Faivel Rimler

Berachot is the first tractate of the first order of the Mishnah. The Order of Zeraim (Seeds) primarily deals with laws relating to plants and farming. The connection between Berachot (Blessings) and the agricultural laws is that many blessings are relate...

Tractate Meila discusses the sanctity of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and its sacrifice, and the prohibition against using sacred items –or animals consecrated for sacrifice –for personal use.

Click here for the original text of the Talmud. This tractate, which literally means “profane [items],” covers the laws of preparing kosher meat for consumption (as opposed to sacred sacrificial meat) and other laws that govern the Jewish dietary restrict...

Although I had no experience as a congregational rabbi, I succeeded at it largely because the Rebbe guided me every step of the way—not telling me what to do, just making sure I fulfilled my mission and didn't lose focus on what was important.

Tractate Meila discusses the sanctity of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and its sacrifice, and the prohibition against using sacred items –or animals consecrated for sacrifice –for personal use.

Tractate Erchin, (literally “assessments”) deals with various kinds of donations to the Holy Temple. It is named for the Biblical model of donation in which one donates the “worth” of an individual to the Temple treasury. Its nine chapters cover a number ...

Click here for the original text of the Talmud. This tractate, which literally means “profane [items],” covers the laws of preparing kosher meat for consumption (as opposed to sacred sacrificial meat) and other laws that govern the Jewish dietary restrict...

Click here for the original text of the Talmud. The tractate Horayot, one of the shortest tractates in the Talmud, discusses the laws governing the various sacrifices brought by people who accidentally transgressed certain Torah prohibitions. The tractate...

The tractate of Chagigah (lit. "festivity") details the laws of the biblically mandated thrice-yearly pilgrimage to the Holy Temple—on Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. The tractate also discusses at length the sacrifices offered on these occasions and the re...