Divrei Chaim
Divrei Torah & assorted musings
Thursday, April 23, 2026
a katan who becomes bar mitzvah during sefirah: the chiddush of R' Ben Tzion Aba Shaul regarding the mitzvah of chinuch
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The Minchas Chinuch raises the issue, debated among many later Achronim, of whether a katan who becomes bar mitzvah in the middle of sefirah...
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Thursday, April 16, 2026
why support the party of Jew hatred?
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At the end of the day, if you are a committed Jew but don't really care that Pres Biden rewrote FDA reports to disguise the risk to seni...
right hand / left hand balance
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There is a Meshech Chochma in this week's parsha that fits hand in glove with a Meshech Chochma we discussed a mere 5 years ago. In pa...
Wednesday, April 01, 2026
time to burn the chametz
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Thursday, March 26, 2026
not knowing whether to dance or cry
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I was struck by the fact that Rashi and Ramban have diametrically opposed interpretations of the last pasuk in our parsha: וַיַּ֥עַשׂ אַ...
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Thursday, March 19, 2026
haggadas eidus, haggadah shel pesach -- amira, dibur, haggadah: is there a difference?
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The gemara has a derasha on the pasuk וְנֶ֣פֶשׁ כִּֽי־תֶחֱטָ֗א וְשָֽׁמְעָה֙ ק֣וֹל אָלָ֔ה וְה֣וּא עֵ֔ד א֥וֹ רָאָ֖ה א֣וֹ יָדָ֑ע אִם־ל֥וֹא יַגּ...
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the best korban of them all
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1) R' Shteinmen held that after techiyas ha'meisim we will be obligated to bring all the korbanos that we did not get to bring in o...
Thursday, March 12, 2026
learning hilchos ha'chag -- a din in talmud torah or a din on Y"T?
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The gemara (Pesachim 6a) has a din that one is supposed to start to learn hilchos pesach 30 days before the chag שואלין ודורשין בהלכות הפסח ...
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