Divrei Chaim

1) Why do we need to know the behind the scenes story of Moshe's unsuccessful bid through his many tefilos to be allowed to enter Eretz ...

The gemara (Taanis 30) quotes R' Yochanan as saying that had it been up to him, he would have instituted fasting on 10 Av instead of 9 A...

Bnei Yisrael is told that they are not allowed to wage war against Eisav, but can only pass through their land.  When they do so, they shoul...

From  The Making of the Atomic Bomb  by Richard Rhodes: Out of curiosity in 1940, while visiting Berkeley to deliver a lecture, Enrico Fermi...

I have an idea that maybe needs some fleshing out and development, but I think the outline is good enough to share.   Last week I was learni...

Reported in Arutz Sheva: Kosher meat prices in the US to skyrocket by up to 79% "According to a Feeder Cattle price chart, the price pe...

From the Citizens Budget Committee : The MTA’s budget gap for 2023 had widened to $2.6 billion largely due to declining ridership, the decis...

Rambam quotes the din to add aneinu on a fast day in hil tefilah 2:14 בימי התענית אפילו יחיד שהתענה מוסיף בשומע תפלה עננו וכו'. ושליח צי...

The first paragraph of an editorial in today's Wall Street Journal hits the nail on its head: Why does President Biden go out of his wa...

A simple question: Why didn't Moshe tell the members of the tribes of Reuvain, Gad, and Menashe that they cannot settle in Eiver haYarde...

1) Our parsha opens with Hashem declaring that Pinchas would be rewarded:  לָכֵ֖ן אֱמֹ֑ר הִנְנִ֨י נֹתֵ֥ן ל֛וֹ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י שָׁלֽוֹם  Netzi...

Rashi writes that the Torah spells out Pinchas' yichus because the shevatim criticized him saying, "How dare a descendent of Yisro,...

1) Chasam Sofer (208) points out that according to Rambam (Hil Taanis ch 5) the fasts of 10 Teves, 17 Tamuz, 9 Av, etc are days of teshuvah,...

According to Rashi, the parsha of parah adumha was  already   given right after kri'as Yam Suf.  Rashi comments on  שָׁ֣ם שָׂ֥ם ל֛וֹ חֹ֥...

Fantastic Eretz Tzvi from the Kozhiglover: מַה־טֹּ֥בוּ אֹהָלֶ֖יךָ יַעֲקֹ֑ב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Rashi explains: על שראה פתחיהם שאין ...

 וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֧ם אֶל־הַסֶּ֛לַע לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם וְנָתַ֣ן מֵימָ֑יו  What did Hashem mean by  מֵימָ֑יו, "it's water?"  Netziv comment...

With the election of Joe Biden the US State Dept has resumed its anti-Israel policies.  As reported in Arutz Sheva , "The US government...

Moshe told Klal Yisrael that if Hashem makes a hole in the ground to swallow up Korach, that proves Korach is a rasha and guilty of instigat...

After the miracle of Aharon's mateh sprouting flowers and almonds while everyone else's remained bare, Moshe told the leaders of the...

The Ch haRI"M is medayek that the pasuk does not say that the job of the meraglim was to investigate אם טוֹבָ֥ה הִ֖וא אִם רָעָ֑ה or אם...