Series: Twenty Minute Halacha

Venue: The White Shul (Far Rockaway, NY) The White Shul (Far Rockaway, NY)

Gemara:

Moed Katan,  Taanit 

Halacha:

Aveilut,  Birchat HaChammah,  Chinuch,  Jewish Calendar,  Kiddush Levana,  Minhagim,  Non-Jews,  Orach Chaim,  Shofar,  Teshuvah,  Three Weeks,  Yamim Noraim,  Yom Kippur 

Machshava:

Yom Ha'atzmaut 

Holidays:

Nine Days,  Tisha Bav 

Description

20 MInute Halacha - The White Shul - The shiur discusses what the practice is regarding kiddush levanah and Tishah B'av. Why do we assume that we must be happy for kiddush levanah? Why don't we recite it on Shabbos and Yom Tov? Why are we compared to the moon and not the sun?