ืืืืืช ืงืืืฉืื
"ืึฐืึนึคื ืชึฐืึทืึผึฐืืึผึ ืึถืชึพืฉืึตึฃื ืงึธืึฐืฉืึดึื ืึฐื ึดึจืงึฐืึผึทืฉืึฐืชึผึดึื ืึผึฐืชึืึนืึฐ ืึผึฐื ึตึฃื ืึดืฉืึฐืจึธืึตึื ืึฒื ึดึฅืึ ื' ืึฐืงึทืึผึดืฉืึฐืึถึฝื" (ืืืงืจื ืื:ืื) ืืชืืจื ืืืืจืช ืื ื ืฉืืืืืืื ืืืงืจืื ืืช ืืืื ื ืืืขื "ืงืืืืฉ ืืฉื". ืขื ืืืช, ืืคืกืืง ืื "ื, ืฉืื ืืชืืจื ืืฆืืืจื ืขื ืืฆืืื ืื, ืืื ืืกืชืืืืช ื "ืื ื ื' ืืงืืฉืื". ืืืจืืช ืฉืื ืืืช, ืื ืืงืฉืจ ืฉืื ืืืฆืืืช "ืงืืืืฉ ืืฉื"? ืืขืื ืืืืกืจ [...]
Becoming Holy
Neither shall you profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Yisraแพฝel: I am the Lord who make you holy (Vayikra 22:32) The Torah tells us that one is obligated to give up his life for โKiddush Hashemโ. When the Torah expresses this idea, it [...]
ืืืืื ืืืืืช ืืคืืื
"ืึผืฉืึฐืึทืจึฐืชึผึถึคื ืึถืชึพืึปืงึผึนืชึทืึ ืึฐืึถืชึพืึดืฉืึฐืคึผึธืึทึื ืึฒืฉืึถึจืจ ืึทืขึฒืฉืึถึฅื ืึนืชึธึื ืึธืึธืึธึื ืึธืึทึฃื ืึผึธืึถึื ืึฒื ึดึื ื' " (ืืืงืจื ืื:ื) ืื"ื ืืืืจืื ืื ื ืฉืืืืชื ื ืืฉืืืจ ืขื ืืืื ื ืืฉืืื ืืืชืจ ืืืืขื ืื ืืืฆืืืช, ืืืฆืืืช "ืืืืจื ืืื ืืขืืืจ" ืืื ืจืง ืขื ืฉืืืฉืช ืืืืืื ืืืืืจืื โ ืขืืืื ืืจื, ืืืืื ืขืจืืืช ืืฉืคืืืช ืืืื. ืืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืจืืืฉ ืฉืืื ืจืืฆื [...]
Words to Live By
You shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord. (Vayikra 18:5)Chazal tell us that our obligation to stay alive supersedes almost all the other mitzvos, except for the three cardinal sins. What if someone feels he [...]
Be Care-Full
And the diseased man in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall grow long, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. (Vayikra 13:45) And the diseased man in whom the plague is, his [...]
ืืฉืื ืื ืืื ืื
"ืึฐืึทืฆึผึธืจึืึผืขึท ืึฒืฉืึถืจึพืึผึฃืึน ืึทื ึผึถึืึทืข ืึผึฐืึธืึธึืื ืึดืึฐืึคืึผ ืคึฐืจึปืึดืืึ ืึฐืจึนืืฉืืึนึ ืึดืึฐืึถึฃื ืคึธืจึืึผืขึท ืึฐืขึทืึพืฉืึธืคึธึื ืึทืขึฐืึถึื ืึฐืึธืึตึฅื ื ืึธืึตึื ืึดืงึฐืจึธึฝื" (ืืืงืจื ืื:ืื) ืื ื ืืืืจ ืฉืืฉืืืืชื ืืืืจ ืืืฉืืื, ืฉืืขืชื ืขื ืื ืฉืื ืฉืืื ืืืืขืื ืืืืืื ืืกืืืืคืืจ ืืื ืืืงืฉ ืืื ื ืืืชืคืื ืขืืืจื. ืืกืืืืคืืจ ืืื ื ืื ื ืฉืื ืฉืื ืืื ืืขืืื ืื ืืขืืื ืื ืืืชื ืขื ืืฆืื, ืืืื ืืื ืืืฉืื ืืืชืคืื ืขืืืจ [...]
ืืฆืืื ืขื ืืื ืืืจืื
"ืืฉืืื ืืจืืขื ืืืจืื ืืชื ื ืื ืืืืืื...ืืื ืื ื ืืืืจ ืขื ืืื ืฉืื ืืื ืืื ื ืฉืื" (ืืืงืื ืฉืืขืื ื, ืืืงืจื ืคืจืง ื ืกืืื ืชืงืื) ืคืจืฉืช ืืฉืืืข ืืกืคืจืช ืืช ืืืืจืืข ืขื ืฉื ื ืื ื ืืืจืื, ืฉืืชื, ืขื ืคื ืืืืจืฉ, ืืืืืื ืฉืื ืื ื ืืฉืื. ืจืขืืื ืื ืืฉืืืื ืืืืง ืืืืชื ืืขืืืืช ื' ืฉืื ื, ื ืืฆื ืืื ืืชืืจื. ืืืืื ืืื [...]
Success Through Others
On account of four things did Nadav and Avihu dieโฆ Aba Chanan says: Because they did not have wives. (Yalkut Shimoni Perek 10, Siman 524) In this weekโs parsha we are told about Aharonโs two sons, who died, according to the Midrash, because they were not married. The idea of [...]
ืขืืจื ืฉื ื…
"ืึดืึผืึผ ืืึนืฆึดืืึธื ืึผ ืึดืึดืฆึฐืจึทืึดื ืึฐืึนื ืขึธืฉึธืื ืึธืึถื ืฉึฐืืคึธืึดืื, ืึทึผืึตึผื ืึผ" (ืืืื ืฉื ืคืกื) ืืื ืืงืืขืื ืืืืืืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืฉืืจ "ืืืื ื" ืื ืื ื ืืืืื ืื' ืขื ืื ืืืกืืื ืืจืืื ืฉืขืฉื ืืืขื ืืื ืืฉืจืื. ืืืคืจืฉืื ืืกืืืจืื ืืืจืืืืช ืืช ืืืฉืืขืืช ืฉื ืื ืืื ืืืืกืืื ืืืืืข ืื ื ืืคืจืืื ืื ืื ืืจืื ืืื. ืืฉ ืืืืืื ืืืช ืืืชื ืืืืชื [...]
A Year Laterโฆ
If He had taken us out of Egypt and not made judgements on them; [it would have been] enough for us. (Passover Haggadah) One of the highlights of the haggadah is singing โDayeinuโ in which we thank Hashem for all the many kindnesses he did for Klal Yisrael. The meforshim [...]
ืืขื ืืืขืืจ
"ื ึถืคึถืฉื ืึผึดื ืชึผึถืึฐืึธื ืึผึดืฉืึฐืึธืึธื ืึดืึผึธื ืึดืฆึฐืึนืช ื' " (ืืืงืจื ื:ื) ืึฐืึธืึฐ ืึทืึผึธืชืึผื ืึทืชึฐืึดืืึผึท, ื ึถืคึถืฉื ืึผึดื ืชึผึถืึฐืึธื ืึผึดืฉืึฐืึธืึธื ืึดืึผึธื ืึดืฆึฐืึนืช ื'. ืึทืืึผ ืึผึดืฉืึฐืึธืึธื. ืึฐืึทืึผึถืึฐืึธ, ืฉืึถืึผึธื ืึทืืึนืึตื ืึผึดืฉืึฐืึธืึธื, ืึผึฐืึดืึผืึผ ืขืึนืึตืจ ืขึทื ืึดืฆึฐืึนืช ื'. )ืืืจืฉ ืชื ืืืื ย ืืืงืจื ืื') ืืขืืชืื ืงืจืืืืช ืืฉืืชื ืขื ืืืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืืฉืืื. ืืืืื ืืืืื, ืืื ื ืขื ืฉ ืืืจืช [...]
Above and Beyond
Therefore, the verse (Vayikra 4:2) wonders, โWhen a soul sins by mistake against any of the Lord's commandments?โ What is the significance of โby mistake [against any of the Lord's commandments]?โ [It is] to teach you that when anyone sins by mistake, [it is as if] one transgresses [intentionally] against [...]
ืืืกืฃ ืืฉืื?
"ืึทืึผึทึืขึทืฉื ืึถึฝืชึพืึผึธืึพืึผึฐืึตึฃื ืึทืึผึดืึฐืึผึตึืึท ืึถืชึพืึทืกึผึดืืจึนึคืช ืึฐืึถืชึพืึทืึผึธืขึดืืึ ืึฐืึถืชึพืึทืึผึดืึฐืจึธืงึนึืช ืึถืชึพืึทืึผึดืึฐืึธืึนึืช ืึฐืึถืชึพืึทืึผึทืึฐืชึผึนึืช ืึผึธืึพืึผึตืึธึืื ืขึธืฉืึธึฅื ื ึฐืึนึฝืฉืึถืชื" (ืฉืืืช ืื:ื) ืืคืกืืง ืืืืจ ืื ื ืฉืืืืื ืฉืฉืืืฉื ืืขืืืืช ืืงืจืื ืืช ืืืฉืื ืืื ืขืฉืืืื ืื ืืืฉืช, ืืืงืื ืืืื. ืืืจืื ืืจื (ืชืืื ื: ื) ืืืืจ "ืืื ืื ืืื ืืืชื ืืฉื ืืื, ืืื ืฉืื ืชืชืงืืงื, ืืืชืืจื ืืกื ืขื ืืืื ื ืฉื ืืฉืจืื", ืฉืืืืืื ืฉืืืื ืืื ืืฉืืืืฉ [...]
On The Money
He made all the utensils of the altarโthe pails, the scrapers, the basins, the flesh hooks, and the fire pans; he made all these utensils of copper. (Shemos 38:3) The verse tells us that the auxiliary vessels that were used for the altar sacrifices in the Tabernacle were made of [...]
ืฉืืช ืฉืื ื
"ืึฐืฉืึธืึฐืจึฅืึผ ืึฐื ึตึฝืึพืึดืฉืึฐืจึธืึตึื ืึถืชึพืึทืฉืึผึทืึผึธึืช ืึทืขึฒืฉืึงืึนืช ืึถืชึพืึทืฉืึผึทืึผึธึืช ืึฐืึนืจึนืชึธึื ืึผึฐืจึดึฅืืช ืขืึนืึธึฝื" (ืฉืืืช ืื:ืื) ืืฉืืช ืืืช ืื ืืืื ืขืืืชื ืืจืืื ืืืืฉ ืืขืืจื ืืืื ืืช, ืจืืื ื ืืฆืื (ื' ืืจืื). ืฆืืคื ืืืฆื ืฆืขืง, "ืฉืืช! ืฉืืช! โ ืืืจื ืฉืขืื ืืืื ืคื ื ืืืื ืืฉืื: "ืืื ืืชื ืฆืืจื? ืืื ืืคืืื ืื ืืืื ืืฉืืืข ืืืชื! ืคืฉืื ืชืขืืื ืืืชื ืื ืคืฉื!" ืืชืืืื ืื ืงืืื [...]
Our Shabbos
The children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout the ages as a covenant for all time. (Shemos 31:16) Not long ago, I was standing on Rechov Lachish on Shabbos and a car drove by, RโL (Hashem should have mercy on us!). There was a Jew nearby [...]
ืืฉืงื ืืฉืชืื
"ืืขืื ืืืคืจ ืขื ืืฉืื ืืจืข ืืืจ ืืงื"ื ืืื ืืืจ ืฉืืงืื ืืืืคืจ ืขื ืืขืฉื ืืงืื" (ืขืจืืื ืื.) ืื"ื ืืกืคืจืื ืื ื ืฉืืืขืื ืืืคืจ ืขื ืืฉืื ืืจืข, ืืื ืืชืืจืื ืืช ืฉืืื ืืืขืื ืืืืืฆืืื ืืช ืืฉืคืชืืื ืฉืืืืืืช ืืืืฉืืจ ืกืืืจืืช, ืืื ืชืืื ืืืืืช ืื ืฉืืื ืืืืข. ืืืืจืื ื ืงืจืืชื ืืช ืืกืืคืืจ ืืื ืฉืื ื ืจืืฆื ืืฉืชืฃ ืืืชืื: [...]
It “Pays” To Be Quiet
The robe of the High Priest atones for malicious speech, as the Holy One, Blessed be He says: Let an item that produces sound, i.e., the bells of the robe, come and atone for an act of malicious sound, i.e., malicious speech. (Erachin 16a) Chazal tell us that the mieel [...]