Thursday, June 04, 2026

I can't see what you are saying

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Hashem appeared to Miriam and Aharon to respond to their criticism of Moshe. Hashem addressed them: וַיֹּ֖אמֶר שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֣א דְבָרָ֑י Rash...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

Platner's appeal

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How can a misogynistic communist like Graham Platner be the Dem frontrunner for Senate in Maine? I agree with the sentiments of Powerlinebl...
Thursday, May 28, 2026

the reward of the innocent sota

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  Brachos 31b (see also Sota 26)   נקתה ונזרעה זרע מלמד שאם היתה עקרה נפקדת דברי ר ' ישמעאל א " ל רבי עקיבא אם כן יל...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

deaf to the maggid shiur and blind to what's on the page

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The Mechilta comments on the pasuk וְכָל הָעָם רֹאִים אֶת הַקּוֹלֹת :   רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר : לְהוֹדִיעַ שְׁבָחָן שֶׁלְּיִשְׂרָ...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

what happened on erev rosh chodesh Sivan

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The talmidim of Chasam Sofer bring down that the CS fasted on erev rosh chodesh Sivan and dedicated the day to teshuvah.  Chazal tell us tha...
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Friday, May 08, 2026

bentching and the bracha of shalom

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Two weeks ago I mentioned R' Akiva Eiger's safeik (on SA OC 188) as to whether a katan who ate to the point of  שׂביעה  and bentch...
Thursday, May 07, 2026

mah inyan shemita eitzel shiluach ha'kan (and sefira)?

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One of my daughters sent me a picture of a table she left out on her mirpeset upon which a bird had built a nest and laid an egg.   She want...
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Thursday, April 30, 2026

Why support the party of Jew hatred (part 2)?

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(Part 1 is here .)  Even the slow-on-the-uptake Alan Dershowitz, who I last wrote about in 2015 in a post entitled "Delusions Undone...

can a kohen be mochel on his kavod? chiddush of the Chasam Sofer

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Can a kohen be mochel on the kavod owed to him? Rambam in Sefer haMitzos #32 writes היא שצונו לכבד זרע אהרן לפארם ולנשאם ושנשים מדרגתם מדר...
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