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Brachot for Various Spices
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on July 18, 2008
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15 Tamuz 5768 - What is the bracha for a spice that comes from a tree? Is it a "fruit extract" like juice? Does it matter if it comes from the fruit or some other part of the tree like the root? Sources: OC 202:16-18; MB 202:77-83
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The Bracha for Sugar
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on July 17, 2008
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14 Tamuz 5768 - Sugar, like fruit, is a product from a tree (or at least a plant). What is its correct bracha? Sources: OC 202:15; MB 202:73-76; Beur Halacha d.h. "Al HaSukar"
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Brachot for Juices (2)
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on July 16, 2008
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13 Tamuz 5768 - At what point is juice the "normal" way of eating a fruit? What about stewing or seeping? Plumbs, figs, and oranges; kanata a'da'ta d'hechi. Sources: OC 202:10; MB 202:52
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Brachot for Juices (1)
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on July 15, 2008
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12 Tamuz 5768 - Juice that seeps or is squeezed from fruit or that comes from crushing or cooking fruit -- what is its bracha? Sources: OC 202:8,10; MB 202:45-47,51,53
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Brachot on Fruit Seeds
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on July 09, 2008
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6 Tamuz 5768 - Is a seed part of the fruit and hence subject to the same brachah, or is it a different food? Is the seed tafel to the fruit? Why is the tree grown? Sources: OC 202:3; MB 14:23-25
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Cooked and Fresh Fruits (2)
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on July 02, 2008
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29 Sivan 5768 - What is the brachah for a fresh fruit that is better when cooked? A cooked fruit that tastes better when fresh? Sources: OC 202:12; MB 202:63-66
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Cooked and Fresh Fruits
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on July 01, 2008
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28 Sivan 5768 - What is the brachah for a fresh fruit that is better when cooked? A cooked fruit that tastes better when fresh? Sources: OC 202:2,12; MB 202:20-22,61-62
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Brachot on Unripe Fruits
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on June 30, 2008
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27 Sivan 5768 - What is the brachah for fruit that is sour, bitter because it is unripe? What if it is so bitter that it is inedible? Sources: OC 202:2; MB 202:17-19
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Raisin Wine (2)
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on June 26, 2008
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23 Sivan 5768 - Halacha l'ma'aseh: there are four requirements that, if met, make raisin wine pri ha-gefen by all opinions. Sources: OC 202:11; MB 202:56-60
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The Beauty of a Mitzvah
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on June 25, 2008
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22 Sivan 5768 - Each mitzvah has its own inner beauty, and we should seek to express that beauty in our observance of the mitzvah by performing it in a pleasing manner. Sources: Ch"A 68:5
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Raisin Wine (1)
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on June 24, 2008
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21 Sivan 5768 - Is the brachah for raisin wine borei pri hagafen or shehakol? Sources: OC 202:11; MB 202:54-55
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When is wine no longer wine?
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on June 23, 2008
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20 Sivan 5768 - At some point in mixing wine with other liquids, its brachah changes from borei pri ha-gefen. Just when does that happen? Sources: OC 202:1; MB 202:7-10
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Parameters for Brachot on Fruit
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on June 18, 2008
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15 Sivan 5768 - The general rules for brachot on fruit -- when the brachah is pri ha'etz, pri ha'adamah, and shehakol. Also: what to do if you don't know what brachah to make -- the answer will likely surprise you! Sources: OC 202:18; MB 202:83-86
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Parameters of Chinuch for Mitzvot Lo Ta'aseh
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on June 12, 2008
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9 Sivan 5768 - Summary of various topics, including: handing a child an issur; handing a child an issur by way of a non-Jew; issurei d'rabbanan for a sick child; and circumstances where it is forbidden to eat (such as prior to kiddush and fast days. Sources: Ch"A 66:6-10
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Communal Obligation for Our Children
from Rav Dovid's Shiurim on June 11, 2008
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8 Sivan 5768 - All Jews are responsible for one another, so there are situations where every adult Jew has an obligation to educate every Jewish child. Two common cases: when a child does an issur for an adult; mitzvot ben adam l'chaveiro. Sources: Ch"A 66:4-5
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