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Thoughts & Actions by Rabbi Avi Harari

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• 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
• 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"
• VaYigash: Yosef & Hanokh
• Bava Kama 9b (1)
• Parashat VaYigash - Exile
• Bava Kama 9a (5)
• Moreh Nevukhim #28 - 2.33 (3)
• Bava Kama 9a (4)
• Bava Kama 9a (3)
• Berakhot 19a (2)
• Bava Kama 9a (2)
• VaYigash: Dependency
• Mesilat Yesharim - Perek 22 (2) - "Humilty"
• Hanukah: Our Part
• Bava Kama 9a (1)
• Bava Kama 8b (2)
• Moreh Nevukhim #27 - 1.31
• Bava Kama 8b (1)