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8 Shavuos Customs of Maran Rav Chaim zt”l

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman | June 10, 2024

Rav Chaim zt”l did not put grasses, trees, or plants in his home nor in the Lederman shul on Shavuos. This was in accordance with the view of the Vilna Gaon (see Mishna Brurah 494:10). Rav Chaim zt”l avoided getting a haircut on Erev Shavuos itself, because of the danger involved in letting blood that…

Answers to Haggadah Questions from Rav Chaim zt”l

By Orchot Yosher | March 28, 2022

Answers to Haggadah Questions from Rav Chaim zt”lCompiled by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Why is, “Ha Lachma Anya” in Aramaic and not in Hebrew?a. Because it is an invitation to all people to come and join us and that was the language that most people spoke when the Hagaddah was written. [We learn from here that…