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Thursday, February 25, 2021

a miraculous turn of events

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  הוא אחשורוש – ר׳ יהודה ור׳ נחמיה, חד אמר, אחשורוש – שהרג את אשתו מפני אוהבו, הוא אחשורש – שהרג את אוהבו מפני אשתו, The statement that Acha...
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safeik brachos l'hakeil where there is a rov

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Achronim discuss whether the rule of safeik brachos l'hakeil applies even where there is a rov to be machria the safeik.  (Is rov mevare...
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Monday, February 22, 2021

a taste of the future

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 1) Shem m'Shmeul 5671: ' מה שחר סוף כל הלילה אף אסתר סוף כל הנסים, הנה שחגי מתחיל להאיר בעוד לילה מחמת אור החוזר מהחמה, כך הי' ...
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Thursday, February 18, 2021

the enemy within

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אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָֽרְךָ֜ בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ וַיְזַנֵּ֤ב בְּךָ֙ כׇּל־הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִ֣ים אַֽחֲרֶ֔יךָ Rashi explains that the necheshalim are חסירי כח מחמת חטאם...
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safeik sakana b'makom mitzvah

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Eiruvin 21b:  מעשה בר"ע שהיה חבוש בבית האסורין והיה ר' יהושע הגרסי משרתו בכל יום ויום היו מכניסין לו מים במדה יום אחד מצאו שומר בית...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

choosing freedom over security

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1)  My wife writes on her blog that the eved ivri in choosing to stay enslaved was opting for the security of his master's home, where ...
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Thursday, February 11, 2021

Rosh Devarcha Emes = Adar

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Chazal tell us that Moshe had difficulty understanding וְנָ֨תְנ֜וּ אִ֣ישׁ כֹּ֧פֶר נַפְשׁ֛וֹ by giving a half shekel.  That's all it take...

the doorpost

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 וְהִגִּישׁ֤וֹ אֲדֹנָיו֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְהִגִּישׁוֹ֙ אֶל־הַדֶּ֔לֶת א֖וֹ אֶל־הַמְּזוּזָ֑ה וְרָצַ֨ע אֲדֹנָ֤יו אֶת־אׇזְנוֹ֙ בַּמַּרְצֵ֔עַ וַ...
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Tuesday, February 09, 2021

planting the seeds of geulah

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 Mes Kesubos, which I finished today l'iluy nishmas my father on his yahrzeit, ends:  אמר רב עתידין כל אילני סרק שבארץ ישראל שיטענו פירו...
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Monday, February 08, 2021

not being makpid

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 לֹֽא־תַעֲלֶ֥ה בְמַעֲלֹ֖ת עַֽל־מִזְבְּחִ֑י אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־תִגָּלֶ֥ה עֶרְוָתְךָ֖ עָלָֽיו (20:22) Rashi:  והרי דברים קל וחומר: ומה אבנים הללו ש ...
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Thursday, February 04, 2021

live and in person

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I am going to lump two very different ideas into one post, an  important "pshat" Ibn Ezra and a mussar/derush idea: 1) Ibn Ezra ba...
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Tuesday, February 02, 2021

va'yachalosh Yehoshua es Amalek -- Daat Zekeinim, Raavad, and Aristotle's sea battle problem

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The Daat Zekeinim has an interesting answer as to why Yehoshua did not decimate Amalek completely, he only weakened them -- " va'ya...
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Monday, February 01, 2021

don't wait to start singing

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 תשורי מראש אמנה עתידין ישראל לומר שירה לעתיד לבוא, שנאמר: (תהלים צח, א)שירו לה' שיר חדש כי נפלאות עשה. ובאיזה זכות אומרים ישראל שירה? ב...
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Friday, January 29, 2021

kol ha'machala... lo asim alecha

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I saw that learning the shtickel torah below from the Noam Elimelech is a segulah for refuah.  Now, I don't know if that's true or n...
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Thursday, January 28, 2021

a cure worse than the disease

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Scott Atlas writes  (emphasis added by me): Here’s the reality -- almost all states and major cities, with a handful of exceptions, have imp...
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singing shira before a miracle occurs

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What if a person is 100% sure that Hashem will do a miracle and save him from danger -- can/he say thanks to Hashem even before the miracle ...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

the stamford marshmallow experiment and בוצינא טב מקרא

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The famous Stamford  marshmallow studies " found that children who, as 4-year-olds, could resist a tempting marshmallow placed in front...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

is kiruv always a good thing?

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No Rabbi alive today could say what the Maor vaShemesh says below: והנראה לומר בכתובים הללו נרמז תוכחת מגולה לאנשים המקרבין את כל הבא לידם ...
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Friday, January 22, 2021

mi va'mi ha'holchim -- sustaining growth

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R' Simcha Bunim Sofer quotes a Midrash (which I haven't found, so pls enlighten me if you can locate it) on Pharoah's question ...
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issur melacha as a din in "mikra kodesh"

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 An interesting chiddush din which Maharal derives from Rashi: וּבַיּ֤וֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן֙ מִקְרָא־קֹ֔דֶשׁ וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִקְרָא־קֹ֖דֶ...
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