Gemara

Can One Fulfill the Obligation of Reciting Kriat Shema through a Proxy?

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This video is class of 110 in the series Intermediate Gemara: Masechet Brachot.

Rabbi N. Reichman explores a disagreement among the Rishonim about whether one can fulfill his obligation to recite Kriat Shema through a proxy. The key to understanding this machloket is to understand the Talmudic principle of “Shomei’a K’oneh”, or “Hearing is considered making a statement”.

Parshat Vayeira

Connection

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This video is class of 26 in the series Living the Parsha 5768.

Mrs. Shira Smiles explores the episode of the angels’ promise to Avraham and Sarah that they will be blessed with a son. Shira Smiles clarifies this difficult-to-understand episode with both the classical understanding and with the novel approach of the Belzer Rebbe.