The mitzvo of bris mila involves cutting off the orlah (foreskin). The Torah views the orlah as more than merely an unnecessary part of the body, rather it represents ..
Written by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
One of the most well-known and observed mitzvos is that of Bris Mila (circumcision). A very high proportion of Jews who are distant from their heritage, nonetheless ..
Written by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
In a Pidyon Haben, we see that the firstborn received a special kedusha-sanctity. The question is, what did they do to deserve such a special sanctity? The Sefer-“Tuvicha ..
Written by Rabbi Shlomo Price
Imagine a child raised by Hashem. What a tzaddik he would be. He would spent his whole life learning Torah and preforming mitzvos. But look at what happened to Yishmael… ..
Written by Daniel Fine
The Mishna in Pesachim (117) corresponds certain negative sensations with their positive counterpart. I was wondering why “avel” (mourning) directly ..
Written by Moshe Kormornick
At a bris, we say ‘this katten will become a gadol.'(ze hakatan gadol yihiyeh’. What does that mean? I heard (on a tape by Rabbi Krohn in the name of one of the Rabbi ..
Written by Daniel Fine
This short vort was given in a dvar Torah by Rabbi Yossi Chazan shlit”a. He brought a Posuk which suggested that mourning was alikened to a sea and suggested ..
Written by Anonymous
“B’Eilon Mamre” (18:1). Rashi explains that Hashem went to visit Avraham on the 3rd day after his Bris Milah, circumcision. Hashem appeared to Avraham ..
Written by Reb Mordechai Rosen z"l
I was once at a funeral and heard a beautiful explanation of the significance of the bracha: “May you have arichas yomim (length of days)” : Why do we say ‘arichas ..
Written by Moshe Kormornick
At the beginning Parshas Tazria we are told that a woman who gives birth will be tamei (spiritually impure – for none of a better word). Why is this? One answer ..
Written by Moshe Kormornick