Masechet Succah 1

The height of the Succah

Additional Lines in Shmone Esrei

Changes to the Tefillot for RH and 10 days of Teshuva

Additional sentences in Shmoneh Esrei

Sunday Shiur on Rambam: Am I a Tzadik

Merits and sins, Quality and Quantity

Hamelech Hakadosh

mishnayot Rosh Hashanah #18

When to Blow the Shofar

Rabbi Maroof discusses difference of minhag Ashkenazim who blow at the end of shacharit to Sephardim who blow either during Selichot or at the end of selichot.

mishnayot Rosh Hashanah #17

Musaf

Mishnayot Rosh Hashanah #16

Doing Extra Mitzvot

Getting up early, doing more mitzvot during Ellul, and then going back to your old ways, who are we fooling!

Selichot In Aramaic, Why

Halachot of Ellul #5: How Many Aliyot

Weekday 3 Aliyot, Rosh Chodesh 4, Yom Tov 5, Yom Kippur 6, Shabbat 7 Aliyot. Rabbi Maroof revies the Gemarah in Megillah that gives the basic formula, in addition gives insight into new material.

Halachot of Ellul #4: Selichot

13 midot

Mishnayot Rosh Hashanah #14

Lulav and Shofar halachot

Halachot of Ellul #3: Hallel

Rabbi Maroof brilliantly describes why some people make a brachah before Hallel on Rosh Chodesh, while other people do not.

Mishnayot Rosh Hashanah #13

What do we do if Rosh Hashanah falls on the Shabbat? Why did the Rabbis make these laws

Maimonides view on Catastrophic events: Hurricane Katrina

Rabbi Maroof tells us what our attitude and reaction should be if G-d forbid a disaster occurs. Especially apropos in the face of the horrible Hurricane Katrina disaster on New Orleans.

Halachot: Our Attitude as we come closer to Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah is coming. We enter in awe of the huge judgement that G-d is going to pass upon us, yet we prepare delicious foods and dress in beautiful garments. What is going on? What should our attitude be towards this holy day? Find out here.

Selichot Led by Chazzanim A. Alfassi, Rav E. Avidani, S. Machmali

I am sorry the quality is not the best, but you can listen to the melodies and get into the mood of Selcihot which begin Tuesday

Washington Jewish Week Article On MDSC

Jewish learning by pod. Eric Fingerhut
Click on the link to read the article.

Breakfast with the Rabbi Mishnayot Rosh Hashanah 12

Last Mishna third chapter, and Moshe lifted his hand and they would win the war. Success comes from God

Halachot of Ellul #2

Rosh Hashanah is coming. We enter in awe of the huge judgement that G-d is going to pass upon us, yet we prepare delicious foods and dress in beautiful garments. What is going on? What should our attitude be towards this holy day? Find out here.

Gemarah Sanhedrin Mishna Class 3

Class one was not loaded, but most of the material from that class is in class 2

RSS Feed Submitted to Itunes: Tzizit

This will take you to a page that lists the lectures submitted to itunes, they should be availble to podcast within 10 days. Until then scroll down and click on any title with a little capital building, The audio will play on your computer

tzizit 9

When making a tallit make it complete, not piecemeal

tzizit 8

Matching tzizt to the garment, garments that require tzizit, what if you have 5 corners

tzizit 7

Silk, wool, Linen, fringes and garment, match and mismatch

Tzizit 6

What kind of fabric recquires tzizit, and what material can be used t make tzizit

tzizit 5

Taking tzizit on and off, not putting tzizit on a four cornered garment

tzizit 4

Multiple Tzizit and how many brachot do we say

breakfast with The Rabbi: Masechet Rosh Hashanah 7

Rabban Gamliel, accepting witnesses that were suspect. Other Rabbanim disagree with him

Breakfast with The Rabbi: Masechet Rosh Hashanah 6

The Witnesses, how do you evaluate them

Breakfast with The Rabbi: Masechet Rosh Hashanah 5

The cycles of the moon, how would they notify the public that a new moon had officially begun, fire signals

breakfast with The Rabbi: Masechet Rosh Hashanah 4

Conclusion of the first chapter, Mishna 9. Making the trip to Jerusalem, even on shabbat!

breakfast with The Rabbi: Masechet Rosh Hashanah 3

Third Mishna: Kiddush Hachodesh, How to determine the new lunar month

Breakfast with The Rabbi: Masechet Rosh Hashanah 2

Second Mishna: Four times in the year the world is judged

Breakfast with The Rabbi: Masechet Rosh Hashanah 1

First Mishna which discusses the (4) types of Rosh Hashanah. We discuss each one and its significance

The Process of Mourning

What do you do when a person who dies has no close relatives (the 7 relatives), who mourns?