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MB 190.1 - 190.3a Drinking from the Kos Shel Bracha
26 mins; January 28, 2024
MB 189 The 4th Brocha of Birchat HaMazon - HaTov V'HaMaytiv
18 mins; January 25, 2024
MB 188.8 - 188.10 Failing to Say Ratzey At Seudah Shelishit. Saying Ratzey When Shabbat Goes Out
19 mins; January 25, 2024
MB 188.7 Forgetting to Say Yaaleh V’yavo on Rosh Chodesh
20 mins; January 23, 2024
MB 188.6b Forgetting to Say Ratzey or Yaaleh V’yavo on Shabbat or Yom Tov
15 mins; January 23, 2024
MB 188.3 - 188.6 3rd Blessing of Birchat Hamazon
24 mins; January 21, 2024
MB 187 - 188.2 Importance of Certain Phrases in Bentching and Answering Amen after 3rd Bracha
33 mins; January 17, 2024
MB 185.5b - 186.2 The Obligation of Women and Children to Bentch
23 mins; January 16, 2024
MB 185.1 - 185.5a Saying Birchat Amazon Out Loud and In States of Drunkeness
29 mins; January 16, 2024
MB 184.5 - 184.6 Duration Allowed By Which to Bentch and Amount of Bread Required to Obligate Bentching
20 mins; January 15, 2024
MB 184.1b - 184.4 Birchat Hamazon In a Different Location from The Meal
27 mins; January 12, 2024
MB 183.8 - 184.1a Sitting During Birchat Hamzon and for Al Hamichya. Changing Bentching Location
22 mins; January 10, 2024
MB 183.5 - 183.7 Proper Conduct of Bentching
28 mins; January 04, 2024
MB 183.1 - 183.4 Holding the Wine Cup, Hats and Jackets Worn for Bentching
28 mins; January 03, 2024
MB 182.3 - 182.7 - The Impaired Cup of Wine
28 mins; January 01, 2024
MB 182.2 - Bentching over Wine Substitutes and Chamar Medina - Principal Local Drinks
23 mins; December 30, 2023
MB 181.9 - 182.1 Washing Mayim Acronym Without Water. When Should we Bentch over Wine?
21 mins; December 28, 2023
MB 181.3 - 181.8 Mayim Achronim - What, How, and When
20 mins; December 27, 2023
MB 180.4 - 181.2 Disposing of Breadcrumbs and The Obligation of Washing Before Bentching
17 mins; December 27, 2023
MB 179.5 - 180.3 Salt & Water After a Meal and Leaving Bread on the Table After Eating
23 mins; December 25, 2023
MB 179.2 - 179.4 The Host Determines the Meal Ending
16 mins; December 25, 2023
MB 179.1 What Constitutes the End of the Meal
23 mins; December 23, 2023
MB 178.3 - 178.7 Eating Fruits Outside and Whether Davenning or Sleep Constitute an Interruption to a Meal
33 mins; December 21, 2023
MB 178.2b Rema's View on Changing Location During a Meal and New Brochas
23 mins; December 20, 2023
MB 178.2a Changing Locations During a Meal and Requirement for a Bracha
23 mins; December 20, 2023
MB 178.1 Does a Change of Location of Eating Require a New Bracha
19 mins; December 18, 2023
MB 177.3 - 177.5 Fruit as a Main Meal with Bread
23 mins; December 17, 2023
MB 177.1b - 177.2 Status of Fruits, Vegetables, and Deserts Within a Meal #2
19 mins; December 15, 2023
MB 177.1a Status of Fruits, Vegetables, and Deserts Within a Meal
16 mins; December 14, 2023
MB 176 When Does Bread Exempt The Bracha From Other Foods?
24 mins; December 12, 2023
MB 175.3 - 175.6 Extra Conditions of Tov V'Hamaytiv Bracha
12 mins; December 11, 2023
MB 175.1 - 175.2 When to Say HaTov V'Hamaytiv on Wine
23 mins; December 11, 2023
MB 174.7b - 174.8 Drinks Within a Meal
28 mins; December 10, 2023
MB 174.6 - 174.7a Drinks Within A Meal
21 mins; December 06, 2023
MB 174.4b - 174.5 When The Bracha of Wine Exempts A Further Bracha of Wine During the Meal
21 mins; December 05, 2023
MB 174.1 - 174.4a Wine and Its Bracha Before and During a Meal
18 mins; December 04, 2023
MB 172.2 - 173.3 Eating Food and Forgetting to Make a Brocha and Mid-meal Hand Washing
16 mins; December 03, 2023
MB 171.2 - 172.1 Respect for Food and Forgetting to Make a Bracha over Drinks
27 mins; December 03, 2023
MB 171.1 Treating Food Respectfully
15 mins; November 30, 2023
MB 170.18 - 170.22 Dining Etiquette #3
21 mins; November 30, 2023
MB 170.9 - 170.17 Dining Etiquette #2
23 mins; November 29, 2023
MB 170.2 - 170.8 Dining Etiquette # 1
21 mins; November 28, 2023
MB 169.3 - 170.1 Blessings Made by The Waiter on Food Served To Him.
24 mins; November 27, 2023
MB 169.1 - 169.2 Giving Food to the Attendant at the Meal
16 mins; November 27, 2023
MB 168.15 - 168.17 Blessings on Pizza, Borekas, and Mezonot Bread
24 mins; November 26, 2023
MB 168.13b - 168.14 Blessing on Kreplach
29 mins; November 26, 2023
MB 168.11 - MB 168.13a
28 mins; November 26, 2023
MB 168.10 Status of Croutons. Baked, Fried "bread", and Kneidelach
33 mins; November 23, 2023
MB 168.8b - 168.9 Do We Make a Separate Brocho for Cake During a Meal?
26 mins; November 22, 2023
MB 168.7 -168.8a What is Pas Kissnin
26 mins; November 20, 2023
MB 168.5 - MB 168.6 Priority of Breads and Bread-Like Food
31 mins; November 17, 2023
MB 168.1 - 168.4 Prioritisation of Different Types and States of Bread
30 mins; November 16, 2023
MB 167.16 - MB 167.20 Distributing the Bread of Hamotzi
19 mins; November 13, 2023
MB 167.14 - MB 167.15 Prioritisation of Who Makes The Hamotzi Bracha
23 mins; November 10, 2023
MB 167.11 - 167.13 Creating a Fixed Place of Eating for One Person to Exempt Others in Blessings
22 mins; November 09, 2023
MB 167.7 - MB 167.10 Exempting Another Person With The Bracha of HaMotzi
17 mins; November 08, 2023
MB 167.5 - 167.6 Speaking Between HaMotzi Brocha and Eating
28 mins; November 03, 2023
MB 167.1b - 167.4 Making and Answering the Brocho Upon Bread
20 mins; October 31, 2023
MB 166 - 167.1a Avoiding a Pause Between Washing and The Blessing for Bread. Breaking Bread
29 mins; October 30, 2023
MB 165 Needing the Bathroom and Washing for a Meal
14 mins; October 29, 2023
MB 164 Washing Once For the Whole Day
31 mins; October 29, 2023
MB 163 Wrapping Your Hands in a Cloth if No Water Available
22 mins; October 26, 2023
MB 162.9 - MB 162.10 Washing the Hands With a Bandage on them.
19 mins; October 24, 2023
MB 162.5 - MB 162.8 Touching One’s Hands Before They Have Become Fully Purified.
23 mins; October 23, 2023
MB 162.4 Problems of Transfer of Impure Water Back to Pure Hands
28 mins; October 22, 2023
MB 162.2 - 162.3 Cleansing the Hands of Dirt Before Formal Washing
30 mins; October 18, 2023
MB 162.1b Using A Reviis of Water Removes The Need To Raise Hands
17 mins; October 17, 2023
MB 162.1a Lifting the Hands When Washing Them
21 mins; October 16, 2023
MB 161.2 - 161.4 Paint, Ink, and Rings That Sometimes Cause an Interposition When Washing Hands
22 mins; October 15, 2023
MB 161.1b Care Needed to Avoid Interpositions During Washing Hands
24 mins; October 12, 2023
MB 160.13b - 161.1a Multiple People Washing Together
24 mins; October 11, 2023
MB 160.13a The Minimum Amount of Water Required for Washing
19 mins; October 10, 2023
MB 160.11 - 160.12 Doubtful Hand Washing and Use of Snow and Sleet for Washing
29 mins; October 09, 2023
MB 160.7 - 160.10 Using Tiberius Hot spring Water for Hand Washing and Immersion
23 mins; October 05, 2023
MB 160.2b - 160.6 Valid and Invalid Water for Washing
27 mins; October 03, 2023
MB 160.1 - 160.2a Water Unfit For Washing Use if Changed Colour
27 mins; September 28, 2023
Mb 159.15 - 159.20 Washing and Immersing Hands
23 mins; September 27, 2023
MB 159.10 - 159.14 Who Qualifies as an Appropriate Agent for Hand Washing
23 mins; September 26, 2023
MB 159.8 - 159.9 Pouring onto the hands and immersing the hands in water
17 mins; September 19, 2023
MB 159.7b Immersion of Hands in Water as a way of Purification
27 mins; September 14, 2023
MB 159.6 - 159.7a Pouring From One Hand to the Next
21 mins; September 11, 2023
MB 159.5 The Washing Utensil with a Plughole
20 mins; September 10, 2023
MB 159.3 - 159.4 Design Features of a Valid Washing Utensil
19 mins; September 07, 2023
MB 159.1 - 159.2 Which Vessels are Suitable for Washing Hands
24 mins; September 05, 2023
MB 158.11 - 158.13 Drying One’s and and When to make The Bracha
18 mins; September 04, 2023
MB 158.6 - 158.10 Care in Washing Ones Hands
18 mins; September 04, 2023
MB 158.4b - 158.5 Washing Hands Before Meat, Fruit, or Vegetables
23 mins; September 03, 2023
MB 158.2 - 158.4a Quantity and Types of Food That Require Hand Washing First
25 mins; September 01, 2023
MB 157 - MB 158.2 Morning Meal and Washing for Bread
21 mins; August 30, 2023
MB 146.1b Appropriate Behaviour and Character Traits
26 mins; August 29, 2023
MB 156.1a The Torah Approach to Work
19 mins; August 28, 2023
MB 155 The Importance of Fixing a Time for Learning Torah
31 mins; August 27, 2023
MB 154.15 Returning a Donated Item and Putting Up Plaques for Donations
22 mins; August 24, 2023
154.9 - 154.12 Making Personal Use of Synagogue Candles
15 mins; August 23, 2023
MB 154.9 - 154.11 Using Holy Items for Other Purposes
26 mins; August 23, 2023
MB 154.6b - 164.8 Using Holy Items for Personal Benefit
25 mins; August 21, 2023
MB 154.3b - 154.6a Acceptable use of Worn out Holy Items
31 mins; August 20, 2023
MB 154.1 - 154.3a Shuls, Courtyards, and the Holiness of Items that Serve Holy Items
27 mins; August 19, 2023
MB 153.21b - 153.22 Prostitution Payment Dedicated to a Shul
23 mins; August 19, 2023
MB 153.8 - 153.21a Status of Items Given to a Shul