Divrei Chaim

There are two ways in which the relationship between Mishkan and korbanos can be understood: 1) the Mishkan exists so that there is a specia...

I hate to leave off the night with topics like the previous one, so let's get back to some Torah. The Sha'agas Arye (#87) asks the ...

The second critique of Rabbi Slifkin is that R’ Kanievsky and R’Shternbruch and others from their world do not retain the exclusive right to...

It was by chance that I noticed on Parshablog that R' Slifkin quoted me in an essay in "defense" of his opponents. I don'...

Hat tip to Mother in Israel for her analysis of Mishpacha Magazine's guide to cleaning for Pesach in just one week (assuming the garage...

There are two manners to dispose of issurei hana'ah: through burning and through burial. The difference between these methods is that as...

The latest edition of Kallah Magazine , edited by my wife, is out in various locations (5T, Teaneck, Queens, areas in Brooklyn). Help yours...

Rashi (35:27) explains that the word Nesi'im is written missing a letter yud because the Nesi'im waited until all the gifts for the ...

The Rambam writes in ch. 7 of hil. chameitz u'matzah: בכל דור ודור, חייב אדם להראות את עצמו כאילו הוא בעצמו יצא עתה משיעבוד מצריים, שנאמ...

Too much work, too little time to write... The Torah tells us that the women also donated to the Mishkan, expertly weaving while the wool wa...

We ended the week with a kashe of the Mishne laMelech comparing krias hamegillah and the mitzvah of haseibah. To briefly summarize: Why in...

Why did Moshe declare " Mi laHashem eilei " (22:26) before charging the Bnei Levi with the task of killing their bretheren ( ish b...

Time to start transitioning from Purim to Pesach, and what better way to do that than with a question of the Mishne laMelech. The Ran in Me...

Amalek is described as " lo yarei Elokim" (yes, I know some meforshim explain this to apply to Bnei Yisrael). The Brisker Rav ask...

Interesting article in the New Scientist suggesting that our brains are innately hard wired to believe in G-d. Key quote: Even so, religion...

Why are we all celebrating today just because in Shushan and in Shushan alone they had an extra day to take care of our enemies? I think the...

“Vayasem haMelech Achashveirosh mas al ha’aretz…” (10:1) The conclusion of the Megillah focuses on the establishment of the holiday of Purim...

Speaking of Brisker torah... The Midrash Tanchma on this week's parsha cites R' Chanina Sgan haKohanim's testimony that a miracl...

My son had an interesting critique of Brisker lomdus as it relates to the idea of something being categorized as having a certain "shem...

The gemara ( Baba Kamma 69b) writes that one who steals from a thief is exempt from paying keifel because keifel is obligatory only whe...