Halachah Links

(In the Alphabetical Index, due to some error with the links, you may need to click on the article above the one you want and then the one you want should open.)

A priceless resource, covering an enormous range of halachic discussions and questions.

While this resource contains much useful information, specific personal halachic questions should always be addressed to one's own rabbi or another halachic authority.

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Daily halachot from the Sefardi perspective, derived from the rulings of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef זצ”ל and other Sefardi authorities. These daily halachot cover a very wide range of topics and are always interesting, illuminating and relevant.

While this resource contains much useful information, specific personal halachic questions should always be addressed to one's own rabbi or another halachic authority.

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Jewish Law at Aish.com

Daily Living

Crash Course in Jewish Blessings

The Laws of Shabbat

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“Meaning in Mitzvot” – by Rav Asher Meir

[ https://etzion.org.il/en/halakha/studies-halakha/philosophy-halakha/introduction-meaning-mitzvot ]

‘The Complete Series’ comprises 121 Articles!

From the Introduction:

Most of us are conscious that our halakhic obligations are more than a game of “Simon Says” – more than an arbitrary collection of actions meant to test our alertness and prove that we know how to “play the game.” Every action required by the Torah should have meaning, and depth, for the Jew who performs it, and we on our part should have intention in our mitzva performance – we should mean what we do …

… I have taken upon myself to make a thorough study of the sources of our most important practices in the Talmud and the codes, together with explanations of their meaning in selected works of Jewish thought …

… The main OBJECT of the explanations is to help the reader CONNECT with the mitzvot – to help create a feeling of direct relevance of the mitzva to one’s experience. The APPROACH of the work is to present explanations which conform to the detailed performance of the mitzvot. For example, the explanation of washing the hands in the morning attempts to give meaning not only to the washing of the hands in general, but also to the fact that the washing should be done three times, from a vessel and into a vessel. The explanation of the priestly blessing per se encompasses also an explanation why this mitzva is performed only on Yom Tov in most Diaspora congregations, but all year round in Israel …

… The best characterization of my explanations is that they reflect the way that I personally have put together legal sources, commentary literature and personal experience to connect with the sacred commandments and customs which define Jewish life. I personally perceive that my explanations are based on the traditional sources, but I cannot claim that I am merely transmitting and translating them …

… The shiur is intended for anybody who wants to see “meaning in mitzvot” exemplified. This mainly includes the average intellectually-curious mitzva-doer, but may also include students of Judaism who recognize that nuts-and-bolts halakha has been neglected as a vital component of a Jewish lifestyle …

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Halachipedia

A large and growing encyclopaedia of Halachah.

While this resource contains much useful information, specific personal halachic questions should always be addressed to one's own rabbi or another halachic authority.

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Practical Halacha

Rabbi Avi Zakutinsky at OU Torah

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PracticalHalacha.com

Richard B. Aiken

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halachashiur.com

Rabbi Aryeh Kerzner

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Halakhah at Jewfaq.org

What is Halakhah? Explanation / Sources / Torah Law and Rabbinic Law / Key Terminology

Home Page here: https://www.jewfaq.org/

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Sefaria

A large library of classic and modern texts. Click on ‘Texts’ in Sefaria’s menu to access the full, vast database.

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The Rules of Halacha

By Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan

A fascinating extract from “The Handbook of Jewish Thought”

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iTorah.com is the new website of dailyhalacha.com

iTorah is a vast and growing library of shiurim, halachot, essays and many more excellent Torah resources.

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Rabbi Chaim Jachter / Kol Torah, Bergen County

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HaRav Dovid Ostroff

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HaRav Yisroel Belsky zt”l

Halachically Speaking – Home Page

Halachically Speaking – archives

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Eretz Hemdah

Next to ‘Archive’ select topic, then study the extensive collections of questions & answers.

Index to Vols. I – VI, the complete books in pdf, & source sheets!

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A large library of classic Torah texts.

Very versatile interface, and includes English translations.

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YUTorah Online (Yeshiva University)

Try the following options in this vast repository of Halachah shiurim:

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Here you will find studies on:

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Yeshivat Har Etzion Virtual Beit Midrash

Laws of Shabbat

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Yeshivat Har Etzion Virtual Beit Midrash

Laws of Pesach

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What happens to all the Chametz you sell for Pesach? Rabbi Zimmerman shows us.

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Shiur on the (then) new North West London Eruv given by Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu זצ”ל at Kinloss (Finchley United) Synagogue on 24th February 2003.

Placed here with kind permission from The North West London Eruv Website, https://nwlondoneruv.org/

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