the Israelites to appoint judges (שֹׁפְטִים) and officials for their tribes to govern the people with justice, with impartiality, and without bribes. "Justice, justice shalt thou follow," he said. Moshe warned the Israelites against …
1 Elul (1313 BCE) (Wednesday)Moses ascends Mount Sinai for 3rd set of 40 days [2 Elul]First printing of the Shulchan Aruch, near Tzfat, 1555. [3 Elul]Birthdate of the Meiri, 1240.Yahrzeit of Rav Kook zt”l, 1935. He died 16 years to the day o…
בָּרוּךְ שֶׁאָמַר וְהָיָה הָעוֹלָם. בָּרוּךְ הוּא. בָּרוּךְ עוֹשֶׂה בְרֵאשִׁית. בָּרוּךְ אוֹמֵר וְעוֹשֶׂה. בָּרוּךְ גּוֹזֵר וּמְקַיֵּם. בָּרוּךְ מְרַחֵם עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ. בָּרוּךְ מְרַחֵם עַל־הַבְּ֒רִיּוֹת. בָּרוּךְ מְשַׁלֵּם שָׂכָר טוֹב לִירֵאָיו. בָּרוּךְ חַי לָעַד וְקַיָּם לָנֶֽצַח. בָּרוּךְ פּוֹדֶה וּמַצִּיל. בָּרוּךְ שְׁמוֹ. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם הָאֵל הָאָב הָרַחֲמָן הַמְ֒הֻלָּ…
The Gemarah in Tannis (30b-31a) provides six reasons for the joy of Tu B'Av. Among the reasons given is that on Tu B'Av, they ceased chopping wood for the mizbeach. This is because, from that day onward, the sun was no longer strong enough to dry th…
Tu B'Av (ט״ו באב, lit.' fifteenth of Av') is a minor Jewish holiday. It is called Tu B'Av because of the sound of the two Hebrew letters whose combined numerical value corresponds to that of the date (15). The value 15 is obtained by combining th…
Moshe tells the people of Israel how he implored G‑d to allow him to enter the Land of Israel, but G‑d refused, instructing him instead to ascend a mountain and see the Promised Land. Continuing his heavenly monologue, Moshe describes Exodus from E…
