An Email Discussion Between Rabbi Moshe Zuriel, Z”L and Shlomo Scheinman about The Prayer of Calev at Maarat Hamachpela (the Tomb of the Patriarchs) in Light of Mishna Brura’s Halachic Ruling Against Making Requests to The Dead
26 Sep 2024

An Email Discussion Between Rabbi Moshe Zuriel, Z”L and Shlomo Scheinman about The Prayer of Calev at Maarat Hamachpela (the Tomb of the Patriarchs) in Light of Mishna Brura’s Halachic Ruling Against Making Requests to The Dead

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Introduction In the last year of the lifetime of Rabbi Moshe Zuriel, (of blessed memory) I asked the rabbi by email how to explain the Talmud’s account of the prayer of Calev at Maarat Hamachpela (Talmud, tractate Sotah 34b). I … Continued

He Threw Himself Off the Roof to Save Rabban Gamliel? Does He Have a Portion in the World to Come?
26 Oct 2022

He Threw Himself Off the Roof to Save Rabban Gamliel? Does He Have a Portion in the World to Come?

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The Talmud, Taanit 29a as translated by https://halakhah.com/pdf/moed/Taanith.pdf When Turnus Rufus the wicked destroyed 20 the Temple, R. Gamaliel was condemned to death. A high officer came and stood up in the Beth-Hamidrash and called out, ‘The Nose-man 21 is … Continued

Halacha Headlines: Aliya L’Har Habayis – And Going to the Kosel Today
1 Oct 2017

Halacha Headlines: Aliya L’Har Habayis – And Going to the Kosel Today

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Halacha Headlines: Aliya L’Har Habayis – And Going to the Kosel Today Download the audio at https://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/PB755493CVVDT Eventually to download the audio you will have to search in their September 2017 archives once it gets pushed off the page noted … Continued