Tisb'av With Rabbi Mendel Kaplan

A sad day with positive undertones LIVE Radio with Zelda Young on 91.9 CHIN FM Toronto!

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:38:14 +0000

A sad day with positive undertones

Maamar Tzion Bemishpat Tipadeh 5746

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:30:08 +0000

Mamar Tzion Bemishpat Tipadeh which the Rebbe said Shabbos Devarim / Chazon 5746

An illuminating conversation about Tisha B’Av on LIVE on CHIN Multicultural Radio 91.9 FM

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:25:26 +0000

A Torah class by Rabbi Mendel Kaplan on Sobering, Yet Inspiring — Teachings of Midrash Eicha

Different Folks, Different Strokes... Ma’amer on Shabbat Chazon

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 11:13:18 +0000

Ma’amer Moment: Shabbat Chazon ~ מאמר ד״ה ציון במשפט תפדה ~ 5742-1982 Different Folks, Different Strokes

When Dinner Interrupts...What’s Up with the Last Supper before the Fast of Tisha B’Av?!

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 02:03:52 +0000

Jewish Custom & Convention! Learning the How and Why of our Cherished Traditions On the 9 Days. Part 2: When Dinner Interrupts... What’s Up with the Last Supper before the Fast of Tisha B’Av?! Observance of Tisha B’av seems to require a proverbial Seuda Hamafseket or “Last Supper” before the fasting commences. But why make hay out of final morsels; after all isn't it about abstention? A quick glance at the Mishna serves to solidify the query. Yet, a careful analysis of early Talmudic sources along with classic medieval commentary reveals tantalizing meaning and deeper purpose. A fresh new understanding of what this final meal represents, with a special emphasis on its hidden flavors can only be fully appreciated in its unusual Shabbat incarnation.

Vegan Values

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 02:09:38 +0000

Jewish Custom & Convention! Learning the How and Why of our Cherished Traditions On the 9 Days. Part 1: Vegan Values Why are Wine Meat Verboten next week? The rhyme and reason behind the well established pre-Tisha B’Av ban on meat and wine is surprisingly vague and inconclusive – especially as Talmudic sources say nothing of the sort, and the tradition doesn't jibe with general mourning and bereavement practices! Tracing the generational evolution of the Halachik documentation provides us subtle hints that can lead us towards a fresh understanding of these dining limitations – allowing us to appreciate the jurisprudence behind the Ashkenazic and Sephardic applications of this kindred prohibition.

Talmud on Tisha B'av

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 23:28:59 +0000

Part Three: Tractate Gitin — The Sugya of Rav Yochanan: Selections of Talmud on the Churbanot of the Battie Mikdash and Beitar.

Talmud on Tisha B'av

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 23:22:21 +0000

Part Two: Tractate Gitin — The Sugya of Rav Yochanan: Selections of Talmud on the Churbanot of the Battie Mikdash and Beitar.

Talmud on Tisha B'av

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:48:17 +0000

Part One: Talmud class about the Churban from Perek Hanizakin. Talmud Gittin 55b-56a

Good Mourning

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:31:50 +0000

“Good Mourning” Why is the saddest period on our calendar labelled by weeks but not days?

Perek HaNizakin The Talmud on Days of Destruction & Devastation...

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 21:50:05 +0000

Perek HaNizakin The Talmud on Days of Destruction & Devastation... by Rabbi Mendel Kaplan