Shiurim

at York University

a shiur by Rabbi Hefter

Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah is ambiguous holiday. On the one hand, it is the completion of Sukkot and thus called “the 8th day.” Yet the rabbis also identify it as a regel bifnei atzmo – its own independent holiday. In the Diaspora, where we observe two days of Yom Tov, Simchat Torah has taken on its own identity as

Candles Candle lighting on Friday night is at 6:08pm. We say 2 blessings each of the first two nights of chag. When possible candles should be lit in the sukkah. On Friday night we say: ברוך אתה ה’ אלקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו להדליק נר של שבת ושל יום טוב Baruch Atah Hashem

Genesis 8:21-22 בראשית פרק ח And the Lord smelled the pleasant aroma, and the Lord said to Himself, “I will no longer curse the earth because of man, for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth, and I will no longer smite all living things as I have done. So long as

Practical Shabbat Halakha שמות פרק לא 12. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 13. “And you, speak to the children of Israel and say: ‘Only keep My Sabbaths! For it is a sign between Me and you for your generations, to know that I, the Lord, make you holy. 14. Therefore, keep the Sabbath, for