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7 years ago
Yom Kippur: Tread with Care
One of the well known prohibitions of Yom Kippur is that one should refrain from wearing leather shoes. At first glance, one would assume that the simple reason ..
Written by Rabbi Pini Cohen
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7 years ago
Yom Kippur: The Road to heaven is Paved
G-d says: “Pave a road, Pave a road, clear a path, lift up the obstacle from the path of My people (Isaiah 57;14) Yom Kippur is a day of haftoros. At Mincha ..
Written by Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag
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7 years ago
Pure Intentions
For on this day (Yom Kippur) He will forgive you, to purify you; that you will be purified from all your sins before God (VaYikra 16:30). Why is the purification ..
Written by Howard Jackson
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7 years ago
Pakod Yifkod
At the end of VaYechi we read that the exile in Egypt will end when “Pakod Yifkod”, “God will surely redeem” (Bereishit 50:24). These would ..
Written by Howard Jackson
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7 years ago
The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy
Following Hashem’s promise not to destroy the Jewish people, after the sin of the Golden Calf, Moshe requested that Hashem make known to him the qualities ..
Written by Rabbi Zev Leff
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7 years ago
No Leather on Yom Kippur
Saw this idea in \’Torah thought for a day\’ – Shemos. (recommended!!) Moshe is told to remove his shoes as he will be walking on holy ground. ..
Written by Lloyd Schroeder
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7 years ago
The 4 Cups; the Sugya
It’s interesting that when the gemarra[1] says ‘when Adar comes along we increase the simcha,’ Rashi[2] points out that this is referring to the miracles of both ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
ho lachma anya
did you know that the ba’al hagada was answering the question you had always asked …. ? what are we celebrating on Pesach – we’re still deeply ..
Written by Sruli Guttentag
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7 years ago
There is a long backdrop to this fateful…
The serious trouble for Bnei Yisroel started, says the Torah, when Paroh said to his advisors that he was scared Bnei Yisroel would join his enemies and chase him from ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
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7 years ago
The significance of the 4 Cups
Chazal instituted the Mitzvah of the four Kosos (cups) which represent the four terms used for the redemption v’Hotzeisi v’Hotzalti v’Goalti v’Lakachti. ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
