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Sunday, July 29, 2012

"Jerusalem has Sinned a Sin..." (Eicha 1:8)

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In Megilas Eicha  (the Book of Lamentations) we read (1:8): חטא חטאה ירושלים על כן לנידה היתה וכו' "Jerusalem has sinned a ...
Friday, July 27, 2012

Devarim - The Rebuke of Moses

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Sefer Devarim is primarily made up of speeches given by Moses in the last several weeks of his life in which he admonishes and rebukes the...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Tisha B'Av - The Purpose of Fasting

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On the Ninth of Av ( Tisha B'Av ) it was decreed on our ancestors that they would not enter the Land (of Israel), the Temple was des...
Friday, July 20, 2012

Mattos-Masei - Do Not "Flatter" the Land

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In  Parshas Masei  the Torah discusses the laws of murder (both intentional and non-intentional) and its penalties. Towards the end of this...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Pinchas - The Miracles of Daily Life

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At the end of Parshas Pinchas , we read of the various communal offerings made in the Temple on the mo'adim  - the special "appoint...
Monday, July 9, 2012

The Age of Moses

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Recently, one of my chavrusos  raised a question that seemed like a really difficult problem. Towards the end of Deuteronomy (31:2, 34:7) t...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

Balak - The School of Abraham and the School of Balaam

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In Parshas Balak  we encounter the enigmatic case of the wicked prophet Balaam. The very idea of a wicked prophet raises obvious questions...
Friday, June 29, 2012

20 Classic Gedolim Pictures

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The following is a series of "traditional" depictions of famous rabbinic figures. Please bear in mind that some of the depictions...

Chukas - Chukim: The Importance of the Non-Rational Commandments

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A famous passage in the Talmud ( Yoma  67b), based on Leviticus 18:4, tells us that there are two basic categories of  mitzvos  -  mishpati...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

On Gedolim and "Daas Torah"

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The following was originally written for grade school students (5th-8th grade) as an introduction to a school wide " Gedolim " p...