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http://www.atorahminute.com/allTorahMinutesA Torah MinuteTransformation of Dapp into RSSdapper-help@yahoo-inc.comWed, 22 Feb 2012 17:50:04 +0000http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-22When is the Se'uddah Held at a Pidyon HaBen? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)The Rama mentions that there is an opinion that one should have a Se'uddah after a Pidyon HaBen, and this is, in...http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-21What Time of Day Should a Pidyon be Done? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)There is a difference of opinion as to whether the concept we usually apply to intervals of time, that "a small...http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-20A Pidyon HaBen is Special Because Few are Obligated (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)Someone who has the opportunity to do a Pidyon HaBen (redemption of the first born male child)should consider it a...http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-19Words as a Substitute for Action (Words as a Substitute for Action)Every morning we say in the prayer יהי רצון ... שיהא שיח שפתותינו זה חשוב...http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-17Making Someone Else's Property Forbidden on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)If one inadvertently forgot an object that is Muqseh (Muktzah - that which may not be handled on Shabbath) on top...http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-16Mishpatim: Why the Rewards are Different (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)ועבדתם את יהוה אלהיכם וברך את לחמך ואת מימיך "And you shall serve the L-rd...http://www.atorahminute.com/womensCorner/2012-02-16About Eating and Drinking (Rabbanith Ruth Menashe)How would you react after being exposed to an overwhelmingly touching spiritual experience? How would you express...http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-15Pledge for a Sick Man Who Recovers (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)From time to time collections are made for people who are (Heaven forbid) very ill. If someone pledges to give a...http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-14Reluctance to Give Half a Sheqel (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)The Gemara of Meghillah explains that on the first of Adar it is announced that we must donate Sheqalim to the...http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-13Sitting Next to Someone Praying the 'Amidah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)One may not sit within four Ammoth (cubits) of someone who is praying the 'Amidah, not in front of him, behind...http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-12Learning Kabbala Before the Rest of the Orchard (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)It says in Tehillim אל תהיו כסוס כפרד אין הבין "Do not be like a horse...http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-10Waiting for Your Guest to Leave (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)The Ben Ish Hai mentions that it is a Miswah (Mitzvah) to lengthen the prayer on Saturday night, because of the...http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-09Yithro: Why the Angels Tried to Prevent the Torah Leaving Heaven (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)When Moshe Rabbenu, 'a"h, went up to Heaven to receive the Torah, the Malakhei Hashareth (ministering angels)...http://www.atorahminute.com/womensCorner/2012-02-09Stones with a Heart (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)Would we ever approve of embarrassing another human being? Of course not. Would we ever consider expressing such...http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-08Giving Precedence to the Wrong Fruit (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)When we state that the fruits of the seven species take precedence over the others, this applies only to the...http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-07Exceptions to the Foods that take Precedence (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)The order in which one recites the blessings on various foods only applies if one wishes to eat all of them. If...http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-06The Order of All Foods (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)We mentioned the order of fruits (http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-05Order of Fruits on Tu Bishbat (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-03A Chance to Make Lots of Money on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/womensCorner/2012-02-03By the Women in the Tent Will She be Blessed (Rabbanith Ruth Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-02Beshallah: Insights into the Redemption from Egypt (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-02-01Passing Next to One Who is Praying the 'Amidah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-31Sheheheyanu on New Dishes (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-30The Importance of Hakhnasath Orhim (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-29The Month of Shebat and the Aspect of "Hod" (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-27May a Non-Jew Turn on the Heating for a Jew on Shabbath? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/womensCorner/2012-01-27How Can We Stretch Our Home? (Rabbanith Ruth Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-26Bo: How Much Knowledge of G-d is Enough? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-25Being a Sandaq for More than One Milah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-24Why Elijah Must Visit Every Milah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-23Not Letting Someone Else Perform the Milah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-22Rich, Powerful and Alone (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-20Saying Me'ein Sheba in a House (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-19Parashath Wa-era: Why Four Expressions of Redemption? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/womensCorner/2012-01-19The Maker of a Beautiful Me (Rabbanith Ruth Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-18No Time for Ashrei Before Minha (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-17Being Free to Gladden One's Bride (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-16Where Should the Kethubbah be Kept? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-15How Kindness Surrounds a Person (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-13Folding the Tallith Gadol on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-12G-d Will Destroy Their Plans Against Us (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-11Little Details That Could Invalidate a Wedding (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-10Necessity of Always Having a Kethubbah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-09Not Holding Weddings on Friday or Sunday (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-08Tehillim: You Can Have Your Cake and Eat it Too (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-06Why No Qaddish After the Torah of Minha of Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/womensCorner/2012-01-06Are Men and Women Equal or Identical? (Rabbanith Ruth Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-05Wayhi: Meriting Torah and Wealth (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-04Giving Charity on a Fast Day (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-03Reading the Torah if not Everyone is Fasting (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-02Reading the Weekday Portion on a Fast Day (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2012-01-01Minha Shortcuts (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-30Carrying a Child Who is Holding a Coin on Shabbath (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/womensCorner/2011-12-30"The Best Day of the Week" (Rabbanith Ruth Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-29Wayyiggash: What is Our Father Really Saying? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-28Hanukkah's Message for the Rest of the Year (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-27The Secret to Being Happy (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-26Are Hanukkah Meals a Commandment? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-25Lighting an Electric Menorah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-23If the Hanukkah Lights Go Out on Friday Evening (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-22Miqqes: Joseph's Sudden New Position and Hanukkah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-21Combatting Desires (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-20Lighting in the Synagogue With and Without a Minyan (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-19Yeshibah Students and Lighting the Hanukkah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-18A Traveller and the Hanukkah Lights (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-16Verses Read before Taking Out the Sefer Torah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/womensCorner/2011-12-16Blessed Are You For Not Making Me a Woman (Rabbanith Ruth Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-15Wayyesheb: When is a Young Man Considered Old? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-14Affixing a Mezuzah on Multiple Doors (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-13Mezuzah During Construction & Repair (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-12A Mezuzah Inside a Room Where Husband and Wife Sleep (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-11Speaking Well of Others Even Not in Their Presence (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)If a Woman is Running Late on Friday Afternoon (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/womensCorner/2011-12-09The True Meaning of Rahel 'Immenu' (the 'Matriarch') (Rabbanith Ruth Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-08Wayishlah: The Two Camps of Our Exile (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-07Different Minyan Requirements for Qaddish and Qedusha (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-06Talking During the Qaddish (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-05How the Qaddish Must be Read (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-04Praising a Person in His Presence (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-02When Should a Woman Light When Going to the Miqweh? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/womensCorner/2011-12-02What Else Shall We Pray For? (Rabbanith Ruth Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-12-01Wayyesei: What He Really Means by Bread and Clothes (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-11-30If the Shahrith Hazzan Forgot to Pray 'Arbith (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-11-29Remembers at Minha that he forgot Shahrith & Musaf (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-11-28Only time for either Musaf or Minha (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-11-27The Rosh Fled to Spain (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-11-25Who's Way is Right? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/womensCorner/2011-11-25The Hidden Power of the Shabbath Candles (Rabbanith Ruth Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-11-24Toldoth: Was Jacob's Blessing Valid? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)http://www.atorahminute.com/2011-11-23Sitting for the Qedusha before the Shema' (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)