Sunday, June 08, 2014

Why the descriptions of Malachim differ so greatly.

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The common concept in our current society of an "angel" is that of a person with "feathery" wings. That of a "devi...
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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Parsha Tazria - Why is Milah in the middle of Tum'ah

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The beginning of Tazria speaks of how a woman is tamei for seven days with a boy. This is then followed by the repeat of the commandment for...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Tetzaveh - Clothes make the man

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Parshas Tetzaveh gives the command to make the clothes for the KohenGadol. The word for clothing,בגד [Beged], is the same root as the word f...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Moshe and Yaakov, Yisro and Lavan - In-Laws and Out-Laws

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The Torah has two sets of son-in-law father-in-law relationships that show the opposing spectrum of possibilities. We have Yaakov Avinu and ...
Saturday, December 07, 2013

What will happen to the calendar if the Sanhedrin is re-instituted

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As of 1910, Pesach was on April 24. Thirty days earlier, March 25, after the equinox, was Purim (14 Adar II). If the Sanhedrin had been re-...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Why Thanksgiving will not be on Chanukah again

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This year (5774) is the 17th year of the 19 year cycle. Since the leap month is not until Adar, Chanukah will be "early" in the s...
Thursday, August 08, 2013

R'Ei ma'aser is riches

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כב. עַשֵּׂר תְּעַשֵּׂר אֵת כָּל תְּבוּאַת זַרְעֶךָ הַיֹּצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה שָׁנָה שָׁנָה   22 . You shall surely tithe all the seed crop that ...
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Sunday, June 23, 2013

Korach and Bilam were alike

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One of the characteristics of Bilam was that he was greedy and selfish. A similar characteristic shows up in Korach. The Medrash states that...
Monday, April 29, 2013

Can a nonJew bring a sacrifice to the Bais Hamikdash

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A nonJew is allowed to bring an Olah (a sacrifice that is completely burnt on the altar) as a free will offering in the same way that a Jew ...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Why should Aharon wear gold in the first place?

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Rabbi Sorotzkin in "Oznayim LaTorah" discusses the question of why the Kohen Gadol [high priest] should wear gold in the first pl...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Toldos implies a new era

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The use of "Eilah Toldos", which is usually translated as "These are the generations" or "these are the products ...
Sunday, January 13, 2013

Evidence that the dust of Goshen turned to Lice

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Even though the Bnai Yisrael were not subject to any of the plagues, there is evidence that during the plague of lice, even the dust in Gosh...

Vaeirah - The original "Green Line"

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Rabbi Sorotzkin in Oznayim Latorah (Insights in the Torah) Va'eirah (7:27) explains 27: But if you refuse to send [them] out, I will s...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

When did Yitzchak live in Geror

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The Torah does not explicitly state when exactly the famine erupted and caused Yitzchok and Rivkah to move to G'ror. The Torah does put ...

Evidence that Avrohom had a daughter

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When the Torah tells us that Avrohom was "blessed in everything" (Bakol), there is a dispute as to what that means exactly. 1. A...
Monday, November 05, 2012

An honest judge doomed S'dom

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Rabbi Sorotzkin asks why does the Torah emphasize that Lot was "at the gate of the city". Rashi says that this means that he had b...
Sunday, November 04, 2012

Hashem gives us a chance to get it right

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Adam had three sons one of whom died. The line of Kayin ended with Lemech who had three sons, one of whom created weapons that were used f...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Noach was the past, Avrahom the future

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This is an extension of my post Difference between תולדות אדם and תולדות שם . When looking at תולדות אדם we see that it starts with אדם and ...

When did Avraham perform Bris Milah?

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Rabbi Monk in קול התורה says that the use of the term בעצם היום הזה actually means that it took place on Yom Kippur. This connects the blood...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Why Hashem did not leave Mishpatim up to us

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Rabbi Sacks posted an interesting article on Noach – True Morality which actually helps explain why Hashem had the Torah command us in the ...