Thursday, October 30, 2025

the reason the malach told Hagar not to flee: how can you leave Eretz Yisrael?!

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1) Rashi interprets the angel's question to Hagar, וַיֹּאמַ֗ר הָגָ֞ר שִׁפְחַ֥ת שָׂרַ֛י אֵֽי־מִזֶּ֥ה בָ֖את וְאָ֣נָה תֵלֵ֑כִי (16:8), as ...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

don't throw the raven overboard

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The gemara (San 108b) relates that the raven had an iron clad argument to object to being sent out by Noach (parenthetically: the Brisker Ra...
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Monday, October 20, 2025

why is this month different than all other months? A chiddush of the Ba"ch

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The gemara on the last daf of R"H has the following din:   אמר   ר " א   לעולם   יסדיר   אדם   תפלתו   ואח " כ   יתפלל   You ...
Friday, October 17, 2025

whose tzelem was man created in?

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וַיִּבְרָ֨א אֱלֹקים אֶת־הָֽאָדָם֙ בְּצַלְמ֔וֹ בְּצֶ֥לֶם אֱלֹקים בָּרָ֣א אֹת֑וֹ זָכָ֥ר וּנְקֵבָ֖ה בָּרָ֥א אֹתָֽם: The word צַלְמ֔וֹ is possessive...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

the mystery of the last 8 pesukim, Moshe's seat 8 rows back in the shiur of R' Akiva, and Shmini Atzeret

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Menachos 29 relates that Moshe asked Hashem why he was putting crowns on the letters of the Torah.  Hashem answered that in the future there...
Friday, October 03, 2025

the 955 pesukim of Devarim and the 955 gates of Heaven

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רְא֣וּ עַתָּ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י אֲנִי֙ ה֔וּא וְאֵ֥ין אֱלֹקים עִמָּדִ֑י אֲנִ֧י אָמִ֣ית וַאֲחַיֶּ֗ה מָחַ֙צְתִּי֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אֶרְפָּ֔א וְאֵ֥ין מִיָּדִ...

ain ma'avirin al ha'mitzvos - Avnei Nezer's chiddush in when to build your sukkah

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The against (Meg 6b) writes that when there is a double Adar, according to R' Eliezer bar Yosi the megillah is read in the first Adar be...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

make your requests l'shem Shamayim

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The Tiferes Shlomo comments on our parsha: ונתנם ה' לפניכם ועשיתם להם ככל המצוה אשר צוויתי אתכם. הידוע מספרים הקדושים שכל מצוה מתרי...