Menorat HaMaor

Menorat HaMaor

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Piyyut Introduction i; On Charity

The Quality of Repentance On Afflictions The Power of Repentance Incentives of Repentance What is Repentance The Quality of the Repenter Marganita deRabbi Meir Merits and Transgressions Order of Teshuvah Laws of Teshuvah Tales of the Righteous Reprovement

Its Attributes Developing Humility Its Habits Haughtiness and its Subclasses Great is Humility Arrogance

Study in order to keep and teach The commandments and Israel Dedication and sacrifice

Laws of circumcision Great is circumcision Betrothal blessing Laws of redeeming the firstborn Laws of mezuzah Laws of onen Laws of mourning The eulogy Not to grieve excessively Eruvin Laws of Challah Parapet blessing

Great is Kindness I Visiting the Sick The Vidduy Eulogizing the dead Great is Kindness II

Observing Shabbat The covenant of Shabbat Oneg Shabbat Honor the Shabbat Great is Shabbat Holidays

Great is honoring one's parents The ways of honoring Morals in honoring one's parents The extent of honoring one's parents

One's match; fate or choice How great is a great wife The virtues of great wife Honoring a wife Marriage and lineage One who commits adultery is likened to an idolater The severity of sexual immorality Marrying a suitable wife while young The virtues of a modest woman

Discipline a son He who disciplines his son makes him wise Chastisement of love Extrication of fathers by sons Commandment a father must fulfill towards his son The community must hire teachers One must teach his son Torah Love of a father to his sons

Acting in business honestly Keeping away from theft Keeping away from fraud To loan the poor Engaging in an honorable trade

Great is justice Great is jurisprudence The qualities of a judge The disgrace of an unfit judge Keeping away from bribery To carry the load of the people To carry out justice to all To appoint elderly judges

To rejoices in one's lot To be satisfied with a little Trusting God Accounts of the pious ones The reward of he who rejoices in his lot On jealousy

The praise of he who is slow to anger He who becomes angry his wisdom departs from him The great sin of he who becomes angry regularly

On flattery The classes of flatterers The ways of flatterers The severity of flattery On scoffing The severity of scoffing

Loving one's fellow The severity of The severity of discord Love of all people Associating with the upright The qualities of a good friend Loving the converts equally Beloved are the converts Honoring one's friend

Death and life are in the power of the tongue The severity of slander The punishment of slander The classes of slanderers The greatness of silence

Keeping and revealing a secret On disputes Classes of treacherous men Being diligent on vows

On etiquette i etiquette of Torah scholars ii etiquette of elders iii etiquette of men iv etiquette of women v etiquette rules Ways of the Amorite More on etiquette

Forward Gate of Three Gate of Four Gate of Five Gate of Six Gate of Seven Gate of Eight Gate of Nine Gate of Ten Gate of Eleven Gate of Twelve Gate of Thirteen Gate of Fourteen Gate of Fifteen

Ohr Olam

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Ohr Gadol

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Great is the peace

About This Text

Author: Yisrael ben Yosef Alnaqua

Composed: Toledo, Spain, 1391 CE

Menorat HaMaor (“The Lamp of Illumination”) is a 14th-century work by Rabbi Yisrael Alnaqua. Written in simple and accessible Hebrew, it includes practical legal instructions for daily activity like prayer and Torah study, as well as guidance for ethical conduct, discourses on the significance behind commandments and customs, and a series of assorted addenda at the end. The work is quoted often in prominent later works like the Shenei Luchot HaBrit (Shelah) and the Rema. The relationship between this work and a very similar work of the same name attributed to Rabbi Yitzchak Aboab is a matter of scholarly debate.

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Redemption of Captives

Bedikat Chametz, Biur Chametz

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