โThe Children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout the ages as a covenant for all time.โ (Shemos 31:16) The Jews who came to America before the Second World War firmly believed that they would continue to be religious Jews on this foreign soil. Many of them were even moser nefesh for [...]
ืึฐืฉืึธืึฐืจืึผ ืึฐื ึตืึพืึดืฉืึฐืจึธืึตื ืึถืชึพืึทืฉืึผึทืึผึธืช ืึทืขึฒืฉืืึนืช ืึถืชึพืึทืฉืึผึทืึผึธืช ืึฐืึนืจึนืชึธื ืึผึฐืจึดืืช ืขืึนืึธื (ืฉืืืช ืื:ืื) ืืืืืืื ืฉืืืืขื ืืืืจืืงื ืืคื ื ืืืืืช ืืขืืื ืืฉื ืืื ืืืืื ื ืืืื ืฉืื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืืช ืฉืืืจื ืชืืจื ืืืฆืืืช, ืืคืืื ืืืจืฅ ืืจื ืื. ืจืืื ืืื ืืคืืื ืืกืจื ื ืคืฉื ืืฉืืื ืฉืืืจืช ืฉืืช ืืื' ืืืื ืืืช ืืชืจืืงื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืืฉืงืืื. ืื ืืืืชื ืืขืืช ืืืืจืื? ืืคืืจืกื ืื ืฉืืจื ืืฉื ืคืืื ืฉืืืื ืืืจ, ืฉืืื ืืืฉืคืื [...]
ืึฐื ึธืฉืึธึฃื ืึทึ ืึฒืจึนื ืึถืชึพืฉืึฐืึจืึนืช ืึผึฐื ึตึฝืึพืึดืฉืึฐืจึธืึตึื ืึผึฐืึนึงืฉืึถื ืึทืึผึดืฉืึฐืคึผึธึื ืขึทืึพืึดืึผึืึน ืึผึฐืึนืึฃืึน ืึถืึพืึทืงึผึนึืึถืฉื ืึฐืึดืึผึธืจึนึฅื ืึดืคึฐื ึตึฝืึพืึฐืงึนืึธึืง ืชึผึธืึดึฝืื (ืฉืืืช ืื:ืื) ืฉื ื ืืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืฉืืชืืจื ืืืืจืช ืขืืืื ืืื ืืจืื ืื ืืืืฉื ืืืฆืืฅ. ืืื ืืืืงื ืฉื ื ืืืืื ืืืื? ืืจื ืืืกืฃ ืืขืจ ืกืืืืืืืฆ'ืืง (ืืฆืืื ืืขืืื ืืคืจืืก), ืืกืคืื ืขื ืืจื ืืืื ืขืืืจ ืืจืืืืื ืกืงื. ืืื ืืืจ ืฉืืฉ ืืื ืจืื ืื ืฉืืฉ ืืื ืืจืื ืืืื ืืจืืฉ, ืืื [...]
โAharon carried the names of Bnei Yisrael on the breastplate on his heart, when he came into the Holy place, as a remembrance in front of Hashem forever.โ (Shemos 28:29) The two pieces of the Kohein Gadolโs clothing that the Torah speaks the most about are the Choshen (breastplate) and the Tzitz (headplate). Why does [...]
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โYou shall make a Menorah of pure goldโฆโ (Shemos 25:31) Chazal tell us that Moshe Rabbeinu had difficulty understanding how to make the Menorah. Because of this, Hashem told Moshe to throw the gold into the fire and the Menorah came out ready-made (Rashi ibid). Chazal also tell us that when giving the mitzvah of [...]
ืึฐืขึธืฉืึดืืชึธ ืึฐื ึนืจึทืช ืึธืึธื ืึธืืึนืจ...(ืฉืืืช ืื:ืื) ืื"ื ืืกืคืจืื ืื ื ืฉืืฉื ืจืืื ื ืืชืงืฉื ืืืืื ืืื ืขืืฉืื ืืช ืืื ืืจื. ืืืื ืื ืืืจ ื' ืืืฉื "ืืฉืื ืืช ืืืืจ ืืืืจ ืืืื ื ืขืฉืืช ืืืืื" (ืจืฉ"ื ืฉื). ืขืื ืืกืคืจืื ืื ื ืื"ื ืื ืืขืช ืืชื ืืฆืืืช ืืืฆืืช ืืฉืงื, "ืืจืื ืื ืืืื ืืืืข ืฉื ืืฉ" (ืจืฉ"ื ื:ืื). ืืืืข ืืื ืืืืื ืืืฉืื ืืืืชื ืืื ืืจื ืื [...]
โThese are the guidelines that you shall set before themโ (Shemos 21:1) In Parshas Beshalach, there is a reference to the mitzvos which were given to bnei Yisrael in Mara. One of those mitzvos was the mitzvah of judging peopleโs monetary disputes in a court (dinim). Here, right after accepting the Torah, we seemingly are [...]
