Shai Goldman

2-Minute Minchat Chinuch

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Each week, a brief piece of torah from the minchat chinuch on a mitzvah related to the parsha, usually under 3 minutes in length. The Minchat Chinuch was published in the 19th century by Rabbi Yoseph Babad. It contains the authors thoughts and summaries of each of the 613 mitzvot, arranged in the order of the weekly parsha. It was written in the form of a commentary to the Sefer Hachinuch, a sefer from the rishonic era, but the Minchat Chinuch often digresses to discuss matters not present in the Sefer Hachinuch. You can contact me at shaigoldman18@gmail.com.

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Shai Goldman

Episodes

161. Vayikra - The Mitzvah of the Burnt Offering (Mitzvah 115) 24.03.2023 4:16

Vayikra 5783

160. Vayakhel - The Mitzvah Not To Do Work On Shabbat (Mitzvah 32) 21.03.2023 3:25

Vayakhel-Pikudei 5783.

159. Ki Tissa - The Mitzvah Not To Anoint a Stranger With the Anointing Oil (Mitzvah 108) 10.03.2023 4:17

Ki Tissa 5783. Note that this mitzvah only applies to the special Shemen HaMishchah made by Moshe in the desert.

158. Tetzaveh - The Mitzvah Not to Rip the Me'il (Mitzvah 101) 03.03.2023 3:06

Tetzaveh 5783

157. Terumah - The Mitzvah To Build the Temple (Mitzvah 95) 24.02.2023 4:02

Terumah 5783

156. Mishpatim - The Mitzvah of the Laws of the Eved Ivri 17.02.2023 3:51

Mishpatim 5783

145. Yitro - Sanctifying the Sabbath 10.02.2023 3:11

Yitro 5783

142-144. Va'era, Bo, Beshalach Triple Episode! 01.02.2023 6:01

Va'era - The Mitzvah Not To Swear With God's Name in Vain (Mitzvah 30) Bo - The Mitzvah Not To Eat Chametz On Pesach (Mitzvah 19) Beshalach - The Mitzvah Not To Test God (Mitzvah 424)

141. Shmot - The Mitzvah Not To Work A Jewish Slave B'Pharech (Mitzvah 346) 16.01.2023 2:57

Shmot 5783

140. Vayechi - The Mitzvah (or is it?) To Only Appoint Kings From the Line of David (Mitzvah 498?) 05.01.2023 4:14

Vayechi 5783

139. Vayigash - The Mitzvah Not To Be Overly Gracious With Aku"m (Mitzvah 426) 30.12.2022 2:44

Vayigash 5783

138. Miketz - The Mitzvah To Redeem the Firstborn (Mitzvah 392) 23.12.2022 6:11

Miketz 5783

137. Vayeshev - The Mitzvah of Levirate Marraige (Mitzvah 598) 16.12.2022 4:20

Vayeshev 5783

136. Vayishlach - The Mitzvah Not to Eat the Gid HaNashe (Mitzvah 3) 09.12.2022 7:36

Vayishlach 5783

135. Vayeitzei - The Mitzvah For a Husband To Provide For His Wife (Mitzvah 46) 02.12.2022 6:47

Vayeitzei 5783

134. Toldot - The Mitzvah Not To Be Jealous (Mitzvah 38) 25.11.2022 7:42

Toldot 5783

133. Chayei Sarah - The Mitzvah Not To Permanently Sell Land in Eretz Yisroel (Mitzvah 339) 18.11.2022 5:19

Chayei Sarah 5783

132. Vayera - The Mitzvah to Eat Matzah on Pesach (Mitzvah 10) 11.11.2022 4:37

Vayera 5783

131. Lech Lecha - The Mitzvah Of Circumcision (Mitzvah 2) 04.11.2022 3:13

Lech Lecha 5873. appx. The Minchat Chinuch ends up rejecting the Nodah Biyehudah's son's answer with the following difficulty: if really בני נח don't use the principle of רוב in their halacha, then wouldn't every בן נח have to be circumcised, because they come from a population with a מיעוט of בני קטורה? Why does the Rambam limit his ruling to ישמעלים specifically? 

130. Noach - The Mitzvah Not To Blemish a Sacrifice (Mitzvah 287) 28.10.2022 2:55

Noah 5783. Some of the ideas I discussed near the end of this episode are based on the teachings of my Rebbe Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein Shlit"a.

129. Bereshit - The Mitzvah To Have Children (Mitzvah 1) 23.10.2022 2:09

Bereshit 5783

128. Sukkot - The Mitzvah to Take the Lulav (Mitzvah 324) 14.10.2022 2:43

Sukkot 5783

127. Haazinu - the Mitzvah to Listen to the Rabbis (Mitzvah 495-6) 07.10.2022 3:04

Haazinu 5783

126. Vayelech - The Mitzvah of Hakel (Mitzvah 612) 30.09.2022 2:50

Vayelech 5783. The mitzvah of Hakel, i.e., to gather all the Jews on the sukkot after shmita and read from the book of Deuteronomy in public. Mitzvah 612.

125. Nitzavim - The Mitzvah Not to Believe in Other Gods (Mitzvah 26) 23.09.2022 2:38

Nitzavim 5782