The Talmud cites a baraita that adds two answers to the Mishna’s question above: “It has been taught: R. Meir says: [The morning Shema is read] from the time that one can distinguish between a wolf ...

There is a dispute between Rashi and the Rambam in how to understand the pasuk of Shema Yisrael. Rashi understands the pasuk as a request for the entire world to come to recognize Hashem as The One ...

הרב קוקצילום: אוסף התצלומים של צדוק בסן. The celebrated first Chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel, Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook (1865-1935) is recognized as being among the most important Jewish ...

The fourth chapter of Berakhot begins partway down the first side of today’s page with a mishnah discussing the times one is obligated to recite the three daily Amidahs: The morning prayer [i.e.

Reciting the Shema in the morning and at night is a reminder that I am part of something bigger Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday life After ...

She was wiser than her husband. Today’s daf wraps up the discussion of the second mishnah in Berakhot. Let’s review quickly: Just as the first mishnah in Berakhot gave time parameters for reciting the ...

Ever since the yearly cycle of Torah readings was standardised towards the end of the Second Temple era, and the fixed calendar as calculated by Hillel II (Hillel ben Yehudah, Nasi or head of the ...