Monthly Archives: September 2012

Today’s daf in Brachot 57 continues a discussion of Talmudic dream analysis. On 55, the daf cautioned that the dream has no significance unless you search out a meaning. However today, it gives several examples of what is a good … Continue reading →

This time of year we think a lot about Gd. We say his name countless times every day in slichot and in prayers. The torah tells us in Haazinu that he is our father. Chapter 32 Verse 6: Is he … Continue reading →

Today we had a beautiful lesson in priorities found in Brachot page 53b. The talmud asks if someone eats while working on a scaffold and forgets to say bircat hamazon and then descends, must he go up again to to … Continue reading →

The Shikker Dovid would like to wish all a happy and healthy new year. Today’s daf deals with the blessings from “benching”, or grace after meals and zimun (gathering for benching). What is most interesting is how the material is … Continue reading →

The Shikker Dovid’s all time favorite pasuk in the Torah is in this week’s parsha of Ki Tavo. The verse is found in the section where Gd warns or rebukes the Israel if they do not act properly. The verse … Continue reading →