Tuesday, April 01, 2025

5 years since the Covid outbreak -- have we learned anything? Has there been a hischadshus?

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The name "parshas hachodesh" is somewhat of a misnomer given that there is exactly one pasuk that relates to kiddush hachodesh and...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

singing the praises of the mishkan

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  The Midrash comments on the opening of our parsha:  אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁעֲשִׂיתֶם אֶת הָעֵגֶל הִכְעַס...
Monday, March 24, 2025

Chasdei Lev pre-Pesach food distribution -- chessed in action

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Yesterday my wife and I decided to take a walk in the park since it was nice in the afternoon.  As we neared the park, we saw that there was...
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Thursday, March 20, 2025

hava'ra -- one of the 39 melachos with a lesser onesh, or not a melacha?

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1)   וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶל ⁠ ־כׇּל ⁠ ־עֲדַ֥ת בְּנֵֽי ⁠ ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁר ⁠ ־צִוָּ֥ה ה׳ לֵאמֹֽר Rashi comments:  זה...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

GR"A on Mordechai -- "chibas Eretz Yisrael alav"

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1)  The Rama miPana notes that the name of Haman is mentioned 54 times in the megillah, which corresponds to הגוי אשׂר יעבודו ד״ן אנכי.  Yaak...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

lomdus of the chiyuv/kiyum of ben mukaf chomah reading megillah on 14 Adar erev Shabbos

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Since 15 Adar falls on Shabbos this year cities that are mukaf chomah will celebrate Purim on Fri, 14 Adar, along with everyone else.  Yesh ...
Thursday, March 06, 2025

a 4 kugel problem; Chazon Ish on women's obligation to hear zachor; bracha on zachor; why Shaul's fate was sealed; the zechus of yishuv ha'aretz

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1) Sherlock Holmes had his three pipe problems.  Apparently zachor is a four kugel problem: קיים מנהג לאכול בשבת זכור ארבעה סוגים של קוגל, ...
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