by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber | Aug 21, 2009
We had previously discussed the specialness of nocturnal Torah study. I would like to qualify that with an interesting limitation on night-time Torah study. The Medrash reports that when Moshe Rabeinu ascended Mt. Sinai, the way he was able to differentiate between...
by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Haber | Aug 11, 2009
At the end of the list of events that took place on Tu B’Av the Gemara (Taanis 31a) declares: Now that the nights are getting longer, people must learn more Torah at night. One who learns Torah at night will have increased longevity and one who does not learn Torah at...