Ki Tisa: Understanding Ayin Hara

Shomea k'Oneh and the Mitzvah of Sippur Yetzias Mitzrayim

B’Inyan Hem Kulam Chayavim Lomar et haHaggadah b’Atzmam Does shomea k'oneh work by the mitzvah of Sippur Yetzias Mitzrayim? Why is Zechiras Yetzias Mitzrayim not an independent mitzvah? How does Sippur Yetzias Mitzrayim differ from Zechiras Yetziras Mitzrayim?  Mareh Mekomos  Shemos 13:3, 8 Brachos 12b, Rashash ibid.  Sefer haMitzvos l’haRambam, Mitzvas Aseh 157, Shoresh 3, Shoresh 12, Shoresh 5 Rambam, Hilchos Chametz u’Matzah 7:1 Sefer Emek Bracha, Amud 76 Ohr Sameach, Hilchos Krias Shema 1:1 Even haEzel, Hilchos Krias Shema 1:3 Shiurim L'Zecher Abba Mori vol. I: Mitzvas Kriyas Shema u'Zechiras Yetzias Mitzrayim, page 1 Haggadah Siach haGrid, amud 37 Tosefta Pesachim 10:7 Mishna Pesachim 10:5 Pri Megadim, Peticha Hilkhot Kriat Shema 4 Netziv, Meshiv Davar 1:47 Megillah 24a Sotah 38a Beis haLevi, Inyonim Shonim, Mah She’amar Chacham Echad  Haggadah shel Pesach miBeit haLevi, amudim 106-107 Minchas Chinuch, Mitzvas 21, os 1  Pesachim 115b Pesachim 108a Tosfos ibid. DH Hayu Tosfos Megillah 4a DH Af Sefer haChinuch, Mitzvas 21, Minchas Chinuch ibd. Os 6 Tosfos Pesachim 115b DH Kdei  Rema OC 473:7 Rambam Hil. Chometz u’Matzah 8:2

Dipping Matzah in Charoses: Machlokes Rambam-Raavad

Mareh Mekomos: Rambam, Hilchos Chometz u'Matzah 8:8 Raavad ibid. Maggid Mishneh ibid.  Rabbeinu Manoach DH v'lo  Siddur Rav Amram Gaon Tur OC 475 Rashi, Sanhedrin 101b DH נתמכמך בבנין Shulchan Aruch OC 475:5 Aruch haShulchan OC 475:5 Shulchan Aruch haRav OC 473:32 Shulchan Aruch haRav OC 475:15 Maharal, Gevuros HaShem, perek 61 and 63 Bach, OC 475:11 Friediker Rebbe, Sefer Hamaamarim Kuntresim 1, pp. 350–351 Likutei Sichos, 32, pp. 50–51

All About Shmurah Matzah

Is shmurah matzah really required? What can the Samaritans teach us about who is allowed to produce matzah for the sedarim? What can the requirements for lishma by a get teach us about matzah? Can we use machine shmurah for the sedarim?  Chullin 3b Pesachim 40a Pesachim 38a-b, Rashi sv Ushmartem Rosh Pesachim 2:26 Rambam, Hilchos Chometz u'Matzah 8:13; 5:8-9 Magid Mishneh ibid. (5:8-9) Shulchan Aruch OC 453:4 Gittin 23a Beis Yosef OC 460 Shulchan Aruch OC 460: 1-2 Biur Halacha OC 460: 1-2

Mechiras Chometz: Is it Ha'arama?

Is our contemporary sale of chometz a legal loophole/subterfuge? Should we sell actual chometz (chometz gamur)?  Mareh Mekomos:  Tosefta Pesachim 2:6 Pesachim 21a Chiddushei haRitva Pesachim 21a ד"ה ומוכר Beis Yosef OC 448:5 Terumas haDeshen 1:120 Gittin 20a Mishna Berura 448:12 Bechor Shor Pesachim 21a Teshuvos Chasam Sofer OC 62 Pesachim 4b  Tosfos, Pesachim 4b, DH מדאורייתא בביטול בעלמא סגי  Chiddushei haRamban, Pesachim 4b  Shabbos 139b Mekor Chaim OC 448:11 Gur Aryeh (Maharal), Bereshis 46:10 Emes L'Yaakov (Baal Nesivos) Brachos 8b Pe'er haDor (Biography of the Chazon Ish) (ח"ג עמ' רמ"א)  Minchas Chinuch, mitzvah 112, os beis

Ki Tisa: Understanding Ayin Hara

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