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Dirshu Mishnah Berurah

A page a day (amud yomi) of Mishnah Berurah explained and clarified following (roughly) the cycle of the Dirshu program for mastery of the laws of daily Jewish living. Master the text in under 30 minutes a day. For individual application of the laws you should consult with your local Orthodox Rabbi. Please subscribe to this podcast - you will be notified when each new session is uploaded and you will maximise your daily learning. For feedback or questions you can reach me on [email protected].

MB 153.15 - 153.17 Preventing an Individual from Using a Private Shul

19 mins; August 16, 2023

MB 153.13 - 153.14 Donating Property for a Shul then Retracting

20 mins; August 15, 2023

MB 153.11 - 153.13 Lending or Borrowing a Shul to Others

16 mins; August 14, 2023

MB 153.9 - 153.10 Sale of a Sefer Torah

21 mins; August 13, 2023

MB 153.7d - 153.8 Prayer Creates the Full Sanctification of the Synagogue Building

25 mins; August 13, 2023

MB 153.7c Sanctified Status of Shul or Its Monetary Value on Sale

19 mins; August 10, 2023

MB 153.7b Authorising an Individual to Sell a Shul for a Community

16 mins; August 09, 2023

MB 153.6 - 153.7a Selling a Shul By The Executive Committee

24 mins; August 08, 2023

MB 153.5 Using Funds Collected for Shul for a Different Purpose

22 mins; August 07, 2023

MB 153.1 - 153.4 Making a Study Hall from a Shul - Rising in Holiness and Not Descending

22 mins; August 06, 2023

MB 151.1b Pulling Down a Shul to Build a New One

14 mins; August 04, 2023

MB 152.1a Prohibition of Destroying a Shul

11 mins; August 03, 2023

MB 151.12 Status of An Apartment Above Synagogue

13 mins; August 02, 2023

MB 151.7 - 151.11 Respect and Care of Synagogues

20 mins; July 31, 2023

MB 151.1b - 151.6 Eating and Drinking in Shul

27 mins; July 30, 2023

MB 151.1a The Sanctity of The Synagogue

22 mins; July 28, 2023

MB 150.4b - 150.5 Positioning the Entrance and Bimah in Shul

18 mins; July 26, 2023

MB 150.1 -150.4a The Laws of Building a Shul

28 mins; July 25, 2023

MB 148.1 - 149.1 Accompanying the Torah and Showing it Honour

17 mins; July 24, 2023

MB 147.3 - 147.8 How to Do Perform Hagboh and Geliloh and Multiple Sifrei Torah

29 mins; July 21, 2023

MB 147.1b - 147.2 Hagboh and Gelilah, lifting and wrapping the Sefer Torah

23 mins; July 20, 2023

MB 146.4 - 147.1a Standing for the Sefer Torah and Not Touching it Directly

24 mins; July 18, 2023

MB 146.2b - 146.3 The Prohibition to Speak or Learn Torah During Kriat HaTorah

16 mins; July 17, 2023

MB 144.4 - 146.2a Translating The Reading of the Torah in shul

22 mins; July 14, 2023

MB 144.1 - 144.3 Is Skipping from One Torah Section to the next permitted?

24 mins; July 12, 2023

MB 143.4d Mistake Found in Sefer Torah (conclusion)

15 mins; July 11, 2023

MB 143.4c When to Replace a Sefer Torah Where Mistakes are Found

31 mins; July 10, 2023

MB 143.4b Further Rules Regarding Mistakes Found During Reading from the Torah

23 mins; July 09, 2023

MB 143.4a To Continue or Not to Continue - Finding a Mistake whilst Reading the Sefer Torah

21 mins; July 06, 2023

MB 142.2 - 143.4 When There is No Sefer Torah Available and What to do When No One Can Layn Properly

24 mins; July 05, 2023

MB 141.1 - 142.1 Making a Mistake With Reading the Torah

20 mins; July 04, 2023

MB 141.4 - 141.7 The 3 People Needed at the Bimah During the Reading of the Torah

31 mins; July 02, 2023

MB 141.1 - 141.3 Reading from the Torah must be done standing.

26 mins; June 28, 2023

MB 140.2 - 140.3 Correctly Identifying the Starting Point of Each Torah Reading

23 mins; June 27, 2023

MB 139.7 - 140.1 Holding the Torah when making the Bracha and Reading from it

29 mins; June 25, 2023

MB 139.4b - 139.6 How to Make the Bracha for An Aliyah - Open or closed?

19 mins; June 22, 2023

MB 139.2 - 139.4a Can Someone Who Cannot Read the Torah Correctly be Called to the Torah?

26 mins; June 21, 2023

MB 138.1b - 139.1 Appropriate places to stop reading for an aliyah to the Torah.

22 mins; June 20, 2023

MB 137.5- 138.1a Is it Permitted to Repeat Previous Call Ups to the Torah?

19 mins; June 18, 2023

MB 137.4 Apart from Parshat Amalek, a Minimum of 10 Verses Need to be Recited

18 mins; June 14, 2023

MB 137.2 - 137.3 Reading 10 Verses and Missing a Verse from the Torah Reading

23 mins; June 13, 2023

MB 136.1. 137.1 Priority of Call Ups to the Torah

14 mins; June 11, 2023

135.12 - 135.14 A City of All Cohanim and 1 Yisrael - The Yisrael Gets Called First

23 mins; June 08, 2023

MB 135.10b - 135.11 Additional Times Where we Call Up a Cohen or Levi

25 mins; June 07, 2023

MB 135.6 - 135.10a Torah call-ups when no Cohen or Levi present

25 mins; June 06, 2023

MB 135.3 - 135.5 The Cohen Is Called First to the Torah

23 mins; June 05, 2023

MB 135.1 - 135.2 Layning Monday and Thursday and Missed Sidros

24 mins; May 31, 2023

MB 134.1b Hagboh Lifting the Torah

13 mins; May 29, 2023

MB 132.2b - 134.1 Saying Pitum HaKetores, Boruchu, and V'hu Rachum Towards the End of Morning Prayers

23 mins; May 23, 2023

MB 131.8b - 132.2a Saying Kedusha of U'vo L'Tziyon, Aleinu, and Mourners Kaddish

29 mins; May 22, 2023

131.5 - 131.8a Days When We Do not Say Tachanun and Lamnatzayach

23 mins; May 21, 2023

MB 131.2 - 131.4 Occasions and Places When Tachanun is Not Said

35 mins; May 18, 2023

MB 131.1 Tachanun and Leaning on the Left or Right Arm

18 mins; May 16, 2023

MB 130 The Ribono Shel Olam Prayer Said for Bad Dreams

20 mins; May 15, 2023

MB 129 During Which Tefilot Does The Priestly Blessing Take Place

24 mins; May 14, 2023

MB 128.45 The Waving of the Cohen's Hands

22 mins; May 11, 2023

MB 128.42 - 128.44 Can A Cohen Who is Mourning Duchen? Duchening In Israel vs. the Diaspora

26 mins; May 09, 2023

MB 128.39 - 128.41 Can a Non-practicing Cohen Duchen? Can a Cohen who married a Divorcee Duchen?

27 mins; May 08, 2023

MB 128.37 - 128.38 The Heretical or Drunk Cohen - Can They Duchen?

21 mins; May 05, 2023

MB 128.33 - 128.36 Exact Pronunciation of the Blessings, Status of Child Cohen, and Whether a Cohen who Murders can Duchen

26 mins; May 04, 2023

MB 128.27 - 128.32 Cohen Blessing Multiple Times - Issues and Mitzvot. Blemishes that Prevent a Cohen from Blessing the People

30 mins; May 03, 2023

MB 128.21 - 128.26 Not Staring at the Cohanim When They Bless The People and A Shul Only of Cohanim

21 mins; May 02, 2023

MB 128.19 - 128.20 The Cohen Chazan and Whether He Should Duchen

21 mins; May 01, 2023

MB 128.15 - 128.18 The Importance of Answering Amen to the Cohanim's Brocha.

30 mins; April 30, 2023

MB 128.11 - 128.14 How The Cohanim Raise their Hands And Position Their Fingers to Bless the Community

26 mins; April 28, 2023

MB 128.10 Which Way Should the Cohanim Face when they Bless The People

18 mins; April 27, 2023

MB 128.7 - 128.9 Does the Cohen Make a Bracha When Washing His Hands for Duchening

19 mins; April 26, 2023

MB 128.2b - 128.6 A Cohen Who Refuses to Bless the People and the Cohen's Footwear

35 mins; April 25, 2023

MB 128.1 -128.2a The Priestly Blessing - When Does the Obligation Commence

21 mins; April 24, 2023

MB 127 Modim D'Rabbonon

23 mins; April 23, 2023

MB 126 Mistakes Made by the Chazan During the Amidah

35 mins; April 22, 2023

MB 125 Kedusha

26 mins; April 20, 2023

MB 124.10 - 124.12 Missed Parts of Amidah and The Chazan's Repetition to Compensate

25 mins; April 20, 2023

MB 124.8b - 124.9 Answering Amen Properly

24 mins; April 19, 2023

MB 124.6 - 124.8a Answering Amen to the Brochos of the Repetition of the Amidah

18 mins; April 18, 2023

MB 124.3 - 124.5 The Repetition of the Amidah by the Chazan

29 mins; April 18, 2023

MB 124.1 - 124.2 The Repetition of the Amidah by the Chazan

18 mins; April 17, 2023

MB 123.2b - 123.6 How to Step Back at Conclusion of the Amidah

24 mins; April 17, 2023

MB 122.2 - 123.2b Concluding the Amidah and Taking Steps Back

24 mins; April 16, 2023

MB 121- 122.2 Bowing During Modim Prayer and The Completion of the Amidah

27 mins; April 11, 2023

MB 119.4 - 120 When to Say Aneinu if forgotten by the Chazan

20 mins; April 10, 2023

MB 119.1 - 119.3 Adding Personal Requests Within The Amidah

27 mins; April 10, 2023

MB 117.2b - 118 Boreich Aleinu at Different Times of the Year and Hemispheres

27 mins; April 03, 2023

MB 117.1 -117.2a Laws of Birchat HaShanim Insertions

19 mins; April 03, 2023

MB 114.9 - 116 Establishing the habit of Correct Amidah Additions

27 mins; April 02, 2023

MB 114.7 - 114.8 - Repeating the Amidah - Summer and Winter Differences in Incorrect Insertions for Rain

15 mins; March 30, 2023

MB 114.5 - 114.6 When You Must Repeat the Amidah for an Incorrect Insertion

21 mins; March 29, 2023

MB 114.3 - 114.4 Adding and Removing The Blessing for Rain during the Amidah

18 mins; March 28, 2023

MB 114.1- 114.2 The Addition of Prayer for Rain - When we start and stop saying it

26 mins; March 27, 2023

MB 113 Bowing during the Amidah

27 mins; March 26, 2023

MB 111.1b - 112 Interruptions Between Geulah L'Tefilla and First/ Last 3 Blessings of Amidah

28 mins; March 25, 2023

MB 110.7 - 111.1a Tefillas Haderech #2 and Prayer for Learning

26 mins; March 24, 2023

MB 110.4 - 110.6 Tefillas HaDerech - Prayer When On a Journey #1

25 mins; March 22, 2023

MB 110.1 - 110.3 The Condensed Version of The Amidah - Havineynu, and The Super Short Tefilla Kitzorah

25 mins; March 21, 2023

MB 109.1b - 109.3 Bowing or Saying Kedusha During the Silent Amidah

30 mins; March 19, 2023

MB 109.1a The Importance of Answering Kedusha and Kaddish Over Praying Together with a Minyan

30 mins; March 19, 2023

MB 108.10 - 108.12 Saying the Wrong Amidah for the Specific Day

33 mins; March 15, 2023

MB 108.6 - 108.9 Missing Tefilla Because of Financial Loss or Getting Caught Up in Work

30 mins; March 14, 2023

MB 108.2b - 108.5 Rules Concerning Missed Amidahs and Their Make Up at the Next Opportunity

22 mins; March 13, 2023

MB 107.3 - 108.2a The Missed Amidah and When to Make it Up

32 mins; March 12, 2023

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