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Shema question
muman613:
Naaleh has a video on Talmud Brachot 14b...
http://www.naaleh.com/viewclass/2600/single/
muman613:
It is not a coincidence I was just discussing the word 'sheker' in another thread, and it appears in the description of the video I just posted...
In this Torah shiur (class) on Gemara brachot Daf 14B, Rabbi Moshe Nechemia Reichman analyzed the machloket between Rashi and the Rambam about one who presents false testimony about himself, 'May'id Eidut Sheker B'Atzmo'. This Torah class is available online in streaming video and for download in mp3 and ipod video formats.
I am watching it currently hoping to hear an explanation for it...
muman613:
LKZ,
The issue is not concerning tzit-tzits according to the Talmud Brachot 14b... It is only concerning tefillin, according to my understanding.
This is tefillin:
This is Tallit Katan w/Tzit-tzits:
Tallit Gadol w/Tzit-tzits
Israel Chai:
So now it means that I was testifying that Torah is not true. I'm totally depressed. I have to make teshuva now for it. Everyone in the shul said shema in the morning prayers, and nobody was wearing tefillin while we prayed... IDK, but I'm going to sleep now, and may Hashem give me money somehow through my work or otherwise so I can be an observant and good Jew.
What other prayers can I say?
muman613:
According to Rambam (according to the video shuir I am watching) the opinion of Rab Ulla is a din of the mitzvah of Tefillin, not of the mitzvah of Shema...
--- Quote ---Ulla said: If one recites the Shema without tefillin it is as if he bore false witness against himself. R. Hiyya b. Abba said in the name of R. Johanan: It is as if he offered a burnt-offering without a meal-offering and a sacrifice without drink-offering.
--- End quote ---
Thus you should still continue to say Shema, but you should seek out Tefillin so you can fulfill the command of tefillin...
This is my understanding.... Of course you should consult with a competent Orthodox Rabbi...
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