Thursday, July 19, 2012

Daughters of Tzelaphchad as wise as King Solomon

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An intersting point in Parshas Mas'ei is that the daughters of Tzelaphchad made sure that even after they had won their case, they would...
Sunday, July 08, 2012

Can a father inherit from a son?

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The answer of course is yes if the son dies without children while the father is alive. However, the rules of inheritance that we see in Par...

Balak & Nasser, Midian & U.A.R.

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רשי states that Balak was a prince of Midian and that he was appointed the king of Moab only after they became frightened of the בני ישראל....
Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Miriam's Miracles

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The מדרש says that the three main miracles that kept בני ישראל alive in the desert wer because of the זכות of the three children of Amram. T...
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Shlach - Yehoshua and Kalev

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The commentators discuss the difference between Yehoshua and Kalev in the way they reacted to the meraglim and the way they are treated in ...
Sunday, June 10, 2012

Beha'aloscha - Getting "swept up" can be counterproductive

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The tribe of Dan was the leader of the last group in the travel across the dessert (10:25). ונסע דגל מחנה בני דן מאסף לכל המחנת ל...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Beshalach: Why Israel sinned in the desert - childishness and immaturity.

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The commentators have been pointing out that בני ישראל are compared to children when they went into the desert after the Exodus. Many, Jews...
Friday, March 30, 2012

Vayikra - The limits of Humility

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The מדרש that discusses the small aleph (א) at the end of the first word always emphasizes Moshe's humility and says that he made the sm...
Thursday, February 09, 2012

Why were Bnei Yisroel reluctant to leave Yam Suf?

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Rashi gives the most quoted reason, which is that Bnei Yisroel were so intent on collecting the wealth that washed up with the dead Egyptian...
Friday, January 27, 2012

Parshas Bo - Let them discuss the matter

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Rabbi Frand points out that every time Moshe Rabbeinu warned Par'o and his court about an upcoming plague, he would immediately leave. ...
Monday, January 02, 2012

Vayigash: 66 + 3 = 70

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כו. כָּל הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַבָּאָה לְיַעֲקֹב מִצְרַיְמָה יֹצְאֵי יְרֵכוֹ מִלְּבַד נְשֵׁי בְנֵי יַעֲקֹב כָּל נֶפֶשׁ שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ:   כז. וּבְ...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

Bikur Cholim sometimes means "Do not Visit"

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The medrash in Vayera states that Hashem visited Avraham on the third day after Bris Milah when he was " sitting in the doorway of the ...
Friday, October 28, 2011

Breishis - Creationism and Evolutionism

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In fact, the arguments between the "Evolutionists" and the "Creationists" that have been occurring in the modern world (...
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Why was Noach "forced" into the teivah?

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I have always wondered why Noach being forced in to the teivah by the flood water should be counted a flaw. Why couldn't it be that he ...

Noach, "tmimus" and his worlds

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I saw an interesting dvar Torah on Noach about " tamim haya bedorosav ". The word " bdorosav " is plural meaning that h...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

False Prophet can sometimes tell the truth

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There are several circumstances in which a False prophet can " tell the truth " ,still be liable for the death penalty, but be un...
Tuesday, August 09, 2011

If you shecht with a light saber, is the animal kosher?

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If you shecht an animal with a light saber is it kosher? asked by Elder Of Ziyon actually has a legitimate answer. Chaim Casper answers ...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Korach was an example of a modern politician

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One of the phony arguments used by Korach to attempt to trigger his revolt was to tell the "story" of a poor widow. This is actual...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Why use the meraglim to determine a minyon

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The talmud says that we learn that a nbhi is ten men because the תורה uses the term עדה (community) to refer to the 10 meraglim. One the oth...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Blessings and Curses

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An interesting contrast occurs between the blessings and the curses of Parshas Bechukosai. It starts out אם בחקתי תלכו ואת מצותי תשמרו ועשי...