The Medrash Tanchuma says that as the Bnei Yisroel were making the Eigel, Hashem was engraving the Luchos. The next day Moshe broke the luchos because of the Eigel, ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
Half perfect (/are Jews that stingy that they can’t afford a whole shekel?!) As the start of our sedra tells us, the (male) members of Bnei Yisrael were to give ..
Written by d fine
“Moshe did not know that the skin on his face became radiant”. When Moshe descended from Har Sinai, the Torah says that his face was shining with rays ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
As heard from Rebb. Rena Tarshish. Why is the reward of sheluach haken so great? (Long life.) When the mother bird is sent off and comes back she flies all around ..
Written by Anonymous
Vayipol min ha’am bayom ha’hu kishloses alfei ish (32:28) The Torah states that the Levites killed 3000 Jews for their role in the sin of the golden calf. There ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
Ch. 30, v. 13: “Machatzis hashekel” – The first mishnoh in Shkolim says that on the first of the month of Ador there is an announcement made to give ..
Written by Zvi Akiva Fleisher
There are two disputes between Rashi and the Ramban regarding the punishment of the sin of the golden calf, which the Brisker Rav connects together. Firstly, Rashi ..
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A few years ago, a teacher at a Jewish primary school in Efrat was reciting Shacharit (morning prayers) with the children in her class. She noticed that one of the children ..
Written by Howard Jackson
The Medrash tells us that in order to explain the mitzva of the Shekalim, Hashem took out a coin of fire from underneath his Kisei HaKavod and showed it to Moshe. ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose