Rabbi Avi Harari is rabbi of Cong. Mikdash Eliyahu and Ohel Yishak of Allenhurst. He serves, as well, as Rosh Bet Midrash of Yeshivah of Flatbush and Rosh Yeshiva of Sephardic Rabbinical College. For more information about Rabbi Harari, his classes and teachings, visit www.rabbiharari.com.
Latest episodes of the podcast Rabbi Avi Harari
- Selihot - How to Say the Words "Vayikra Beshem Hashem"
- Bava Kama 47b (3)
- The Sounds of Teshuvah
- Bava Kama 47b (2)
- Selihot - Saying Before Minha
- Bava Kama 47b (1)
- Nissavim: The Concealed & The Revealed
- The Escape Route (Shaare Teshuvah #3)
- Rosh HaShanah - Focus on Your Potential
- Bava Kama 47a (2)
- Parashat Ki Tavo - Moshe's Essential Lesson
- Berakhot 28b (1)
- Bava Kama 47a (1)
- Moreh Nevukhim #44 - 3.36 (2)
- Approaching Rosh HaShanah With Hesed
- Bava Kama 46b (3)
- Selihot - Saying Birkot Ha-Torah Beforehand
- Bava Kama 46b (2)
- Selihot - The Earliest Time to Say
- Bava Kama 46b (1)
- Ki Tavo: Consistency
- Teshuvah as a "New Creation" (Shaare Teshuvah #2)
- Selihot - In Place of Talmud Torah?
- Bava Kama 46a (3)
- Parashat Ki Tesse - Old Stories, New Lessons
- Bava Kama 46a (2)
- Moreh Nevukhim #43 - 3.36 (1)
- Selihot - Saying the Aramaic Portions with a Minyan
- Bava Kama 46a (1)
- Selihot - Can A Mourner Be Hazan?
- Bava Kama 45b (3)
- Selihot - Saying VaYa'avor Without a Minyan
- Bava Kama 45b (2)
- The Unique Path of Teshuvah (Shaare Teshuvah #1)
- Ki Tesse: Everyday Mercy
- Bava Kama 45b (1)
- Sounding the Shofar Throughout Elul
- Bava Kama 45a (2)
- Selihot - A Brief Background
- Bava Kama 45a (1)
- Elul: Standing Before God
- Bava Kama 44b (2)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - Having Negative Intention
- Bava Kama 44b (1)
- The Written Words of Halakhah (10) "Kidush Be-Makom Seudah With Wine"
- Shofetim: Behaving "Godly"
- Pirkei Avot 1:15 "Hillel & Shamai"
- Re'eh: The Ideal & The Real
- Bava Kama 44a (2)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - 'Elokai Neshamah' and 'Modeh Ani'
- Bava Kama 44a (1)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - Saying 'Elokai Neshamah' When Awake All Night
- Bava Kama 43b (2)
- Berakhot 28a (2)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - 'Elokai Neshamah' After 'Asher Yassar'
- Bava Kama 43b (1)
- Re'eh: Setting and Resetting Goals
- The Truths of Halakhah (8) - "Amirah LeYisrael"
- Pirkei Avot 1:14 - Caring For Yourself & Others
- Bava Kama 43a (3)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - Saying Them After a Burial
- Bava Kama 43a (2)
- Giving Sedakah Before Tefilah
- Bava Kama 43a (1)
- Ekev: The "Smaller" Miracles
- Bava Kama 42b (2)
- Saying Keriat Shema By Heart
- Bava Kama 42b (1)
- Can Midrash Determine Halakhah? (5) - "Non-Jewish Names"
- Ekev: Wanting What You Have
- Pirkei Avot 1:13 "Go Up or Fall Down"
- VaEthanan: A Prayerful Nation
- Bava Kama 42a (2)
- Parashat VaEthanan - Patience
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - Women's Obligation
- Bava Kama 42a (1)
- Berakhot 28a (1)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - "She-Asani Ki-Ressono"
- Bava Kama 41b (2)
- Tishah Be-Av: From Separation to Unity
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - "Ozer Yisrael Bi-Gevurah"
- Bava Kama 41b (1)
- Devarim: Listening
- Bava Kama 41a (2)
- Parashat Devarim - Vulnerability
- Berakhot 27b (2)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - "She-Lo Asani Goy"
- Bava Kama 41a (1)
- Berakhot 27b (1)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - "She-Lo Asani Goy, Aved & Ishah"
- Bava Kama 40b (2)
- Bava Kama 40b (1)
- Berakhot 27a (2)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - "Oter Yisrael Be-Tifarah"
- Bava Kama 40a (2)
- Pirkei Avot 1:13-14 "Individual & Society"
- Devarim: Simplicity
- The "Written" and "Practiced" Law (Women & 100 Berakhot)
- Masei: Running From & To Yourself
- Bava Kama 40a (1)
- Parashat Matot - Religious & National Responsibilities
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - Saying 100 Berakhot Every Day (2)
- Bava Kama 39b (2)
- Berakhot 27a (1)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - If You Forgot to Say Them in the Morning
- Bava Kama 39b (1)
- Masei: The Journey
- Bava Kama 38a (2)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - "Ha-Noten La-Ya'ef Koah"
- Bava Kama 38a (1)
- The Will of the Torah
- Matot: Unbiased Torah
- Pirkei Avot 1:11-12 "Speech"
- Pinehas: Keeping it New
- Bava Kama 38b (1)
- Parashat Pinehas - Leadership
- Bava Kama 38a (2)
- Berakhot 26b (2)
- Do Women Need to Say 100 Berakhot Every Day? (1)
- Bava Kama 38a (1)
- Berakhot 26b (1)
- Bava Kama 37b (2)
- Berakhot 26a (2)
- Saying 100 Berakhot on Shabbat and Holidays
- Bava Kama 37b (1)
- Pirkei Avot 1:10 - "Love The Melakhah"
- Balak: Everything Takes Time
- Bava Kama 37a (3)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - Saying 100 Berakhot Every Day (1)
- Bava Kama 37a (2)
- Berakhot 26a (1)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - Saying "Ha-mekhin Missadei" Before "She-Asah Li"
- Bava Kama 37a (1)
- Balak: Tefilah
- Bava Kama 36b (2)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - "She-Asah Li Kol Sorki" on Yom Kippur and Tishah Be-Av
- Bava Kama 36b (1)
- Immediate Burial: Halakhah & Tradition
- Balak: The Power of a Single Minute
- Pirkei Avot 1:8 - "Humility"
- Hukat: Redirection
- Bava Kama 36a (1)
- Parashat Hukat - Self-Development
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - "She-Asah Li Kol Sorki"
- Bava Kama 35b (3)
- Berakhot 25b (2)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - "Malbish Arumim"
- Bava Kama 35b (2)
- Hukat: Emunah Peshutah
- Bava Kama 35b (1)
- Berakhot 25b (1)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - "Poke'ah Ivrim"
- Bava Kama 35a (2)
- Pirkei Avot 1:7 - "The Effect Of Your Surroundings On You"
- Bava Kama 35a (1)
- Bava Kama 34b (2)
- Berakhot 25a (2)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - "Ha-Noten La-Sekhvi Binah"
- Bava Kama 34b (1)
- Korah: Our Actions Influence Others
- Bava Kama 34a (2)
- Berakhot 25a (1)
- Birkot Ha-Shahar - When To Say Them
- Bava Kama 34a (1)
- בריך שמיה: A Brief History (2)
- Pirkei Avot 1:6 - "Look Outside of Yourself"
- Shelah: It's Not Easy - And It Shouldn't Be!
- Bava Kama 33b (4)
- Parashat Shelah - Attention to Details
- Bava Kama 33b (3)
- Berakhot 24b (2)
- Birkot Ha-Torah - Learning Immediately After Saying the Berakhot
- Bava Kama 33b (2)
- Berakhot 24b (1)
- Birkot Ha-Torah - "Ve-Ha'Arev Na"
- Bava Kama 33b (1)
- Birkot Ha-Torah - "Asher Bahar Banu"
- Bava Kama 33a (2)
- Shelah: Listening to God (And Not Yourself)
- Law & Practice (Berakhah on Hot Coffee)
- BeHa'alotekha: Constancy
- Bava Kama 33a (1)
- Birkot Ha-Torah - While Sitting or Standing?
- Bava Kama 32b (2)
- Birkot Ha-Torah - Listening to Torah
- Bava Kama 32b (1)
- Berakhot 24a (2)
- Birkot Ha-Torah - The Proper Wording of the First Berakhah
- Bava Kama 32a (2)
- Birkot Ha-Torah - When Awake All Night
- Bava Kama 32a (1)
- BeHa'alotekha: Vulnerability
- Thoughts & Actions
- Birkot Ha-Torah - Writing & Thinking Torah
- Bava Kama 31b (2)
- Shavuot: Reexperiencing Sinai
- Bava Kama 31b (1)
- Bava Kama 31a (3)
- Shavuot: The Sweetness of Torah
- Bava Kama 31a (2)
- Birkot Ha-Torah - Why Do We Only Say The Berakhot Once a Day?
- Bava Kama 31a (1)
- Birkot Ha-Torah - What To Say Them On
- Bava Kama 30b (3)
- Berakhot 24a (1)
- Birkot Ha-Torah - Women's Obligation
- Bava Kama 30b (2)
- Birkot Ha-Torah - Why Don't We Say a Berakhah After Learning?
- Bava Kama 30b (1)
- BeMidbar: Being Vulnerable
- Pirkei Avot 1:5 - "Hokhmah and Binah"
- BeHukotai: Constant Growth
- Bava Kama 30a (3)
- Birkot Ha-Torah - When in Doubt...
- Bava Kama 30a (2)
- Moreh Nevukhim #42 - 3.48 (2)
- Birkot Ha-Torah - Introduction
- Bava Kama 30a (1)
- Sefirat Ha-Omer - Counting the Omer With a Congregation
- Bava Kama 29b (2)
- Lag and Lad La-Omer - History, Minhagim & Meaning
- Legends & Halakhah
- BeHar: Who Are You?
- Bava Kama 29b (1)
- Sefirat Ha-Omer - Eating Before Counting the Omer
- Bava Kama 29a (2)
- Pesah Sheni - History, Minhagim & Meaning
- Bava Kama 29a (1)
- Berakhot 23b (2)
- Sefirat Ha-Omer - Counting During the Night or Day
- Bava Kama 28b (3)
- Sefirat Ha-Omer - "Le-Shem Yihud"
- Bava Kama 28b (2)
- BeHar: Living With a Purpose
- Pirkei Avot 1:4 "The House as a Foundation"
- Emor: Noticing the Other (2)
- Bava Kama 28b (1)
- Parashat Emor - Journeying Through the Omer and Life
- Sefirat Ha-Omer - Saying "Ha-Rahaman" After Counting
- Bava Kama 28a (4)
- Moreh Nevukhim #42 - 3.43
- Sefirat Ha-Omer - If You Forgot to Count a Day, Should You Continue to Count the Weeks?
- Bava Kama 28a (3)
- Sefirat Ha-Omer - Becoming a Bar Missvah During the Omer
- Bava Kama 28a (2)
- Sefirat Ha-Omer - When You Will Certainly Miss Counting a Day
- Bava Kama 28a (1)
- Emor: Noticing the Other (1)
- Pirkei Avot 1:3 "Living Connected"
- Sefirat HaOmer: Gratitude
- Bava Kama 27b
- R. Akiva's Students & Receiving the Torah
- Sefirat Omer - How to Answer "What Day Are We Up To?"
- Bava Kama 27a (3)
- Moreh Nevukhim #41 - 3.48 (1)
- Sefirat Ha-Omer - Remembering the Mikdash
- Bava Kama 27a (2)
- Berakhot 23b (1)
- Sefirat Ha-Omer - Why Don't We Say "She-Heheyanu"?
- Bava Kama 27a (1)
- Sefirat Ha-Omer: Standing or Sitting?
- Bava Kama 26b (2)
- Sefirat HaOmer: Finding Kedushah in All Places
- Pirkei Avot 1:2 "Get Over Yourself!"
- Sefirat HaOmer: The Unique Missvah of "Counting"
- Bava Kama 26b (1)
- Pirkei Avot 1:1 - Carefully Finding "Your Torah"
- Sefirat Ha-Omer - The Earliest Time to Count
- Bava Kama 26a (2)
- Sefirat Ha-Omer - Saying "La-Omer" or "Ba-Omer"
- Bava Kama 26a (1)
- Pesah: Seeing the Whole Picture
- Pirkei Avot - Introduction
- Sefirat Ha-Omer - Women
- Beginning and Final Stages of Damage (2)
- Sefirat Ha-Omer Today - From the Torah or the Rabbis?
- Beginning and Final Stages of Damage (1)
- Bava Kama 25b (2)
- Pesah: The Partnership
- Pesah - The Responsibilities of Freedom
- Pesah: Law & Order
- Bava Kama 25b (1)
- Bava Kama 25a (2)
- Moreh Nevukhim #40 - 3.34
- Shabbat Ha-Gadol - Haftarah
- Bava Kama 25a (1)
- Berakhot 23a (2)
- Shabbat Ha-Gadol - What is it?
- Bava Kama 24b (2)
- Pesah - Avodah Through Torah
- Birkat Ha-Ilanot - On Shabbat or Yom Tov
- Bava Kama 24b (1)
- Birkat Ha-Ilanot - Fruit Trees and Zerizut
- Pesah - The Freedom of Speech
- Pesah: The Spiritual Freedom of Giving to Others (2)
- Bava Kama 24b (1)
- Pesah - Why Questions?
- Birkat Ha-Ilanot - How Many Trees?
- Bava Kama 24a (2)
- Moreh Nevukhim #39 - 3.31 & 48
- Birkat Ha-Ilanot - When?
- Bava Kama 24a (1)
- Berakhot 23a (1)
- Birkat Ha-Ilanot - A Brief Background
- Bava Kama 23b (3)
- Should One Say a Berakhah on a Solar Eclipse?
- Bava Kama 23b (2)
- Pesah: The Spiritual Freedom of Giving to Others (1)
- Berakhot on Earthquakes
- Pesah - The Need for Speed
- Shemini: Keep it New
- Bava Kama 23b (1)
- Parashat Shemini - Rediscovering the Experience of Gan Eden
- Praying in a Place With Windows
- Bava Kama 23a (2)
- Moreh Nevukhim #38 - 3.29
- Tefilah From a Balcony
- Bava Kama 23a (1)
- Bearakhot 22b (2)
- Placing the Bimah in the Center of the Synagogue
- Bava Kama 22b (2)
- Tefilah From a Low Place
- Bava Kama 22b (1)
- Shemini: Players or Spectators?
- Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 26 (3) - "Know Him in All Your Ways"
- Sav: Humility
- Bava Kama 22b (1)
- Parashat Sav - Law & Love
- Tefilah - Women's Obligation
- Bava Kama 22a (3)
- Tefilah - A Brief Background (3)
- Bava Kama 22a (2)
- Berakhot 22b (1)
- Tefilah - A Brief Background (2)
- Bava Kama 22a (1)
- Tefilah - A Brief Background (1)
- Bava Kama 21b (2)
- Megilat Esther: Merging The Written & Oral Torah
- Megilat Esther: Constant Connection
- Bava Kama 21b (1)
- Megilat Esther - The Trees of Sin
- Bava Kama 21a (3)
- Moreh Nevukhim #37 - 3.28
- Parashat Zakhor - With a Minyan
- Bava Kama 21a (2)
- Berakhot 22a (2)
- Parashat Zakhor - A Brief Background
- Bava Kama 21a (1)
- Zekher LeMahassit HaShekel - Women and Children
- Bava Kama 20b (3)
- Megilat Esther: What's in a Name?
- Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 26 (2) - "Realizing the Spiritual in the Physical"
- Pekudei: Appreciating the Process
- Bava Kama 20b (2)
- Megilat Esther - The Eternal Lesson of Purim
- Zekher LeMahassit HaShekel - How Much?
- Bava Kama 20b (1)
- Moreh Nevukhim #36 - 3.27
- Zekher LeMahassit HaShekel - Where to Give?
- Bava Kama 20a (3)
- Berakhot 22a (1)
- Zekher LeMahassit HaShekel - A Brief Background
- Bava Kama 20a (2)
- Megilat Esther: Striving For More
- Bava Kama 20a (1)
- Bava Kama 19b (3)
- Moreh Nevukhim #35 - 3.26
- Standing Without Leaning During Amidah
- Bava Kama 19b (2)
- Standing With Feet Together During Amidah
- Bava Kama 19b (1)
- Preparing for the Amidah
- Bava Kama 19a (2)
- VaYakhel: Unity
- Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 26 (1) - "The Spiritual in the Physical"
- Ki Tissa: A Deeper Connection
- Bava Kama 19a (1)
- Megilat Esther - Contagious Courage
- Exercise & Running Before Tefilah
- Bava Kama 18b (2)
- Women & Birkat Halevanah
- Bava Kama 18b (1)
- Berakhot 21b (2)
- Passing in Front of Someone Who is Praying in Order to Say Birkat Kohanim
- Bava Kama 18a (3)
- Someone Who Said a Berakhah on Food or Drink Before Tefilah
- Bava Kama 18a (2)
- Ki Tissa: Hearing the Cry
- Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 25 (2) - "Feeling His Presence"
- Tessaveh: A Balanced Relationship
- Bava Kama 18a (1)
- Passing in Front of Someone Who is Praying Amidah in a Different Room
- Bava Kama 17b (2)
- Moreh Nevukhim #34 - 3.45 (2)
- Passing in Front of Someone Who is Praying Amidah in a Public Space
- Bava Kama 17b (1)
- Passing in Front of Someone Who is Saying Kadish
- Bava Kama 17a (2)
- The 'Written Words' of Halakhah (9) - "The Berakhah on Purée"
- Minor Chores Before Tefilah in the Morning
- Bava Kama 17a (1)
- Tessaveh: Glory and Splendor
- Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 24 (3) & 25 (1) - "Big & Small"
- Terumah: Getting Involved
- Bava Kama 16b (2)
- Parashat Terumah - Hide & Seek
- Passing in Front of Someone Who is Saying Amidah (2)
- Bava Kama 16b (1)
- Moreh Nevukhim #33 - 3.53-54
- Passing in Front of Someone Who is Saying Amidah (1)
- Bava Kama 16a (2)
- The Sidur: From Specialized to Standardized (5) - "Nusah Ari"
- Berakhot 21b (1)
- Sitting Close to Someone Who is Saying Amidah (2)
- Bava Kama 16a (1)
- Sitting Close to Someone Who is Saying Amidah (1)
- Bava Kama 15b (2)
- Terumah: Passion
- Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 24 (2) - "Healthy Fear"
- Mishpatim: Celebrating Every Step of the Way
- Bava Kama 15a (1)
- Parashat Mishpatim - Law & Listening
- Throwing Bread
- Bava Kama 15a (2)
- Moreh Nevukhim #32 - 3.52
- Bava Kama 15a (1)
- Shaving or Showering Before Tefilah
- Berakhot 21a (2)
- Greeting Someone Before Tefilah
- Bava Kama 14b (2)
- The Sidur: From Specialized to Standardized (4)
- Women and Children Eating or Drinking Before Tefilah
- Bava Kama 14b (1)
- Mishpatim: Care for Others
- Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 23 (3)-24 (1) - "Friends Who Say it Like it Is"
- Yitro: Finding Heaven on Earth
- Bava Kama 14a (3)
- Parashat Yitro - Relationships
- Eating or Drinking Before Tefilah
- Bava Kama 14a (2)
- Moreh Nevukhim #31 - 3.51 (3)
- Kissing the Tefilin Shel Rosh
- Bava Kama 14a (1)
- The 'Written Words' of Halakhah (8)
- Berakhah at the Place of a Miracle
- Bava Kama 13b (2)
- Learning Torah Before Tefilah in the Morning
- Bava Kama 13b (1)
- Traveling Before Tefilah in the Morning
- Missvot and Berakhot Through a Window or Glasses
- Bringing Tefilin Into an Impure Place
- Berakhot on Thunder and Lightning
- Berakhot on Mountains, Valleys and Caves
- Berakhot 21a (1)
- The Last Time to Say Birkat Halevanah
- The First Time to Say Birkat Halevanah
- Bringing Food Into the Bathroom
- Bo: Walking to Worship
- Berakhot 20b (2)
- Berakhot on Oceans, Seas and Rivers
- Bava Kama 13a (2)
- Berakhot 20b (1)
- Folding Clothing or a Talet on Shabbat
- Bava Kama 13a (1)
- Removing Lint or Dust from Clothing on Shabbat
- Bava Kama 12b (2)
- Bo: Kedushah in This World
- Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 23 (2) - "The Ways to Humility"
- VaEra: Respect the King
- Bava Kama 12b (1)
- Parashat VaEra - Noticing
- Bava Kama 12a (2)
- Moreh Nevukhim #30 - 3.51 (2)
- Bava Kama 12a (1)
- Bava Kama 11b (2)
- Berakhot 20a
- Bava Kama 11b (1)
- VaEra: Paying Attention
- Berakhot 19b (2)
- Shemot: Intuition
- Bava Kama 11a (3)
- Parashat Shemot - Identity
- Bava Kama 11a (2)
- Bava Kama 11a (1)
- Bava Kama 10b (3)
- Shemot: Out of Reach
- Bava Kama 10b (2)
- Shemot: Feeling the Pain of Others
- Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 23 (1) - "Acquiring Humilty"
- VaYehi: Direction
- Bava Kama 10b (1)
- Bava Kama 10a (3)
- Moreh Nevukhim #29 - 3.51 (1)
- Bava Kama 10a (2)
- Bava Kama 10a (1)
- Berakhot 19b (1)
- VaYehi: Potential
- Bava Kama 9b (2)
- VaYehi: The "Evil Eye"
- Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 22 (3) - "Hidden Greatness"