Rav Zachariash’s weekly blog on the parsha
Refraining is Gaining
Rav Yishaya, a disciple of the famous Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa, fasted for 85 days because he could not understand a certain paradoxical tradition. He asked, how could it be that if dogs are called “brazen creatures” in Tanach [Isaiah 56:11], that yet it is taught that in the World-to-Come, dogs will lead in singing [...]
