In today’s “Random Torah” post we take a look at the correct time to pray the afternoon prayer known as Minchah.
Author: Eliyahu Shear
Cutting One’s Hair and One’s Fingernails and Toenails on Erev Shabbat
The Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim 260:1 says that it is a Mitzvah to trim one’s nails on Erev Shabbat i.e. Friday. The Rema adds that if one’s hair needs a trim, then one should do it then as well. He also adds that we do not cut the fingernails in order. We should begin with the left hand starting with the fourth finger then move to the second then the fifth, the third and then the thumb.
Giving Thanks – An Essential Quality for All
Rambam on Charity – Give the Poor Man What He Lacks
Torah Video Lesson – Kitzur Shulchan Aruch – Get Out Of Bed Early in the Morning!
Video Lesson – Kitzur Shulchan Aruch – Siman 1 – Wake up Like a Lion
Shaarei Kedushah – Gates of Holiness by Rabbi Chaim Vital – Introduction
Video Shiur – Kitzur Shulchan Aruch – Chapter 1 – Seif 1-2 – Laws for Waking Up in the Morning
Are The Jewish People Enslaving Each Other? An Insight Into the Book of Nechemia
The Book of Nechemia depicts events that occurred to the Jewish people in the second half of the fifth century BCE. These events are for all intents and purposes the last events (in the Tanach) to depict the Jewish people before their final exile – which they are currently in. It was a time when Ezra, together with Nechemia were bringing the Jewish people back to the Land of Israel to build the Second Temple and hopefully bring a sense of redemption to the Jewish people. Of course, only those who chose to come back actually came back, and of course, that redemption they were hoping for would only happen if the Jewish people returned wholeheartedly to God.