Divrei Chaim

"VaYikra el Moshe Leimor... " Rashi explains that Hashem told Moshe to speak to Bnei Yisrael with "divrei kevushim", wor...

VaYikra el Moshe VaYidaber Hashem eilav... Why does Hashem's name appear only in the middle of the pasuk, after vaYidaber, and not at th...

The Rambam (Shabbos ch 29) paskens that it is forbidden to eat before kiddush during the day ("kiddusha rabbah") just like at nigh...

Why did I devote a post to Torah min haShamayim? Do I really think I am going to win over the skeptics of the world? In a nutshell, No. And ...

Just as R' Shimon and R' Yehudah disagree whether there is an issur lav on chamietz after chatzos (but before nightfall) on Erev Pes...

Elsewhere in the Blogosphere, the debate is on whether there is any difference between saying the Torah is Divinely inspired vs. the concept...

...Is of course the one edited by my wife, which she has now uploaded in .pdf format to her website, which also has many other nice tidbits....

The Noda B'Yehudah has a famous tshuvah discussion a father who passed away on Erev Pesach, leaving chameitz b'yerusha to his childr...

The Rambam (1:8) writes that in addition to the mitzva of tashbisu, there is an additional lav of "lo tochal alav chamietz" (do no...

The Rambam writes (1:7) that even a "kol she'hu" of chameitz is prohibited because of the pasuk "lo ye'achel chamietz...

My son informs me that Gedolim Album II is out (Gedolim Strike Back?), which has gotten some comment in the blogosphere. My 2 cents on the ...

It seems to me that you can resolve the Sha'agas Arye's "kusha atzuma" based on the Shita Mekubetzet in B.M., which writes...

The Sha'agas Arye (#77), in the middle of the discussion of tashbisu mentioned last post, asks what he calls a "kusya atzuma",...

The gemara (daf 4) tells us that although bittul chameitz is sufficient min hatorah, Chazal required that one eliminate chameitz before Pesa...

Consider the following statements: 1. Orthodox Jews affirm the centrality of Torah study to their lives. Not too many people would disagree ...

The Torah commands "Ushamrtem es hamatzos", to guard matzah. Exactly what the parameters of this halacha are is not clear. The gem...

The Rishonim highlight the connection between korban pesach and matzah and suggest (as an asmachta b'alma - not a real limud) that matza...

Another logical trap is "begging the question" - when you assume your own premis as part of an argument. Suppose my son complains...

My wife used to incorporate a lesson on logical fallacies in one of her writing courses because errors in logic are so easy to fall into and...

I know nothing factual re: the rumor that has appeared on other blogs ("chavrach chavrah is lei" has new meaning in the internet a...