Venue: Young Israel of Forest Hills Young Israel of Forest Hills

Machshava:

Chanukah 

Collections: Rabbi Schachter: Chanuka

Description

Why does one make a bracha on a mitzva midirabonon? What is the biblical source, for observing rabbinic laws? How does one fulfill expressing love of Hashem? Why does one stand when a chasan, a dead body, and a baby being carried for circumcision, enter a room? Are rabbinic laws part of the biblical torah? What mitzvot asai she'hazman grama are women commanded in and why? What is the nature of the bracha of she'asa nesim? Why do we say haneiros halalu? How did the oil become tamei? Isn't tumah hutra betzibur? How can a gentile defile a menorah if ein adam oser davar she'eino shelo? Is temple mount still holy today? What are the similarities between al ha'nesim and the bracha after reciting the megila?