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The Eruv in America - Halakhah and History (Part 3) - The History of the Toronto Eruv

Rabbi Adam Mintz

Audio
Mar 2, 2023

Eiruvin 100: Cats and Ants

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Imagine if the Torah had not been given. While for many, such a thought is unthinkable—“for they are our life and the length of our days, and on them we will meditate day and night”—for many, actually, most Jews, such is…
Article
Nov 19, 2020

For the Sake of Heaven

Rabbi Jay Kelman

I often ask my high school students what they consider the most difficult mitzvah to observe. The two most common answers I receive are keeping Shabbat and keeping kosher. Considering that I teach in a communal high school where the overwhelming…
Article
Nov 3, 2020

Eiruvin 65: Time to Laugh

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Rabbi Elai said: A person is recognized through three ways: b’koso, b’kiso, u’b’kaaso” (Eiruvin 65b).   This teaching of Rav Elai, one of the more famous teachings of our Sages, advises that if one…
Article
Oct 21, 2020

Eiruvin 65: Davening Less, Learning More

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Two of the most fundamental mitzvot are those of prayer and Talmud Torah. Observant Jews pray three times a day, and for those who daven with a minyan, the time spent going to shul, davening, and coming back home can easily take up to two hours a…
Article
Oct 19, 2020

Eiruvin 53: Curriculum Planning

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“One cannot compare one who learns the chapter 100 times to one who learns it 101 times” (Chagiga 9b). The mitzvah of Talmud Torah involves much more than spending time learning Torah, important as that may be. The mitzvah requires that…
Article
Oct 6, 2020

Eiruvin 30: Eating Together

Rabbi Jay Kelman

One of the hardest hit industries of the pandemic has been the restaurant industry. Many restaurants have permanently closed; surely, many more will close in the coming months, and those that survive may never fully recover.  Socially…
Article
Sep 10, 2020

Eiruvin 2: A Holy Home

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The focus of masechet Shabbat is the definition of the parameters of the 39 prohibited melachot, creative activities prohibited on Shabbat. Of the 39 melachot, it is that of carrying that, by a large margin, takes up more Talmudic discussion than…
Article
Aug 17, 2020

Eiruvin 95b: Tefillin for Women

Rabbi Jay Kelman

In Talmudic times, it was common for one to wear tefillin all day long. As the Torah does not limit its observance in any way, there would seem to be no reason to limit time spent wearing them to a few minutes a day. Even the exemption from wearing…
Article
Jun 18, 2013

Eiruvin 81b: Cash Cow

Rabbi Jay Kelman

As more and more of our economy runs on credit, as we increasingly pay for purchases with debit cards or even smartphones, the necessity—or even the capability—of using cash is becoming less and less common. Truth be told, this not a…
Article
Jun 12, 2013