by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
1. It is a Mitzvat ‘Aseh [Mitzvah of commission] to say T’fillah every day, as it says: “And you shall worship YHVH your God” (Shemot [Exodus] 23:25). From oral tradition we learn that this *Avodah* (worship) is T’fillah, as it says...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
2. [following Halakhah 1, where Rambam defined the Toraic obligation of T’fillah as being unbound by time…] Therefore, women and [non-Jewish] slaves are obligated in T’fillah, since it is a Mitzvat ‘Aseh (Mitzvah of commission) which is not...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
I. In the first chapter of Hilkhot T’fillah, Halakhah 2, Rambam outlines the basic structure of T’fillah on its d’orayta [mandated by Torah] level: “…tell the praise of haKadosh Barukh Hu (the Holy One, Who is Blessed), then ask for his...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
3. [following the Halakhah that the Toraic obligation of T’fillah is to praise, request and thank God at least once a day…] If he was fluent, he would increase his supplication and request and if he was of uncircumcised lips he would speak according to his...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
4. Once the Jews were exiled in the times of the evil Nevu-khadnezzar, they assimilated in Persia and Greece and other nations, had children in those countries and those children spoke confusing languages, as each one was a mixture of several languages. Due to this,...
