BiKitzur Shulchan Aruch
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Ep. 572. When one uses a lot of water to wash their hands make sure to have others in mind.
6 mins; August 15, 2023
Ep. 571. Should one still wash their hands for bread if their hands are perfectly clean.
7 mins; August 14, 2023
Ep. 570. Having in mind to serve Hashem when washing for bread. Wash up until your wrists.
8 mins; August 13, 2023
Ep. 569. How much water should one be using to wash for the bread, challah, matzah, etc.
7 mins; August 12, 2023
Ep. 568. Understanding the background of the severity of not washing for bread the right way.
7 mins; August 10, 2023
Ep. 567. Are there other situations whereby one has to wash before they eat the food if it is not bread, challah, matzah.
7 mins; August 09, 2023
Ep. 566. Does one have to wash if they are going to eat less than a "KIZAYIS" of bread.
7 mins; August 08, 2023
Ep. 565. Bottom line on how to work with a "eggs worth" and washing with a brocha.
7 mins; August 07, 2023
Ep. 564. How fast does one have to eat a "eggs worth" for a BROCHA on washing?
7 mins; August 06, 2023
Ep. 563. Does one have to make a brocha (NETILAS YIDOYIM) if they are only going to eat a Kizayis of bread (half of a eggs worth)?
9 mins; August 05, 2023
Ep. 562. Understanding the concept of why one has to eat a "eggs worth" of bread in order to make a brocha on washing.
9 mins; August 03, 2023
Ep. 561. How much (bread, challah, matzah, etc.) does one have to eat in order to make a brocha on washing?
7 mins; August 02, 2023
Ep. 560. Cornbread - the correct brocha.
6 mins; August 01, 2023
Ep. 559. Does one have to wash for bread made out of ingredients, which are not from the five grains? (No flour is mixed in at all).
6 mins; July 31, 2023
Ep. 558. Does one have to wash for bread if their hands are perfectly clean? Understanding the importance of a "讚专讘谞谉" (a commandment from chazal).
6 mins; July 30, 2023
Ep. 557. Understanding the severity of how to wash for bread, challah, matzah, etc.
6 mins; July 29, 2023
Ep. 556. How do we wash for bread, challah, etc.
6 mins; July 26, 2023
Ep. 555. The importance of holiness and cleanliness before sitting down to a meal.
6 mins; July 25, 2023
Ep. 554. What is the reason for washing before one eats bread, challah, matzo, etc.
8 mins; July 24, 2023
Ep. 553. Introduction to the halachas of "NETILAS YIDOYIM" (washing when eating bread).
6 mins; July 23, 2023
Ep. 552. Many various different examples of cake, cookies, crackers and amounts that one should be careful with.
9 mins; July 22, 2023
Ep. 551. What should one do if they ate "4 eggs worth but not a full meal".
7 mins; July 20, 2023
Ep. 550. How to work with Noodle Kugel and various types of cakes.
9 mins; July 19, 2023
Ep. 549. Kreplach, Ravioli, and Lasagna, are they part of the bread family?
7 mins; July 18, 2023
Ep. 548a. CORRECTION. How to work with various types of foods that are baked but not part of the bread family.
1 min; July 17, 2023
Ep. 548. How to work with various types of foods that are baked but not part of the bread family.
7 mins; July 17, 2023
Ep. 547. How to work with "Knishes and Borekas".
6 mins; July 16, 2023
Ep. 546. How much and how fast do we have to eat for an after-brocha.
7 mins; July 15, 2023
Ep. 545. The correct brocha on "Thin pancakes" and "Blintzes".
6 mins; July 13, 2023
Ep. 544. The correct brocha on "PANCAKES". Part 2.
5 mins; July 12, 2023
Ep. 543. The correct brocha on "PANCAKES". Part 1.
9 mins; July 11, 2023
Ep. 542. Is one allowed to break up there eating session in order not to have to BENTCH.
7 mins; July 10, 2023
Ep. 541. How much does one have to eat in what amount of time when it comes to cake, cookies, crackers, pizza, etc. in order to have to BENTCH.
6 mins; July 09, 2023
Ep. 540. How to work with the situation when one intended to eat a lot and then they ended up eating only a little. ( cake, cookies, crackers, etc.).
7 mins; July 08, 2023
Ep. 539. Various applications on how to work the first brocha on the 2nd part of my eating session (cake, cookies, crackers, etc.).
7 mins; July 06, 2023
Ep. 538. (Part #2) Practical applications in changing one's mind in conjunction with eating cake, cookies, crackers, etc.
8 mins; July 05, 2023
Ep. 537. Practical applications in changing one's mind in conjunction with eating cake, cookies, crackers, etc.
7 mins; July 04, 2023
Ep. 536. What brocha should one make on the second part of their meal if they change their mind to eat more.
8 mins; July 03, 2023
Ep. 535. When one changes their mind in the middle of eating to eat more what is the halacha.
6 mins; July 02, 2023
Ep. 534. When one eats plain cake by itself, does the type of cake they are eating make a difference.
9 mins; July 01, 2023
Ep. 533. How much cake, cookies, crackers, etc., is considered a full meal when eaten by itself.
6 mins; June 29, 2023
Ep. 532. When eating plain cake, cookies, crackers, etc., without other foods, how much should they be careful with.
9 mins; June 28, 2023
Ep. 531. Very important measurements in reference to the bread family.
11 mins; June 27, 2023
Ep. 530. The halachas of "pizza" might be different in conjunction with women or possibly older people.
6 mins; June 26, 2023
Ep. 529. Bottom line on how to work with "PIZZA": 1, 2, or 3 slices (What brocha to make).
10 mins; June 25, 2023
Ep. 528. How to work with 2-slices of "PIZZA" (what brocha to make).
10 mins; June 24, 2023
Ep. 527. Bottom line on 1-slice of "PIZZA" (what brocha to make).
8 mins; June 22, 2023
Ep. 526. What is the correct brocha to make on "PIZZA" where the dough is made from mostly fruit juice.
9 mins; June 21, 2023
Ep. 525. Sometimes even regular dough (flour and water), when the filling is a meal type food e.g. meats or cheese, etc. would still be a "MEZONOS".
6 mins; June 20, 2023
Ep. 524. The correct brocha on "PIZZA" (Part 2).
6 mins; June 19, 2023
Ep. 523. More important information in reference to measuring a kezayis or eggs worth.
6 mins; June 18, 2023
Ep. 522. How do we look at "PIZZA" in the halachas of brochas.
7 mins; June 17, 2023
Ep. 521. Introduction to the halachas of the brocha on "PIZZA".
6 mins; June 15, 2023
Ep. 520. Special CHIZUK and the bottom line on "MEZONOS" bread, rolls.
7 mins; June 14, 2023
Ep. 519. What is the bottom line on eating cakes, cookies, crackers, etc. together with other foods.
9 mins; June 13, 2023
Ep. 518. Items which were COOKED do not have the various halachas of having to possibly wash and BENTCH when they eat larger amounts.
5 mins; June 12, 2023
Ep. 517. How do we measure a size of 4 eggs worth of MEZONOS.
7 mins; June 11, 2023
Ep. 516. Some important ways to work with eating cake, cookies, crackers, etc. with other foods and not having to BENTCH.
8 mins; June 10, 2023
Ep. 515. Eating cakes together with other foods (when do we say the brocha changes to a HAMOTZI).
9 mins; June 08, 2023
Ep. 514. What are some of the halachas of having a food change from a MEZONOS to a HAMOTZI.
7 mins; June 07, 2023
Ep. 513. How do we understand the concept of having a food change from a MEZONOS to a HAMOTZI.
7 mins; June 06, 2023
Ep. 512. How to work with GRANOLA, GRANOLA bars.
7 mins; June 05, 2023
Ep. 511. EGG MATZOH on erev PESACH which falls out on Shabbos.
8 mins; June 04, 2023
Ep. 510. How does the average person eat this type of "bread".
7 mins; June 03, 2023
Ep. 509. Understanding the concept of: Just because it falls into one of the categories of "pas Ha'ba B'kisnin" it doesn't always mean that it is a "mezonos".
8 mins; June 01, 2023
Ep. 508. Understanding all the various different type of signs (住讬诪谞讬诐) on the bottom or top of rolls, danishes, etc.
5 mins; May 31, 2023
Ep. 507. How sweet does the dough have to be in order to be able to make a brocha of MEZONOS and not a HAMOTZI.
9 mins; May 30, 2023
Ep. 506. How do we understand the concept where there is a halachic change from HAMOTZI to MEZONOS.
9 mins; May 29, 2023
Ep. 505. Are there any "SIGNS (住讬诪谞讬诐) on the bread itself which might change it from HAMOTZI to MEZONOS?
9 mins; May 28, 2023
Ep. 504. Problems which come up in reference to "MEZONOS bread/rolls". Part #2.
8 mins; May 27, 2023
Ep. 503. Introduction to the various different issues which come up in reference to "MEZONOS bread".
6 mins; May 24, 2023
Ep. 502. 3 or 4 steps in reference to two different types of foods. E.g., tuna on a cracker, cheese on a rice cake, jam or peanut butter on a cracker.
7 mins; May 23, 2023
Ep. 501. Understanding 3 steps in reference to two different types of food that one eats together.
8 mins; May 22, 2023
Ep. 500. Dipping food into drinks. Part #2.
10 mins; May 21, 2023
Ep. 499. How to work with (making the correct brocha) when dipping a doughnut or cake cookies into liquids, e.g. coffee.
8 mins; May 20, 2023
Ep. 498. The correct brocha on "EGG MATZOH".
8 mins; May 18, 2023
Ep. 497. Understanding the correct brocha on "MATZOH".
7 mins; May 17, 2023
Ep. 496. The correct brocha to make on "WRAPS".
7 mins; May 16, 2023
Ep. 495. What is the correct brocha to make on "DOUGHNUTS". Part #2.
10 mins; May 15, 2023
Ep. 494. What is the correct brocha to make on "DOUGHNUTS". Part #1.
7 mins; May 14, 2023
Ep. 493. What is the correct brocha to make on "BAGELS".
8 mins; May 13, 2023
Ep. 492. Does the brocha on bread change of one soaks it in water.
8 mins; May 11, 2023
Ep. 491. How to work with the appearance of the bread.
7 mins; May 10, 2023
Ep. 490. Interesting facts about "CHEERIOS".
5 mins; May 09, 2023
Ep. 489. What is the correct brocha to make on CHALLAH Kugel, Bread Kugel, Bread stuffing, Bread pudding, etc.
7 mins; May 08, 2023
Ep. 488. What is the halacha with frying bread in a regular amount of oil. (Not a lot and not a little).
8 mins; May 07, 2023
Ep. 487. Understanding the three levels of frying and how they work in conjunction with changing bread.
7 mins; May 06, 2023
Ep. 486. The correct brocha on MATZOH balls, MATZOH crackers, MATZOH meal latka; one who eats plain MATZOH meal or flour.
6 mins; May 04, 2023
Ep. 485. The halachas of "MATZOH BREI".
9 mins; May 03, 2023
Ep. 484. Important clarification on "FRENCH TOAST".
7 mins; May 02, 2023
Ep. 483. What brocha does one make on "PESACH CAKE", MATZOH MEAL LATKE (chremzil).
7 mins; May 01, 2023
Ep. 482. Important information in reference to DRINKS and 讘讜专讗 谞驻砖讜转.
5 mins; April 30, 2023
Ep. 481. How to work with baked bread that I now make into small pieces and I want to make it into another dish.
7 mins; April 29, 2023
Ep. 480. What is the halacha if I baked bread and I now want to cook it or fry it, etc. (E.g., French toast).
7 mins; April 27, 2023
Ep. 479. Toast; very important examples of "pas Ha'ba B'kisnin".
6 mins; April 26, 2023
Ep. 478a. Correction to # 478.
1 min; April 25, 2023
Ep. 478. How do we determine the term "SNACK type food".
9 mins; April 25, 2023
Ep. 477. Opinion number three - "pas Ha'ba B'kisnin" (snack type food).
6 mins; April 24, 2023
Ep. 476. Opinion number two - "pas Ha'ba B'kisnin" (snack type food).
9 mins; April 23, 2023
Ep. 475. Opinion number one - "pas Ha'ba B'kisnin" filled dough, e.g. pie.
8 mins; April 13, 2023