Monday, November 07, 2022

Breaking the Cold Grip of the Dead

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The gist of what follows is that it is a serious offense to the Torah if one's life is spent fulfilling mitzvos out of habit, or in imit...
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Thursday, October 27, 2022

The Difference Between Torah and Chachma

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  Thank you Rabbi  Ari Spiegler of the Beachwood Kehilla.  I am, Baruch Hashem, a great grandfather. On the basis of the realities of senesc...
Friday, March 18, 2022

Tzav. Three He'aros on Zerizus

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1. Rashi in the beginning of the parsha: צו את אהרן. אֵין צַו אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן זֵרוּז מִיָּד וּלְדוֹרוֹת; אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, בְּיוֹתֵר צ...
Thursday, March 17, 2022

Tazria, Vayikra 13:3. A Kohen Must See the Tzara'as.

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  The Torah says that if a nega appears, only a kohen may pasken whether it is Tzara'as. If he is not a Talmid Chacham, he has to take a...
Friday, March 11, 2022

Vayikra. Nochach and Nistar, Second and Third Person by Korbanos. Ich und Du

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The instructions of Korbanos are in third person- he. See 1:3, 1:14, 1:10, 3:1 - יקריב אתו, והקריב מן התרים,  זכר תמים יקריבנו, אם־זכר אם נק...
Friday, February 25, 2022

Vayakhel, Shemos 35:30, 31. Betzalel ben Uri ben Chur l’matei Yehudah....Chochmoh, tvunoh, vodaas.

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Originally published in 2007. It's very good, so I'm putting it in the front of the line. Reb Meir Simchah here (Meshech Chochmoh) a...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Ki Sisa, Shemos 34:34. The Masveh and Hiskashrus with a Rebbi

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  Upon returning with the second Luchos, Moshe Rabbeinu was granted a Keren of light, an illumination that bespoke his embodiment of the Tor...