Learning Torah with Rabbi Sariel Malitzky

You bought a syrup in a really cool glass jar. You finished it and now want to wash it out and use it as a coffee mug. Does it need tevila? What about using a hand held steamer to boil water and make noodle soup. Does the steamer need to be toveled?

What lessons for davening can we learn from the way an army will prepare for battle?

There are so many appiances in our kitchens. What are the basic rules to know what requires Tevila, what does not and what requires a beracha and what does not?

There are Esav's months of the year. It is hard to daven during those months. What should we do?

Do these require tevila? Why not? How can you use them if you don't tovel them?

In this Shiur we discuss the prohibition of לא תחמוד. How can you not want what you want? How can one avoid this issur?

What is so special with number 11. Where else do we find number 11. How does this relate to the ketores?

Must You Tovel Electronic Appliances? Do electronic appliances require tevila? What would be a reason they might not? Learn more about the halachos behind immersing items like a waffle maker, Betty Crocker appliance, or sandwich press—and when tevila may or may not be required.

What is the significance of the eleven spices in the Ketores? Why does the list seem to follow a decreasing order—until the end, when it suddenly flips the order of spices number three and nine?

You run a catering or restaurant business and need help immersing your keilim (utensils). Can you ask non-Jews to assist with the tevila? What about an older person who asks their hired help to do them a favor and tovel some keilim on their behalf?

The Gemara describes how Rav Yochanan used to sit outside of the Mikvah so the women could look at him when they were done. Why did he do that? How is that allowed? Why were the Rabanan not concerned for Yetzer Hara like they were when Rav Gidal did something similar?

Hear about the Jew who davened for the NY Jets at the Kosel Introduction to saying the Ketores

What are women obligated to daven and how that reads into the Gemara? Can one be Yotzay a beracha or Mitzvah by hearing half and saying half? Why was the chumra of bentching on a kzayis rather than when full THE chumra that led Hashem to show us favor?

Can you ask your child to tovel your keilim for you? Does it matter if you are there? Maybe it's good chinuch to get him or her involved?

How do you hold the kli when toveling it? If you hold it tight isn't it a chatzitza?

How did the Jewish women get their instruments? Why is Miriam called Aharon's sister and not Moshe's? Who was she talking to? Who sang and who danced?

Should we be asking Hashem for small things? How does Tefila become לשמה? What did Rav Wolfson zt"l thing about the child who put a kvittel in the Kosel with a request from Hashem for a dog and bike?

Assuming you will tovel an electric appliance, what do you do with the plug? Also immerse it or leave it out of the water?

We often speak about doing Mitzvos Lishmah. How does that apply to Tefilla? Isn't all of our davening not Lishmah? How do we deal with this?

There is a lot of snow on the ground. How cool would it be to toveil your keilim in the snow in your backyard! Is that ok? Can snow serve as a mikvah?

How can we avoid thinking business during davening? What do we do when just don't "feel" it and have to daven anyways?

Someone has a colleague with the name Adonai. How does he talk to him? Can he say good morning Adonai?

How can we make sure our shuls are brought to Eretz Yisrael? What connection is there between shuls in Galus and the Beis Hamikdash?

There is a custom to say a pasuk at the end of Shemona Esrei that begins and ends with the same letters of your name. Where does that come from and what's the point?

How far do you have to go to remove the stickers and glue from keilim you wish to tovel? Let's say you tovel it and then realize the sticker is still there? What about projects made in school?