Learning Torah with Rabbi Sariel Malitzky

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  Kavod Sefer Torah and Seforim #6: Must You Stand for a Pasul Sefer Torah? 19.08.2026 5min

  A Sefer Torah has tremendous kedusha, and we stand to honor that holiness. But what if the Sefer Torah is pasul? If someone is carrying it into or out of shul, must we still stand? Does a Sefer Torah that becomes pasul retain its kedusha?
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  Va’ani Tefilla #131: Don’t Be an Ox with Horns in the Beis Medrash 18.08.2026 8min

  After learning, and at a siyum, we say, ״מוֹדֶה אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ ה׳ אֱלֹהַי שֶׁשַּׂמְתָּ חֶלְקִי מִיּוֹשְׁבֵי בֵּית הַמִּדְרָשׁ וְלֹא שַׂמְתָּ חֶלְקִי מִיּוֹשְׁבֵי קְרָנוֹת.״. Isn’t that redundant? If we are among the יושבי בית המדרש, then clearly we are not יושבי קרנות! What, then, are we really thanking Hashem for?
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  Kavod Sefer Torah and Seforim #5: The Severity of Mistreating a Sefer Torah: Even If It Means It Will Be Lost Forever 18.08.2026 5min

  How far must you go to avoid mistreating a sefer torah?
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  Does an Avel Kohen Get an Aliyah During Shiva When He Is the Only Kohen Present? 14.08.2026 6min

  Does an Avel Kohen Get an Aliyah During Shiva When He Is the Only Kohen Present?
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  Va’ani Tefilla #130: Treating Tefilla Like You Treat Money 13.08.2026 8min

  Don't be lazy!
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  Kavod Sefer Torah and Seforim #4: Bells and Whistles on the Torah: Must You Stand for the Sound? 13.08.2026 4min

  Must you stand when you hear the sound of a Sefer Torah approaching? Is that why some Torah crowns have bells on them? And are those bells permitted on Shabbos?
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  Kavod Sefer Torah and Seforim #3: Turning Your Back to the Torah? Haftarah, Mussaf, and More 10.08.2026 6min

  One may not turn his back to a Sefer Torah. So how can the person reading the Haftarah stand at the bimah while someone sits behind him holding the Torah? What about during the opening parts of Mussaf, when much of the congregation has its back to the Torah? Is that permitted? Why are many Sephardic shuls designed with this issue in mind?
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  Va’ani Tefilla #129: The Role of Simcha and Shirah in Tefillah 09.08.2026 9min

  Before Shemona Esrei, we say משה ובני ישראל לך ענו שירה בשמחה רבה. Why do we say that? What is the role of Simcha and Shira in our davening?
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  Kavod Sefer Torah and Seforim #2: Standing for the Torah: In General, While Learning, and on Simchas Torah 07.08.2026 6min

  The Shulchan Aruch rules that one must stand when a Sefer Torah is in motion.But what if the Aron Kodesh is open? What if you are in the middle of learning or davening? And on Simchas Torah, are you really required to stand for every hakafah?
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  Kavod Sefer Torah and Seforim #1: Turning Your Back to the Torah: Rabbis, Those Sitting in the Front of the Shul, and Everyone Else 06.08.2026 5min

  We are beginning a new series on honoring a Sefer Torah and sefarim. In this first shiur, we discuss the prohibition against turning your back to a Sefer Torah.How can rabbanim give derashos with their backs to the Aron? What should those sitting between the Aron and the bimah do during laining?
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  Va’ani Tefilla #128: Davening from a Living Siddur 05.08.2026 9min

  Why Did Rav Shraga Feivel Mendelowitz Daven While Looking Out the Window?How Can Davening Alone by a Lake Constitute a Minyan?
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  Va’ani Tefilla #127: Making Every Maariv Like Kol Nidrei and Every Shabbos Like Shabbos Shirah 04.08.2026 10min

  Why did the Chasid in Kotzk say he was going to eat dinner after maariv on pesach?Why did he say he was going to davem Maariv on Leil Yom KippurRav Nachman of Breslov- even a rooster can wear a suit and eat a table
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  Kibbud Av Va'em #23: Honoring Grandparents: Is It a Halachic Obligation? 31.07.2026 4min

  Is there an obligation to honor grandparents?Hear Rav Scheinberg's great Kasha on the din in the Shulchan Aruch!
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  Kibbud Av Va'em #22: No More Mother-in-Law Jokes: The Halachos of Honoring In-Laws 30.07.2026 4min

  Is there a halachic obligation to honor one's in-laws?Must one say ברשות חמי when leading a zimun in the presence of his father-in-law?
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  Va’ani Tefilla #126: What Great Meals and Great Tefillos Have in Common 29.07.2026 8min

  Some Siddurim mention to say a pasuk before davening. It's a Pasuk about Rivka, Yitzchak and the food she prepares for Yaakov. What does it have to do with davening?
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  Kibbud Av Va'em #21: Kidneys, Parental Alienation, and Other Challenging Questions in Kibbud Av Va'em 29.07.2026 6min

  The Gemara discusses who bears the financial responsibility for fulfilling the mitzvah of Kibbud Av Va'em: the child or the parent. We also explored the contemporary issue of parental alienation and concluded with a fascinating organ donation question: If a person can donate a kidney to only one individual, should he donate it to his wife or to his mother?
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  Va’ani Tefilla #125: How to Show That Davening Is Important to You 28.07.2026 8min

  What are ways to make sure davening is important to us?
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  Va’ani Tefilla #124: The Best Advice to Improve Your Davening 24.07.2026 10min

  Struggling to connect with davening? How do you get better at it? Why does nothing seem to work?
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  The Halachos of Motzai Tisha B'Av on Thursday Night 22.07.2026 10min

  When Tisha B'Av falls on a Thursday, there are a number of unique halachos that apply on Thursday night and Friday. When may you get a haircut? When can you eat meat? What about doing laundry? (There's certainly plenty of it waiting!)
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  Va’ani Tefilla #123: Politics Is Gematria Amalek 22.07.2026 10min

  Avoid politics and being swayed by the rich uncle.