The Nature of Torah Reading
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Rabbi Moshe N. Reichman examines the nature of the mitzvah of reading the Torah. Is the mitzvah to hear, or to actually read from the Torah?
Category: Masechet Brachot
Learning During Torah Reading
Posted onRabbi Moshe N. Reichman analyzes the Rishonim’s viewpoints regarding learning during Torah reading.
Reading the Torah
Posted onRabbi Moshe N. Reichman explores the prohibition to leave shul or to learn while the Torah is being read.
The Beit Midrash of Halacha
Posted onRabbi Moshe N. Reichman analyzes the Gemara’s statement that Hashem desires the gates of halacha more than shuls and synagogues.
The Purpose of Man
Posted onRabbi Moshe N. Reichman discusses the Rambam’s explanation of the statement in the Gemara that Hashem’s presence exists only in the four cubits of halacha.
A Timely Prayer
Posted onRabbi Moshe N. Reichman discusses what a chassid should pray for.