Divrei Chaim

 וָאֹמַ֖ר אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֑י אֻלַ֛י לֹא־תֵלֵ֥ךְ הָאִשָּׁ֖ה אַחֲרָֽי׃ Rashi notes that the word  אֻלַ֛י here is  written chaseir, without the vuv, ...

Shitas haRambam (Milah 2:1) is that a katan can do milah.  Where did the Rambam get this from?  R' Chaim Kanievski cites the gemara (A...

Sanhedrin 108b writes that there were 3 different factions involved in building the tower of Bavel.  One group wanted to go upstairs and fig...

1) Rashi comments at the beginning of the akeidah: אחר הדברים – אאחר דבריו של שטן, שהיה מקטרג ואומר: מכל סעודה שעשה אברהם לא הקריב לפניך פר ...

When Yishmael was cast into the wilderness and was close to death, the pasuk tells us that Hashem heard his cry and sent an angel to direct ...

I would make this a daily or weekly topic but I think I would get sick of it too quickly.  It's like shooting fish is a barrel. Dr. Fauc...

In this past week's haftarah we have the pasuk (Yesh 40:31) וְקוֹיֵ֤ ה׳ יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֔חַ יַעֲל֥וּ אֵ֖בֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִ֑ים יָר֙וּצוּ֙ וְלֹ...

  וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אַבְרָ֜ם אֶל־ל֗וֹט אַל־נָ֨א תְהִ֤י מְרִיבָה֙ בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֔ךָ וּבֵ֥ין רֹעַ֖י וּבֵ֣ין רֹעֶ֑יךָ כִּֽי־אֲנָשִׁ֥ים אַחִ֖ים אֲנָֽ...

The gemara (Sanhedrin 59b) writes that the mitzvah of milah was not given to all bnei noach, but only to Avraham and his descendants.  The g...

R' Aharon mi'Karlin: לך לך מארצך וכו'. היינו שצריך כ"א לראות לעשות הליכה לעצמו לכל דבר שבקדושה הנצרך לו. ולא להיות ח"...

Noach was told to take 7 (or according to some, 7 pairs of ) kosher animals.  Rashi explains that we see from the fact that Noach knew which...

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I saw an ad in a newspaper signed by a bunch of doctors advocating vaccines for everyone, including youth.  In one of their bullet points th...

 R' Bachyei 8:14 writes:  ואעפ״כ לא יצא עד שהורשה לצאת ואמר לו הקב״ה צא מן התיבה כי מפני שבא לתוכה מפני מצות ה׳ יתעלה לא רצה לצאת משם כי...

The gemara (Sanhedrin 59) writes that there is never a case where something is assur for a ben noach but permitted for a yisrael.  Mitzvos r...

 בספר יצירה המליך אות נ' בריח I make no pretense to understanding anything the Sefer Yetzira is talking about, but maybe here we can get...

The gemara (Meg 27b) has a din that one should not use the bathroom right after finishing shmoneh esrei until one has waited the time it tak...

I've noticed around my neighborhood that riding scooters on shabbos now seems to be a thing.  Meaning, it's not just being done by 5...

I would imagine that those who recite the 13 ikkarim every day assume that just like "adam nifal k'fi p'ulosav" (as the Ch...

This upcoming Monday is the yahrzeit of my MIL and the divrei torah should be l'iluy nishmasa. The parsha tells us that Chavah was calle...