Olive Seedlings - שתילי זיתים

The Sefas Emes , R' Yehuda Aryeh Leib of Gur, d.1905, taught in the name of his grandfather, the Chiddushei HaRim : כי עשר מכות נגד ...

The Hagada tells us, “Anyone that speaks abundantly about Yetzias Mitzraim  (the Exodus from Egypt) is praiseworthy.” Rav Shlomo Kluger (d....

In the introductory paragraph of the maggid  section of the Hagada,  “ הא לחמא עניא ”, we find an apparently unconnected sequence of statem...

What is the unique significance of wine that we use it for the arba kosos  - the four cups of wine? Indeed, why do we use wine for kiddush ...

The Talmud ( שבת ל"א ) tells us that when a person passes away and comes before the Heavenly Court, one of the first questions he is a...

Parshas Tzav begins with a discussion of the laws involving the removal of the ash from the altar. There were two aspects to this service (...

In Parshas Vayikra  we begin to read of the korbanos  (sacrificial service). As we have discussed previously , the korbanos  are an express...

How to clean properly for Pesach without making yourself insane. Cleaning for Pesach by Rabbi Gissinger (Thanks to Tuvia Poe fo...

In Parshas Vayakhel  we read of the contributions that were brought by the Jewish people for the building of the Mishkan  (the Tabernacle)....

The story of the sin of the golden calf is one of the most difficult passages in the Torah. On one hand, it was clearly a grave sin. On the...