Monthly Archives: December 2017


Introduction to this Website

The tantalizing Biblical account of the Tree of Knowledge may very well be about Man’s ability to discern the difference between Good and Evil. What if the Biblical command is a denial of Man’s ability and privilege to set standards of behaviour? The philosophers of the Eighteenth Century Enlightenment posited that Man has the ability to set his own standards. Men can rely on their moral sense. However, […]


Hilchot Z’manim page 2

Zm12a Zm12b   Zm13a Time Constraints for Tefillin Zm13b – Time Constraints for Tefillin   Zm14a  – Eruvin 96a Tefillin Zm14b  -Eruvin  96a Tefillin   Zm 16 Hilchos Birchos HaShachar   Zm17a Zm17b   Zm18a Tefillin (continued) Zm18b   Zm20a S’firat Ha Omer Zm20b S’firot Ha Omer Zm21  


Hilchot Z’manim

ZM3 re: Shabbat 34b and 35a ורב יוסף אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל: הכי קתני: משתשקע החמה כל זמן שפני מזרח מאדימין – יום, הכסיף התחתון ולא הכסיף העליון – בין השמשות, הכסיף העליון והשוה לתחתון – לילה.            ו (תלמוד בבלי מסכת שבת דף לד עמוד ב The methodology of Rav Avraham Kook,ztz’l in designing the format for his Halacha B’rura was to present the reader with the […]


Tisha B’av

    01a. The Failure of Leadership 01b. The Failure of Leadership   02a.The Failure of Leadership 02b. The Failure of Leadership 03. The Failure of Leadership   04a. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av 04b. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av   05a. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av 05b. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av 06. The Biblical Origins of Tisha B’av   07a. Kiddush HaShem […]


Zionism in Voloshin, continued page three

AK19. Rav Kook, The Lights of Chanukah part 3   AK20. The Rogotchover and the  Rambam, part 1 AK20, The Rogotchover and the Rambam, part 2   AK21. The Concept of Avrhaham Avinu, part one AK21. The Concept of Avrhaham Avinu, part two   AK22. The Mitzvah of Yishuv Eretz Yisroel, part one AK22. The Mitzvah of Yishuv Eretz Yisroel, part two


Zionism in Voloshin, continued page two

AK10. Prayer, Avenue of Access Part 1 AK10. Prayer Avenue of Access Part 2   AK11. Transcending the Ego part 1 AK11. Transcending the Ego part 2   AK12. On Prayer, part 1a AK12. On Prayer, part 1b   AK13. On Prayer, part 2a AK13. On Prayer, part 2b   AK14. Shemitta in Eretz Yisroel, part 1 AK15. Shemmita in Eretz Yisroel, part 2a AK15. Shemitta in Eretz […]