How Should A Person Start Learning Halachot Shabbat
Rabbi Yaron Reuven explains the importance of understanding the basics of Shabbat observance. He emphasizes that using a hot plate on Shabbat is for reheating already prepared food, not for cooking. He cautions against putting soup back on the hot plate once it's been removed, as this could be considered re-cooking. Rabbi Reuven stresses the need to learn Shabbat laws from simple books, especially for beginners. He recommends using children's books or simplified guides to grasp the fundamentals. He strongly advises against relying on complex texts or trying to interpret them independently, as this can lead to mistakes. Rabbi Reuven believes that mastering the basic "yes" and "no" rules of Shabbat observance is crucial to avoid unintentional violations. He offers to provide free books to anyone who needs them. Full Shiur: STUMP THE RABBI (60) Tough Questions, FREE WILL, Kosher PIG Prophecy, MITZVAH KILLER and much more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMReb9Lk-Rg BREAKING JEWISH NEWS: The World's FIRST TIKKUN HaBRIT & TeShuva Movies CD/DVD Combo in ENGLISH. Join The Campain for Your Personal Ticket To Olam HaBa!!! https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/NjY5MTE= To Support our KIRUV and Torah Teachings work please DONATE at www.BeEzratHaShem.org If you'd like to invite Rabbi Yaron Reuven to give a lecture at your synagogue, home or office please email Info@BeEzratHaShem.org Rabbi Reuven is based out of Florida but travels to give lectures to different groups. Join one of our interactive "Interesting Torah" Whatsapp groups to get daily updates and short Torah clips that can uplift your day by texting 1.917.468.2324 or +91 93236 69880 Available on Apple iTunes Store, Amazon App Store and Android Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beezrathashem GOOGLE App https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beezrat-hashem/id1279094981?uo=4 APPLE App https://www.amazon.com/Hosttec-Solutions-BeEzrat-HaShem/dp/B07QST1294/ AMAZON App Click here https://soundcloud.com/yaronreuven/se... To Listen to our very popular "Daily Chidush" short audio series on SOUNDCLOUD or the Podcast Channel at https://beezrathashem.jewishpodcasts.... Born in Netanya, Israel, Rabbi Yaron Reuven began his American Dream as a little boy, when his family immigrated to the United States. He went from a newspaper boy at the age of 10, to a well-known self-made Wall Street multimillionaire by the age of 23. During his time in Wall Street, he owned his own private brokerage firm, a hedge fund, and an international insurance agency. He was featured on CNBC, Bloomberg and Chinese NDTV due to his success in the financial industry. At age 26 he faced a 7-year battle for his life when a simple surgery went wrong. From that moment his life would never be the same. This moment marked the start of a series of miraculous events and an exciting pursuit of truth, ultimately resulting in Rabbi Reuven renouncing his lofty position and success in Wall Street, after 16 years, to become a full-time KIRUV rabbi. His Teshuva story is sure to catch the heart of every listener. Rabbi Reuven’s shiurim are in English and Hebrew. His classes are focused on spreading the truth and divinity of the Torah through MUSSAR, scientific proofs, and many other methods to reach each individual listener. Rabbi Reuven is the leading educator on the topic of wasting seed in the English language with over 30 hrs of content published online. Rabbi Yaron Reuven is a proud member of the Igud HaRabbonim (The Rabbinical Alliance of America), a national rabbinic organization founded in 1942. Today, our 900+ members are congregational leaders, religious teachers, chaplains, heads of Jewish organizations and communal leaders united in their commitment to traditional Orthodox Judaism. For more information please visit: https://rabbinicalalliance.org/ #Shabbat #ShabbatShalom #Shabbos #Mitzvah #Judaism #Jewish #RabbiYaronReuven #Torah #Jews #ShabbatDinner #ShabbatTable #Rest #Peace #JewishHoliday 00:00:00 Intoduction 00:00:34 Hot Plate Rules: Pre-Cooked Food 00:01:20 Heating vs. Cooking on Shabbat 00:01:42 Soup Rules on the Hot Plate 00:02:22 Importance of Shabbat Halacha Books 00:02:49 Shabbat: Basic Knowledge is Key 00:03:07 Learn from Simple Books First 00:03:31 Learning Shabbat: Start Simple 00:03:57 Ego and Learning Shabbat 00:04:53 Gemara, Basic Books and Shabbat 00:05:45 Free Shabbat Books Offered
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0:34Okay, so any food that you put on the plata, on the hot plate, before Shabbat, already has to be ready. The hot plate is for the purpose of it being heated up, not for it to be cooked. So even your cholent, let's say you make chamin. Chamin, usually the longer it cooks, the better it is. But even that chamin that you put, you can't put it completely raw. you have to be very, very careful with stuff like that. The hot plate is not to cook your food; the hot plate is to heat your food. It's to heat your food. Now, when it comes to specific things like solids, it's a lot easier to heat and not necessarily wait until it's completely done, because if you cook it for too long, you're going to burn it and so on.
1:42One issue that confuses a lot of people is soup. With things that are liquid, you have to be very careful. If you have a soup that you've made already before Shabbat, and it's ready before Shabbat, you put it on a hot plate. So, going into Shabbat, it's already on a hot plate, right? That soup, once you take it off the hot plate, once you take it off and serve everybody, you're not allowed to put it back on a hot plate for the rest of Shabbat. Because then you'll actually be cooking with the water. Since the majority of it is liquid, you'll be essentially recooking it, which is forbidden according to halacha. You're only allowed to leave it on the hot plate before Shabbat and leave it there for as long as you want. However, once you take it off, it must remain off. you have to know the halachot of Shabbat. Anyone who does not have a book in their house—a single book—there's a whole series of books, but I have a single book. It's in our key package. Whoever doesn't have one, let me know. You can order it online. If you don't have any money, I'll just give it to you for free. But for anyone that needs to know, just wait for me after the lecture. I have some books in my car. We'll give you a simple book, one simple book with all of the basic halachot for Shabbat.
2:49Now, of course, Shabbat is an endless subject. You can learn from now until the end of the millennium, and it's still not finished. But there are basic day-to-day things you need to know, like the ones we just explained. Why? Because what ends up happening is that if you know all the basics, for sure, you're not violating Shabbat. and not knowing is not an excuse, so you have to know it. I recommend, generally speaking, for people to learn Hilchot Shabbat from simple books, simple books in the beginning. One book, or let's say, if you're Sefardi, Yalkut Yosef—it's three books in simple language. Don't learn Hilchot Shabbat from the Shulchan Aruch on your own if you're just starting out. Why? Because you're not going to understand how to apply it. I had to learn this from simple books. I learned about Shabbat in the beginning from a children's book. I've already said this several times in the past: I learned a lot basically from a children's book. It's called "The 39 Melachot of Shabbat" or "The Sabbath." That's how I learned in the beginning. Why? Because that's where I was. Now, if you think that you're better than I was, I promise you, you're not.
3:57I promise you, you're not. I'm human, you're human. I put my pants on one leg at a time, you put your pants on the other. But the people that have an ego, no, come on. I’m going to go straight to the source. I'm going to learn from the Gemara, Masechet Shabbat. Well, guess what? You're not going to learn from Masechet Shabbat, because Masechet Shabbat begins with Chanukah, Chanukah. Well, but it says Masechet Shabbat. Yeah, it says Masechet Shabbat. You learn about Shabbat in Masechet Shabbat. You learn about Shalom in Masechet Avodah Zarah, Masechet Sanhedrin, Masechet Berachot, and many, many other Masechtot. Masechet Moed Katan... You learn about Shabbat all over the world. That's why the Rambam did us a favor and took all of the rules, put them in the Mishneh Torah. Then Rabbi Yosef Karo, the author of the Shulchan Aruch, organized the halachot in an accessible way. Different poskim, in various places around the world, adapted the rulings according to the questions relevant to their generation. More recently, Chachamim have translated these into simpler books to address what's pertinent to us today, including the modern devices we use, like your little iPhone. unless you're spending your whole day and you know Hebrew fluently, and you know what you're doing with the Gemara, you know what to do with the schemata, you know what you're doing. You need to learn from a basic book in the beginning. Why? You simply need to know: yes, no, yes, no. It's not for you to decide, "I know what I think he means over here." No, it's not for you to decide what you think he means.
5:18You're in first grade, yes, no, yes, no. For how long? Until you know all the yes-no's by heart. Until you can give a shiur about all the yes-no's. You do yes-no's; that's what you have to learn. Why? Because violating the yes-no's is much worse, much worse than you missing a chapter in this, because you weren't... Yes, no, you don't need to know anyone. I have some books in my car, and I will give them to you for free.
6:36Thank you.
