Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Fwd: Holiday Gifts, Celebrating New Years, and Avoda Zara


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New on YUTorah this Week

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Yeshiva University Stands Together With Israel

Click here for resources, materials and recordings about the current situation in Israel. Please have in mind for all the learning on YUTorah to be a merit for the Jewish community in Israel and around the world, and be a protection for the IDF soldiers and captives currently in danger.

December 26-January 1 • Tevet 14-20

This learning on the site this week was sponsored:

by Talia and David Eis l'ilui nishmas Joseph K. Miller, Yosef ben Aharon Shmuel H"YD

by Leon and Rhea Landau in loving memory of Emanuel Landau

by Debbie Nossbaum in loving memory of her father, Nathan Werdiger, נתן בן שלמה אלימלך

by Shulamith and Joel Cohn and Family לזכר נשמת שמחה בן יעקב הכהן

by Harris and Elisheva Goldstein l'ilui nishmas HaRav HaGaon Rav Pinchas Teitz zt'l whose 28th yahrzeit is 4 Teves

by Alan and Fran Broder to commemorate the yahrzeit of their beloved grandfather, Benjamin Robbins, a'h, Binyamin ben Zeev Wolf

by Alan and Fran Broder and family to commemorate the yahrzeit of their beloved uncle, Julius Creeger, A'H, Yehuda Leib ben Shmuel Moshe

New This Week

 

Rabbi Mordechai Djavaheri

Premium Jewish Swag - Tefillin

The most important thing a bar mitzvah boy should focus on as he approaches his big day.

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Rabbi Yoni Pere

Holiday Gifting - Understanding the Prohibition of Lo Tichanem

What is the prohibition of giving gifts to non-Jews and who does it apply to?

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Rabbi Yona Reiss

Hoarding & Price Gouging - Halachos Nobody Talks About Enough

Does halacha believe in a free market, or supervision of the marketplace?

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Rabbi Shay Schachter

Lifelong Journey of a Connection to Torah

The importance of maintaining a connection to learning Torah at all times, both in and out of a formal educational setting.

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Rabbi Ezra Schwartz

Women's Obligation in Talmud Torah

Why would women be different than men in the obligation of Talmud Torah?

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Rabbi Mordechai Willig

Family Planning & Contraception

Understanding the parameters of the mitzvah of Pru Urvu, of having children, and when one fulfills the mitzvah.

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Featured This Week

 

End of Year Gifts and Holiday Parties

Is it permitted to give end of year gifts to co-workers and neighbors? What are the parameters of the prohibition of Lo Tichanem?

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Using the Gregorian Calendar

Is it permitted to celebrate New Year's Day? Are we allowed to use secular dates?

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