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Aryeh Citron |
Rabbi Aryeh Citron was educated in Chabad Yeshivahs in Los Angeles, New York, Israel & Australia. He was the Rosh Kolel of The Shul of Bal Harbor Florida & is now an Adult Torah Teacher in Surfside, Florida. He teaches classes on Talmud, Chassidism, Jewish History & Contemporary Jewish Law. |
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Ten common halachic misunderstandings, the truth, and the possible origins of the myths.
The Power of Speech
Parshat Metzora
How to use one's power of speech in a positive and healing manner.
The Torah-Business Partnership
Parshat Vezot Haberachah
The arrangement whereby one person supports the other who learns Torah, and the reward is shared between the two of them, has come to be known as a “Yissachar-Zevulun” partnership.
Parshah Halachah
Halachic Issues Culled from the Parshah
Discussions of laws related to daily Jewish living as sourced in the weekly Torah readings.
Cross-Dressing
Parshat Ki Teitzei
Cross-dressing can lead to promiscuous behavior. Wearing the clothes of a woman would enable a man to mingle inappropriately among women, and vice versa...
Cutting Down Fruit Trees
Parshat Shoftim
The prohibition of cutting down fruit trees is stricter than the prohibition of destroying other objects of value. Since man is compared to a fruit tree, it is particularly harmful to destroy a tree, for the act unleashes negative spiritual energies.
The Mitzvah of Giving Loans
Parshat Re'eh
Giving loans is considered a greater mitzvah than the mitzvah of giving charity because it is less embarrassing for a needy person to take a loan than to receive charity.
Laws of Reciting the Shema (Part II)
Parshat Eikev
When one recites the Shema, he should do so tremulously, with concentration, reverence and awe, as people are wont to do when reading a new communication issued by the king.
Laws of Reciting the Shema (Part I)
Parshat Va'etchanan
Our Sages tell us that the creation of the entire world is considered a worthwhile endeavor just for the acceptance of the yoke of Heaven that we enact during the daily recital of Shema.
Laws of Bishul Yisrael
Parshat Devarim
By forbidding Jews from eating food cooked by non-Jews, our sages intended to create a social barrier between Jews and non-Jews in order to prevent intermarriage.
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