Simply Sefardi - Holidays

A Practical Halachic Guide to the Holidays. Pesach Laws and Meaning, Shavuos/Sefirah, Three Weeks and Tisha B'av, Chanukah, Purim. "Can I give matanot l'evyonim using ma'aser?" "How do I kasher an oven for Pesach?" "I'm allowed to buy this during Sefirah only if it's on sale, right?" "I'm going to a hotel for Chanukkah, how do I light the menorah?" In this book, Rabbi Zecharia Avezov, a rav and moreh hora'ah, provides the reader with the answers to the most frequently asked holiday-related questions in a clear manner, with extensive sources in the footnotes, so that everyone-from layman to learned-will know the practical laws of the holidays of the year. Simply Sefardi aims to present the laws in a simple fashion, with emphasis on the Sefardi tradition. "Going through the pages, I saw that [the author] did a remarkable job, [presenting the material] in a clear and pleasant manner...enabling the English-speaking audience with the halachot based on the rulings of the Shulchan Aruch and my father, Hacham Ovadia Yosef zt"l." Hacham David Yosef shlit"a, Rishon LeTziyon, Chief Rabbi of Israel, author of Halachha Berurah "It is a great pleasure and nachat to see your new sefer on the Yamim Tovim according to minhag Sefardim. The presentation is clear and readily understandable for the English-speaking audience. A true zikui harabim!" Rav Haim Benoliel shlit"a, Rosh Yeshivat Mikdash Melech and Rav of Bnai Yosef "It is with great joy that I write about Rabbi Zecharia Avezov, a member of our yeshiva and a rav in the community. Rabbi Zecharia is a known talmid chacham and a reliable posek. I am very happy with the publishing of this sefer on the laws of the Yamim Tovim." Rav Yisroel Reisman shlit"a, Rosh Yeshiva Torah Vodaath and Rav of Agudath Israel of Madison. Dimensions 6X9 Number of pages 208