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Rabbanit Yael Shimoni

Rabbanit Shimoni has learned at Migdal Oz, Matan, and the Susi Bradfield Womenโ€™s Institute for Halakhic Leadership at Midreshet Lindenbaum. She holds a BFA from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and a BEd in Torah Shebeโ€™al Peh and Jewish Thought from Herzog College. She is currently studying towards an MA in Jewish Thought Education at Herzog College. Rabbanit Shimoni taught gemara and halakha at Pelech High School and served as a ramit for shana bet at Migdal Oz. She directs Meshivat Nefesh, the online responsa program of the rabbaniyot of Beit Hillel. She is also a plastic artist and member of โ€œA Studio of Her Own.

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Who is an Am Haaretz? – Gefet 28

By Rabbanit Yael Shimoni / March 6, 2022 | ื’ืณ ื‘ืื“ืจ ื‘ืณ ืชืฉืคืดื‘
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Where Can You Find the Divine Presence? – Gefet 27

By Rabbanit Yael Shimoni / February 25, 2022 | ื›ืดื“ ื‘ืื“ืจ ืืณ ืชืฉืคืดื‘

ื‘ืขื–ืจืช ื”’ The second chapter of Tractate Hagiga is one of the most fascinating chapters in the Gemara in terms of its connections between halacha…

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Paying Taxes: Willingly or by Coercion? – Gefet 26

By Rabbanit Yael Shimoni / February 18, 2022 | ื™ืดื– ื‘ืื“ืจ ืืณ ืชืฉืคืดื‘

 

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Tearing Kriya for a Torah Scholar – Gefet 25

By Rabbanit Yael Shimoni / February 9, 2022 | ื—ืณ ื‘ืื“ืจ ืืณ ืชืฉืคืดื‘
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Can You Pay a Shiva Call on a Holiday? Gefet 24

By Rabbanit Yael Shimoni / February 1, 2022 | ืœืณ ื‘ืฉื‘ื˜ ืชืฉืคืดื‘

Last week, we addressed the encounter between mourning and rejoicing. We saw that the festival cancels mourning. Of course, this can lead to difficult situations,…

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Does Joy Overcome Sadness? – Gefet 23

By Rabbanit Yael Shimoni / January 26, 2022 | ื›ืดื“ ื‘ืฉื‘ื˜ ืชืฉืคืดื‘

Does joy override sadness? I donโ€™t think so, and neither does the Gemaraโ€ฆ Is mourning a Torah law or a rabbinic decree? The rishonim disagree.…

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The Prohibition of Work on Chol Hamoed – Gefet 22

By Rabbanit Yael Shimoni / January 18, 2022 | ื˜ืดื– ื‘ืฉื‘ื˜ ืชืฉืคืดื‘

In our first Gefet ย for Tractate Moed Katan, we will discuss the topic that concerns most of the first section of the tractate: the definition…

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Censorship – Gefet 21

By Rabbanit Yael Shimoni / January 5, 2022 | ื’ืณ ื‘ืฉื‘ื˜ ืชืฉืคืดื‘

 

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Torah in any Language? – Gefet 20

By Rabbanit Yael Shimoni / December 29, 2021 | ื›ืดื” ื‘ื˜ื‘ืช ืชืฉืคืดื‘

We are beginning the second perek of Masechet Megillah, perek โ€œื”ืงื•ืจื ืืช ื”ืžื’ื™ืœื”โ€. The mishna opens with a fascinating and important law about reading the…

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Can We Bring Korbanot Today? Gefet 19

By Rabbanit Yael Shimoni / December 22, 2021 | ื™ืดื— ื‘ื˜ื‘ืช ืชืฉืคืดื‘

ื‘”ื” Can We Bring Korbanot Today? In the first perek of mishnayot of Masechet Megillah appears a series of mishnayot, where each mishna compares two…

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