Aryeh Citron

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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.

The Torah-Business Partnership
Parshat V'Zot Haberachah
By Aryeh Citron
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.
Jewish Practice » Miscellaneous » Parshah Halachah » The Torah-Business Partnership

Parshah Halachah
Halachic Issues Culled from the Parshah
By Aryeh Citron
Discussions of laws related to daily Jewish living as sourced in the weekly Torah readings.
Jewish Practice » Miscellaneous » Parshah Halachah

Cross-Dressing
Parshat Ki Teitzei
By Aryeh Citron
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...
Jewish Practice » Miscellaneous » Parshah Halachah » Cross-Dressing

Cutting Down Fruit Trees
Parshat Shoftim
By Aryeh Citron
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.
Jewish Practice » Miscellaneous » Parshah Halachah » Cutting Down Fruit Trees

The Mitzvah of Giving Loans
Parshat Re'eh
By Aryeh Citron
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.
Jewish Practice » Miscellaneous » Parshah Halachah » The Mitzvah of Giving Loans

Laws of Reciting the Shema (Part II)
Parshat Eikev
By Aryeh Citron
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.
Jewish Practice » Miscellaneous » Parshah Halachah » Laws of Reciting the Shema (Part II)

Laws of Reciting the Shema (Part I)
Parshat Va'etchanan
By Aryeh Citron
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.
Jewish Practice » Miscellaneous » Parshah Halachah » Laws of Reciting the Shema (Part I)

Laws of Bishul Yisrael
Parshat Devarim
By Aryeh Citron
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.
Jewish Practice » Miscellaneous » Parshah Halachah » Laws of Bishul Yisrael

Guard Your Life
Parshat Massei
By Aryeh Citron
The Torah considers one responsible for safeguarding one's own as well as others' health and wellbeing. Presented here is a partial collection of laws pertaining to guarding the life and health of oneself and others.
Jewish Practice » Miscellaneous » Parshah Halachah » Guard Your Life

Laws of the Musaf Prayers
Parshat Pinchas
By Aryeh Citron
When the sages instituted the daily prayers, they included a prayer for each of the regular communal sacrifices. They also instituted the Musaf prayer to be recited on any day when the musaf sacrifice was to be offered.
Jewish Practice » Miscellaneous » Parshah Halachah » Laws of the Musaf Prayers

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