Monthly Archives: February 2010

Dressing up: The Prohibition of Lo Yilbash     Question: Is it permitted for boys to dress up like girls and vice versa in celebration of Purim? Discussion: Before we are able to answer this question we must first explore … Continue reading →

The Bible does not specifically list those labors that are prohibited on the Sabbath, although it alludes to field labor (Exod. 34:21; Num.15:32-36), treading in a winepress and loading animals (Neh. 13:15-18), doing business and carrying (Isa. 58:13; Jer. 17:22; … Continue reading →

Original Message —– From: <tmflist@temple-mount-faithful.org> To: "TMF Mailing List" <tmflist@temple-mount-faithful.org> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 12:05 AM Subject: [Tmflist] [TMF] "The Soon Coming End-Time War of the NationsAgainst Israel"  Be’esrat HaShem With the help of G-d An Urgent Call From Gershon Salomon, Chairman … Continue reading →

The Talmud (Eiruvin 13b) quotes the following cryptic discussion: The Talmud (Eiruvin 13b) quotes the following cryptic discussion: For two and a half years the Schools of Shammai and Hillel debated. One claimed it would have been better had man … Continue reading →

Chapter 4, Mishna 29(b) "He (Rabbi Elazar HaKappar) used to say: The born will die, the dead will come to life, and the living will be judged — [so that] they know, make known, and become aware that He is … Continue reading →

Summary of The Haftorah: Haftorah Shekalim Melachim II Chapter 12 In honor of Shabbos Shekalim, the Haftorah is designated to reflect the theme of Shekalim rather than the weekly portion of Mishpatim. Chapter 12 of II Kings relates how the … Continue reading →

9. Fringes – Tzitzis If a man puts on a garment having four corners during the day he is commanded to put fringes (tzitzis) in its corners, as it says "And they shall make themselves fringes on the edges of … Continue reading →

Geonim (Hebrew: גאונים‎; also transliterated Gaonim) were the presidents of the two great rabbinical colleges of Sura and Pumbedita, in Babylonia, and were the generally accepted spiritual leaders of the Jewish community world wide in the early medieval era, in … Continue reading →

Rabbinical Eras Zugot Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Zugot (Hebrew: תְּקוּפָת) הַזוּגוֹת)‎) ((təqūphāth) hazZūghôth) refers to the period during the time of the Second Temple (515 BCE – 70 CE), in which the spiritual leadership of the Jewish people … Continue reading →

Judah haNasi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Judah ha-Nasi) Jump to: navigation, search "Rebbi" redirects here. For the title, see Honorifics in Judaism. Roman province of Judea. Rabbi Yehuda haNasi, (Hebrew: יהודה הנשיא‎, pronounced Yehuda haNasi, "Judah the … Continue reading →