142.1) Send no less than two gifts to one of your friends. 142.2) “Portions” to friends must be gifts of food which can be eaten without further preparation. 142.3) Even if you are poor, you should give gifts. 142.4) Women must give gifts and give to charity. 142.5) Celebrate Purim by eating, drinking, and making…
141.1) Your joys increase when the month of Adar arrives. Lawsuits with non-Jews should occur during this month. 141.2) Fast on the thirteenth day of Adar. 141.3) Purim is the fourteenth day of Adar. 141.4) Show reverence to Megillah by putting on your best clothes to go to synagogue and make sure your house is…
140.1) The Sabbath before the New Moon of Adar is Shabbat Parshat Shekalim (the Sabbath of the Section of Shields). 140.2) The Sabbaths before Purim is Parshat Zahor (the section “Remember”). 140.3) Read portions of special Scripture with the proper intonation.
139.1) Hanukkah (Festival of Lights) is to be celebrated as a day of rest from enemies. 139.2 ) Fasting is forbidden. 139.3) You may do all kinds of work. 139.4) All kinds of oil are valid for Hanukkah, with olive oil being the preferred kind. 139.5) Procure a candlestick worthy of the celebration, preferably one…
138.1) Stay awake the whole of the night before Hoshana Rabbah to study the Torah. 138.2) On that day, you should take on a special aravah. 138.3) The aravah should not be taken with the lulav. 138.4) On the night of Shemini Atzeret (eighth [day of] Assembly; a Jewish holiday celebrated in the Hebrew month…
137.1) Take the lulav (a closed frond of the date palm tree and one of the Four Species used during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot (one of Judaism’s three central harvest festivals) together with what is attached to it in your right hand, and take the ertog in your left. 137.2) A left-handed person should…
136.1) A Rabbi should be consulted to determine if a lulav (a closed frond of the date palm tree and one of the Four Species used during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot) and an etrog (yellow citron or Citrus medica used by Jewish people during the week-long holiday of Sukkot) are valid. 136.2) The hadas…
135.1) Dwell in the sukkah (temporary hut constructed for use during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot (one of Judaism’s three central harvest festivals)) for seven days. 135.2) Keep the sukkah clean. 135.3) Eat bread in the sukkah on the first night there. 135.4) Eat there the second night as well. 135.5) Upon returning to…
134.1) Choose a clean site and begin the building of the sukkah (temporary hut constructed for use during the week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot) immediately after Yom Kippur. 134.2) Make the walls compact and strong. 134.3) Make the roof of branches of trees, reeds, or other detached products of the soil. 134.4) Try not to…
133.1) Do not eat, drink, bathe, anoint, wear shoes, or have sexual intercourse. 133.2) Do not touch either food or drink when feeding a minor. 133.3) Do not wash for pleasure. 133.4) The kodanim who go up to bless the people must wash their hands to the wrist and repeat the benediction Al netilat yadayim….