Va’ani Tefilla #129: The Role of Simcha and Shirah in Tefillah

Can you stack a sefer or two together to make the sefer you are learning easier to read? What can you use seforim for? Can you place a computer on top of a sefer? Learn all about the proper way to treat and use seforim in this six-minute Dvar Halacha.

Rosh Hashana, Adam Harison, Beis Hamikdash, and Selichos What should we have in mind when we say אל תשליכנו לעת זקנה?

In this shiur, we explore the first steps of Teshuva according to the Rambam, Meiri, and Rabbeinu Yonah. What is the very first step in the Teshuva process, and why is it so critical? What happens if that first step is missing? Can you still do Teshuva, or is everything else meaningless without it?

We all instinctively know what to do when a sefer falls: pick it up and give it a kiss. But where does that come from? Did our Morah in preschool make it up, or is it actually rooted in halacha? Why did some Gedolim object to kissing a sefer? What did Rav Pam suggest doing when a sefer falls? And…