Today is January 18, 2026 /
Today is January 18, 2026 /
Today’s online Torah study is dedicated by Yehuda Wurtzel l’ilui nishmas his dear father Shalom ben Chaim Moshe ע”ה whose yahrzeit is on the 21st of Teves.
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Podcast (shiurim): Download (Duration: 10:55 — 15.0MB)
Hoshana Rabba 2 – Why Everyone Gets an Aliya on Simchas Torah – Closing Letter and Opening Letter of the Torah Spell לב – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Hilkhos Hoshana Rabba 2 is based on Likutey Moharan 61.
00:00 – Dedications and overview.
01:28 – PARAGRAPH 5. The importance of every man and boy receiving an aliya to the Torah on Simchas Torah.
06:52 – The closing word of the Torah is “Yisrael” and the opening word in the Torah is “Bereishis” – linking the closing letter with the opening letter creates the word לב – heart.
10:30 – Reminder to study Likutey Moharan 61 to understand this halakha more fully, and to say Tefilah 61, the corresponding prayer, in the Likutey Tefilos.
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