There is a panorama to the Seder. All of Jewish history is replayed before our eyes and we suffer and rejoice once more. Reb Tzadok HaCohen of Lublin teaches us how to enter
The commandments of the Mishkan are introduced with yet another exhortation to observe the Shabbat. Rashi explains that this was to inform the nation that despite the transcendent importance of the Mishkan, it may not be built on the Shabbat. My Rebbi, Rabbi Yochanan Zweig, asked...
Parshas Noach: (7th piece): “Make a Tzohar an opening or window for the Teyva ark.” The famous commentator Rashi explains that the word Tzohar is a precious stone. We can also suggest that the Hebrew word for ark -Teyva can also mean “a word”.
"He gave to Moshe, when He finished speaking with him" (Ki Tisa 31:18). "Kechaloto" (when He finished) can be read as "Kechalato"- like His bride. Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish said:
When the Jewish nation has troubles we need to know that it is a time for introspection. Only those without faith believe that things happen randomly. The Jewish Nation, who exists
The 20th of Adar is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Yoel Sirkes of Cracow, (the Bach) (1561-1641), author of Bayis Chadash on the Tur, in which he traced each law to its source in the gemarah.
“Do not cook a kid in its mother’s milk.” (Exodus 34:26) The Sefer HaChinuch lists this as the prohibition against eating meat and milk cooked together “We may not cook meat and
“With it you shall anoint the Tent of Meeting and the Ark of Testimonial-Tablets.” Rashi, based on the Gemara in Keritut 5, explains that all the anointing with Moshe’s oil were made like a Greek “X” except that of kings which were like a crown. Even the...
“Its head-opening shall be folded over within it, its opening shall have a border all around of weaver’s work. It shall be for it like the opening of a coat of mail – it may not be torn.” (Exodus 28:32)