Halacha

Rambam full name

Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon

Ramban full name

Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman

Rambam english name

Maimonides

Ramban english name

Nachmonides

When did the Rambam live?

1100’s

Where did the Rambam live?

Spain, Israel, Egypt

What did the Rambam write?

משנה תורה לרמב״ם & י״ד חזקה

What’s the quote about the Rambam?

ממשה עד משה לא קם כמשה

Translate: ממשה עד משה לא קם כמשה

From Moshe Rabainu until the Rambam there was no other Moshe like them

When did the Ramban live?

1200’s

Where did the Ramban live?

Spain to Israel

What did the Ramban write?

פרוש הרמב״ן על החומש

Ramchal full name

רב משה חיים לוצאטו

When did the Ramchal live?

1700’s

Where did the Ramchal live?

Italy to Israel

What did the Ramchal write?

ספר מסילת ישרים

Chafetz Chaim full name

רב ישראל מאיר הכהן

When did the Chafetz Chaim live?

1900׳s

Where did the Chafetz Chaim live?

Radin, in the city of ליטא

What did the Chafetz Chaim write?

The Chafetz Chaim, משנה ברורה, ספר ליקוטי הלכות

Translate:אבל עכשיו שקבלת האבות נתרופץ מאד מאד…בודאי מצוה רבה ללמדן כדי שיתאמת אדלם ענין אמונתנו הקדישה

Now that the Meosrah that we got from our fathers is weakened very very…certainly it is a Mitzvah to teach the girls so that their idea of Emunah is pure/holy/string

When did Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin live?

1900’s

Where did Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin live?

Telz to Israel

What did Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin write?

מאזנים למשפט

למה בימים הראשנים לא היה צורך ללמד תורה לבנות ישראל?

They got all the Halachot they needed from home

למה בימי חזקיהו היה מוכרח (necessary) ללמד דעת ה׳ אפילו לנשים?

Achaz didn’t let them learn Torah so Chizkiyahu needed to revive it so everyone learned

Why was he called Achaz

He grabbed onto (לאחז) and held shut the doors of Torah

להסביר ״אם אין גדים אין תישים״

If we don’t teach the children, we won’t have (proper) adults

להסביר ״בשעה שהחפשיין עושים מעשה אחז עלינו ללכת בעקבות חזקיהו

When people are acting Achaz (damaging Torah and learning, freeing themselves the yoke of Torah) we need to act like Chizkiyahu and teach Torah

להסביר ויט אהלה

It should’ve been אהלו so he built Sarah’s tent first where she taught women

איך רואים שא״א דאג לאמינות הנשים יותר מלאמינת האנשים

He built Sarah’s tent before his own (so she would teach the women before he could)

מעשה אבות סימן לבנים

Actions of the fathers are a sign for the children

איך משה רבינו נהג בדרך אברהם אבינו

He taught the women first before the men

להסביר ״האשה…מסוגלת יותר מהאיש להכיר את מי שאמר והיה העולם ולהאמין האמינה פשוט

The woman are more inclined than the men to recognize that Hashem spoke and created the world and it was more simple for them to believe

כה תאמר לבית יעקב (ואח״כ) ותגיד לבני ישראל, למה?

Even before מתן תורה the Emunah was weakened so it was taught to the women first so they can bring it back

לא רק מותר ללמד תורה וירש לבנות בדורון אלא חיוב גמור

Not only is it allowed to teach girls Torah it is an obligation

Women were created from Adam, an already…

Living, breathing, thinking, feeling human bean

Because women were created from a living being, they are more sensitive and refined in their…

Thoughts, feelings, smell etc.

When Chana was created it brought perfection to…

The world

We know the creation of Chana brought perfection to the world bc the Torah writes

הנה טוב מאד

Women have the responsibility and trust to uphold the continuity of

Klal Yisrael

Women uphold the continuity of Klal Yisrael particularly through the Mitzvah of

Taharat HaMispacha

When can a woman be an עד (quote)

עד אחד נאמן באסורים

examples of when women can be witnesses

kashrut, shatnez, agunah

when can a woman not be a witness (quote)

על פי שנים עדים יקים דבר

examples of when women can’t be witnesses

rosh chodesh, ketubah, laws to do with money and life/death

what are 3 explanations for she’assani kirtzano?

1. women are more like Hashem in the way they create (the bracha is about Hashem creating)
2. women can reach their goal quicker w less mitzvot (GPS of an airplane vs natural instinct of a pigeon)
3. women are created with more instinct to nurture

אשת חיל…ורחוק מפנינים מכרה

women can take hard situations and turn them into pearls

how is a pearl formed?

a piece of uncomfortable dust gets into an oyster and eventually it turns it into a valuable and beautiful pearl

what do women do with hard situations?

turn it around into something good (ex. women brought instruments out of Mitzrayim)