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The rabbis disagree on the required length of tzitzit strings, which implies that a specific length is necessary. However, this appears to contradi…
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Menachot 40 - February 20, 3 Adar
Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel disagree regarding the law of a sadin (a linen garment) in the context of tzitzit. While Beit Shammai exempts a linen ga…
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Menachot 39 - February 19, 2 Adar
Rava explains that the top knot on the tzitzit (after all the windings) must be of Torah origin. If it were not, the attachment would be considered t…
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Menachot 38 - Rosh Chodesh Adar - February 18, 1 Adar
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The Gemara brings two different versions of the incident involving Mar bar Rav Ashi, whose tzitzit were torn on Shabba…
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Menachot 37 - February 17, 30 Shvat
There are three different ways that Tannaim derive the source for wearing tefillin on the left hand. However, left-handed people wear them on the rig…
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Menachot 36 - February 16, 29 Shvat
Rav Chisda explains that if one speaks between placing the tefillin shel yad and the tefillin shel rosh, an additional blessing must be recited upon …
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Menachot 35 - February 15, 28 Shvat
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The exact order of the four biblical passages (parshiot) within the tefillin shel rosh is critical; if they are not arranged in their specif…
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Menachot 34 - Shabbat February 14, 27 Shvat
Rav Huna states that a closed-in staircase opening (lul) between a house and an upper story requires one mezuza if it has one entrance and two mezuzo…
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Menachot 33 - February 13, 26 Shvat
Rav Yehuda in the name of Shmuel rules that a mezuza written on two sheets or columns is invalid. The Gemara raises a difficulty from a braita that i…
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