Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:42:17 -0400 https://theshc.org/ en-us © 2026 Parasha & Halacha yes f4d9b0b7-e159-5901-9474-8f40d622f768 Sephardic Halacha Center episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Sephardic Halacha Center https://storage.buzzsprout.com/v3qf2ccu7vjfkmj9bywhnkmnrocz?.jpg https://theshc.org/ VEZOT HABERACHA Text Text Translate Shnayim Mikrah Nowadays Sephardic Halacha Center Buzzsprout-11657087 Sun, 09 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0400 3185 full false Ha'azinu Bring Your Own Bottle Stam Yayin of Non Shabbat Observers Sephardic Halacha Center Buzzsprout-11657023 Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0400 1075 full false VAYELECH Taking Solace Coping with the Passing Of Moshe Rabbenu Sephardic Halacha Center Buzzsprout-11657019 Sun, 25 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0400 1272 full false NITZABIM Torah U'Mada Contradictions Between Science and Religion Sephardic Halacha Center Buzzsprout-11657009 Sun, 18 Sep 2022 14:00:00 -0400 1604 full false KI TABO - Holy Land: Why Should One Be Buried in Eretz Yisrael Rabbi Yehoshua Sova Buzzsprout-11450258 Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0400 1178 full false KI TEIZTIE - Talit Katan Materials and Measures Sephardic Halacha Center Buzzsprout-11450239 Sun, 04 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0400 1080 full false SHOFTIM - Faith and Folly of Witchcraft: Sorcery, Magic and More Dayan Shelomo Cohen Buzzsprout-11450226 Sun, 28 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0400 1889 full false RE'EH - Food For Thought: A Sephardic Jew Eating at An Establishment That Follows The Rema Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar Buzzsprout-11450218 Sun, 21 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0400 1139 full false EKEB - Left Ties: Hanahat Tefillin for Lefties Dayan Yosef Greenwald Buzzsprout-11450214 Sun, 14 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0400 856 full false VA'ETHANAN - What A Blessing: Brachot That Were Not Instituted By Hachamim Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar Buzzsprout-11450210 Sun, 07 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0400 1030 full false DEBARIM - See You in Court: Bet Din as Arbiter of Interpersonal Affairs HaRav Shmuel Pinchasi Buzzsprout-11450191 Sun, 31 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0400 1528 full false MATTOT-MAASE - Honest To G-d: Being Trustworthy In Business Rabbi Chaim Naftali Buzzsprout-11450157 Sun, 24 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0400 2372 full false PINEHAS - Handing the Baton: Moshe's Appointment of Yehoshua to be the Leader Rabbi Yehoshua Sova Buzzsprout-11450140 Sun, 10 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0400 1449 full false BALAK Star Power: Damages Caused By Cursing and Their Consequences Dayan Shlomo Cohen Buzzsprout-11450126 Sun, 03 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0400 1638 full false HUKKAT Brothers Keepers Protecting Jewish Assets Dayan Yosef Greenwald Buzzsprout-11450073 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0400 849 full false KORAH Banana Blessing: What Bracha is a Banana? 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