Divrei Chaim

Commenting on the pasuk  כׇּל־חֵ֗רֶם אֲשֶׁ֧ר יׇחֳרַ֛ם מִן־הָאָדָ֖ם לֹ֣א יִפָּדֶ֑ה מ֖וֹת יוּמָֽת׃ (27:29), Ramban comes up with a new din bas...

אַף־אֲנִ֗י אֵלֵ֤ךְ עִמָּם֙ בְּקֶ֔רִי וְהֵבֵאתִ֣י אֹתָ֔ם בְּאֶ֖רֶץ אֹיְבֵיהֶ֑ם אוֹ־אָ֣ז יִכָּנַ֗ע לְבָבָם֙ הֶֽעָרֵ֔ל וְאָ֖ז יִרְצ֥וּ אֶת־עֲו...

You find in hil aveilus, perhaps more than any other area of halacha, minhag piled on top of minhag.  R' Moshe Tzuriel in the end of vo...

1) Tzror haMor writes that there is a connection between the opening of week's parsha and the conclusion of last week's.  The end of...

Last week's parsha introduced the issur of a kohen becoming tamei meis, except to bury certain close relatives.  The Marcheshes ( long f...

It's been a busy week.  My wife finished shiva, and then my son had a baby girl, so it's been a roller coaster ride.  Still, I did n...

If anyone would like to help learn some mishnayos for the shloshim of my FIL, much appreciated.  Here is a sign up link . I was learning sot...

I usually post something for Yom haAtzmaut, also for parsha, but this week unfortunately things got disrupted because my wife lost her fathe...

1) Why could Aharon enter the kodesh kodashing only on Y"K?  B 'makom she'baalei teshuvah omdim afilu tzadikim ainam yecholim l...

We could use more of things like this in Klal Yisrael: מפגש: הרבי ממאה שערים עם זקן רבני הציונות הדתית BREAKING STEROTYPES: The IDF Soldiers...

1) One more point of catch up from Pesach... The gemara learns the din that safeik tumah b'reshus ha'yachid is tamei from the parsha...

Catching up on a few things from Pesach: 1) We bought a few different brands of shmurah matzah and one of the boxes had this printed on it: ...

  וַיַּ֤רְא יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִם מֵ֖ת עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּֽם  The Mitzrim died in the Sea, so what does it mean  עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּֽם?   T...

1) According to Midrash (see Ramban as well), Bn"Y splintered into different camps as they stood at Yam Suf watching the Egyptian army ...

1. My wife raised a question on the haggadah I have not yet found an answer to (just when you think you've exhausted all the questions t...

There is a din d'oraysa of lo tasgir eved el adonav that prevents anyone from sending an eved who flees to Er"Y back to chu"l...

The haggadah used the feminine, "at pesach lo," instead of "atah," when telling us how to address the tam.  Zachrus is u...

Rashi, BM 33b top of the page, describing the composition of the Mishna in the days of Rebbi: ועד ימיו לא היו מסכתות סדורות אלא כל תלמיד שש...

 הָיָ֞ה כִּֽי־תָבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֧ן ה׳ לָכֶ֖ם כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֵּ֑ר וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הָֽעֲבֹדָ֥ה הַזֹּֽאת: (12:25)  Pesach ...

Someone I consider very wise said the following: If someone thinks they are a chicken, you are not doing them a chessed if you keep throwing...