All posts by: moishe
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9 months ago
Hakol BeSeder – All’s in order
These days we move from the Chaos of Purim to the Order of Pesach. May the Seder be BeSeder, all ok, all in order.
Written by Avraham Roos
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9 months ago
Why break the MIDDLE matza
There are many different reasons. But one explanation is that the three matzot represent the Cohen, Levi and Israel. In that case the middle matza is the Levi. The tribe ..
Written by Avraham Roos
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3 years agoShabbos HaGADOL – How to use this special day
This Shabbos is Shabbos HaGadol. The commentaries question the name of this Shabbos: what made this “gadol” — great? They provide different answers primarily ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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3 years agoBeing blind to you own faults – amazing true story!
וְהַצָּרוּעַ אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ הַנֶּגַע . . . וְטָמֵא טָמֵא יִקְרָא And the person with tsaraas in whom there is an affliction ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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3 years agoKosher Merry-Go-Round – Shemini
The Medrash points out that what the Torah forbids by animals it permits by wild beasts; what it forbids by wild beasts it permits by birds, and what it forbids ..
Written by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
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3 years agoSHEMINI – MOSHE’S SEVEN DAYS AS KOHEN GADOL
Vayikra, 9:1: “And it was on the eighth day, Moshe called to Aaron and his son and the Elders of Israel”. Baal HaTurim, Vayikra, 9:1 “Hashmini karah Moshe (on ..
Written by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
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3 years agoThank You Hashem – Tsav
אִם עַל תּוֹדָה יַקְרִיבֶנּוּ . . . If he will offer it as a Thanks Offering (7:12) The Medrash tells us that in the times of Moshiach, ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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3 years agoPurim – Why Gallows?
The Targum describes how Zeresh and all Haman’s cronies went through Jewish history, eliminating one possible method of genocide after another. They could not put Mordechai ..
Written by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
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3 years agoVayikro and Humility
Why did the Torah choose this particular spot to teach us the vital lesson of the little ‘alef’? There are a number of good reasons for that. Firstly, this is not only ..
Written by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
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3 years agoTETZAVEH – THE MISSING NAME
Shemos, 27:20: “And you will command the Children of Israel that they will take for you pure olive oil, pressed for illumination, to kindle a lamp continually.” ..
Written by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
