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Moroccan halacha, fast and practical.
Magen Avot Halacha & Parasha is a steady stream of practical halacha and Torah learning shaped by Moroccan and Sephardic sources. It moves from Shulchan Aruch, poskim, minhag, and family practice into concrete rulings about holidays, food, grooming, prayer, music, and daily conduct.
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Magen Avot Halacha & Parasha is a dense, practical Torah-learning feed centered on halacha, Moroccan poskim, Sephardic custom, and the weekly rhythm of Jewish time. It is not polished lecture-hall audio. It feels closer to a fast-moving beit midrash explanation, where a source is named, a question is sharpened, an exception is tested, and the practical bottom line starts to appear. The show is especially strong when abstract halacha meets ordinary life. Shaving on Chol HaMoed becomes a discussion about dignity before Yom Tov, minority opinions, and the force of the Shulchan Aruch. A question about listening to recorded music during Sefirat HaOmer turns into a critique of shallow claims about what Morocco did or did not have as a custom. The speaker keeps returning to the same pressure point: inherited minhag has weight, but modern cases still need serious analysis. That comes through clearly in the Pesach seder material. The class walks through Moroccan practice while repeatedly acknowledging family variation, local nusach, and the guiding role of what was done in a parent's home. It can get technical quickly. Simanim, masechtot, poskim, brachot, Kiddush, Karpas, Maror, and beracha acharona all appear without much hand-holding. Still, the explanations stay attached to concrete scenarios. Calling a friend on Chol HaMoed, moving items around an apartment, eating mezonot before a meal, or standing for Kiddush are treated as real questions, not theoretical decorations. Alongside the halacha, the show preserves biography. Episodes on Rabbi Yaakov Beirav, Rabbi Yaakov Bitan, and Rabbi Eliezer Di Avila place tzaddikim in Spain, Fez, Tzfat, Marrakesh, Saleh, and Rabat, often through stories, sefarim, hilulah dates, and communal memory. The pacing is quick and repetitive in a useful way. A ruling is stated, restated, qualified, and then tied back to practice. Listeners already comfortable with Torah terminology will get the most out of it. Those looking for Moroccan Jewish learning with both legal seriousness and inherited texture will find a distinctive archive here.
Made for: For listeners who already have some comfort with Torah learning, halachic vocabulary, and Sephardic or Moroccan minhag. It especially suits people trying to connect source-based rulings with daily religious practice.
What sets it apart: The show's strength is its mix of Moroccan rabbinic memory and practical halacha. It treats minhag as lived family inheritance while still testing modern questions against Shulchan Aruch, poskim, and concrete cases.
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Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Rabbi Lebhar makes Jewish law concrete by tracing ordinary choices through textual authority, inherited custom, and practical circumstance.
Rabbi Lebhar turns everyday religious decisions into closely reasoned Torah classes, moving from a practical question to the sources that govern it.
A discarded coffee cup becomes a halachic case study, and suddenly your next refill has stakes.
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A practical Moroccan Pesach guide shaped by family custom, halacha, and lived detail.
The piece frames the Moroccan Pesach Seder as a living family practice, with the father's home as the first point of reference and the Shulchan Aruch as the backup when memory is uncertain.
A practical, fast-moving guide to a Moroccan Pesach seder, rooted in family custom.
This overview of a Moroccan Pesach seder keeps its focus on a simple organizing principle: follow what was done in one's father's home, and when that is not clear, lean on the Shulchan Aruch or what is set out here.
A grounded look at giving when need is immediate and priorities are not simple.
The class keeps coming back to a simple question: who gets helped first, and what changes when a person is right in front of you. It moves through tzedakah priorities, a few related side issues like vows and timing, then settles into the harder part, where several claims compete…
A finished coffee leads into a practical halachic look at whether another drink needs a new blessing.
The episode grounds a familiar drink-table scenario in a focused halachic question: when one blessing covers coffee, does it also carry over to the next drink?
Daily halacha, case by case.
Parsha questions carried into serious Torah argument.
The host starts with a finished cup of coffee.
Rabbi Lebhar provides a detailed guide to conducting a Passover Seder according to Moroccan customs.
Rabbi Lebhar examines the halachic debate over the optional fifth cup at the Passover Seder.
The speaker opens with a joke about earthquakes and a chandelier.
This Torah class discusses a Gemara passage exploring whether wine (Yayin) exempts other drinks from certain laws based on its significance as a primary beverage.
This Torah class discusses the Hilulah (anniversary of passing) of three great rabbis, focusing on Rabbi Yaakov HaBechserah and his family's legacy in Morocco.
Rabbi Lebhar addresses why the shofar is not blown when Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbos, despite the Gemara's warning about a year without shofar.
Rabbi Yisrael analyzes whether Bernafashes can discharge Al HaMichya, Al HaGefen, or Birkat Hamazon when the wrong after-blessing was recited.
This Torah class discusses the laws of Chol Hamoed, specifically analyzing whether actions like making phone calls or organizing that require minimal effort are permitted according to different rabbinic opinions.
This episode explores the life and legacy of Rabbi Yaakov Bettan, a revered sage from Marrakesh, Morocco, highlighting the city's rich Torah tradition and spiritual significance.
This episode discusses the consensus of Moroccan Poskim on the prohibition of shaving during Chol Hamoed, exploring halachic sources and minority opinions.
This episode discusses the Sephardic and Moroccan customs regarding listening to recorded music during Sefirat HaOmer, exploring halachic sources and historical context.
This episode explores the life and legacy of Rabbi Yaakov Beirav, a 15th-century Spanish-born scholar who later moved to Tzfat and attempted to renew the ancient practice of Smicha (rabbinic ordination) based on Maimonides' teachings.
The rabbi opens with family custom.
This Torah class discusses the halachic question of whether to recite Beracha Achrona on wine or other foods consumed before a meal, exploring various rabbinic opinions and practical applications.
This Torah class explains a Mishnah in Berachos about whether bread (pas) exempts parperes (side dishes) from blessings, discussing interpretations including those of Rashi.