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It is known to all Jews of complete faith that the entire sacred Torah is divided into layere...
In the Future, God will purify the entire earth and nullify evil along with all of its manife...
As a consequence of Adam's eating from the Tree of Knowledge the External Forces now have con...
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The 22nd of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Reuven (ben Shimshon) Grozovsky, Rosh Yeshivas Kamen...
One time the wicked czarist regime issued an edict that threatened dire consequences for the ...
The 21st of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Avraham ben Musa (1660-1733). Born to Rav Shlomo in ...
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The 21st of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk, author of Noam Elime...
I met someone on the street who suggested that I find some of the Torah of Rabbi Greg Wall. T...
And then there was the time that Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov came to visit one of his most de...
When it was announced that Bnei Yisroel should bring donations to the Mishkan, the Nesi'im of...
Why was Betzalel chosen as the master architecht of the Mishkan? God chose him because he und...
The beginning of this week’s parsha describes the national campaign to gather all the materia...
The art of the Mishkan reminds me of a lovely quote from Israel's first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi...
"Vayavo'u HaAnashim Al HaNashim" (Vayakhel 35:29). Rashi explains the men came together with...
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We Jewish people cannot live without holidays. Alot of anti-Semites have accused us of being ...
Reb Nachman says Yom Tov stands on the street corner and screams out to the world, "Please kn...
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The Egyptians enriched themselves by oppressing others. They grew fat on the work and sufferi...
The 23rd of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yitzchak Meir Alter of Ger (Chidushei HaRim) (1799-1...
“Who satisfies your mouth with goodness, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle.” (Psal...
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of ston...
Our celebration of Rosh Chodesh marks the onset of spring in the Jewish tradition. The partyi...
There is a panorama to the Seder. All of Jewish history is replayed before our eyes and we su...
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The first Midrash of Tazria explains the pasuk in Tehillim, “From behind and from in front yo...
Having established that the green vegetable symbolizes the enormous fertility and growth of t...
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“It will be at that time that I will search Jerusalem with candles and I will deal with the m...
We begin to study the laws of Pesach 30 days before the holiday. Hiding The Afikoman It i...
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XII. If I know the purpose of a Kippah is to know that God is above me then why do i have to...
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Why do we say a Bracha – blessing - for washing hands after we actually do the Mitzvah? (Usu...
Why do we have to put on tefillin everyday? (It gets very annoying) I hope that it is no more...
Why do people say it is assur- forbidden - to play sports competitively on Shabbat?Would you...
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I received the following list of questions from a group of high school students. I will attem...
Parshas Lech Lecha: (2nd piece) “Lech Lecha MeArtzecha, umi-Moladetecha, umi-Beis Avicha el H...
The Dor Revii (Chullin 91b) has a different reading of a famous story: Jacob had almost arriv...
Hannah does not go up with Elkanah for the yearly pilgrimage; she wants to wean the child bef...
"Early the next morning they bowed low before the Lord and they went back home to Ramah”. The...
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The Ten Commandments embody the entire Torah, as taught by Rav Saadiah Gaon1. Furthermore, j...
The Shevet Mussar tells us about a sick man that suffered desperately before he died, and tre...
The 24th of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Eliyahu (ben Shlomo) HaKohen Ha'Itamari of Izmir , a...
Rav Epstein lays out the principal for using the Zohar's practice as precedent in Chapter 25....
A tense situation once arose in a particular community between the rav of the town and some o...
If one is uncertain as to which night of the Omer it is – i.e., he isn’t sure if it’s the fou...
“I am certain that [Rav Yitzchok Meir] will reach the level of torah greatness of Rav Yehonos...
The 23rd of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Chaim (ben Shmuel) Cheikel (Chaikel) of Amdur (Indur...
Related by the Rabbi of Madin grandson of the Ropshitzer: Rebbe Elimelech had a custom that a...
One time when Rav Moshe Montefiore was in Warsaw he went to visit the Chiddushei HaRim. He a...
The 22nd of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829-1908). Born in Bobroysk...
The 22nd of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Avraham Dov Ber (ben Shlomo Zalman) Kahana-Shapiro, ...
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