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7 years ago
Tzitzis; the reminder before mobile phones!
You’ll notice that twice in the psukim which deal with tzitzis does it say that the tzitzis are so that we remember HaShem’s mitzvos. In perek 15 pasuk 39 the words ..
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7 years ago
Paperweight measures
One of the claims the spies made upon returning back to base was that the inhabitants of Eretz Yisrael were ‘anshei middos’ (13:32), which is normally translated ..
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7 years ago
Presenting…the new 5th Chumash!
The gemarra (Shabbos 116a) cites an opinion that the 2-pasuk portion in our sedra (10:35-36) of vayehi binso’a ha’aron… is considered as a Chumash in its own right. ..
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7 years ago
out of order
Being out of order has never been so peaceful… The gemarra (Pesachim 6b) learns an important principle from the first pasuk of perek 9 of our sedra. Noting ..
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7 years ago
The mystery Chattas
As the Torah mentions (6:11), a Nazir must bring a sin offering. Why is that? Rashi (6:11) cites the Tanna Rebbi Eliezer HaKappar, who explains that the Nazir has sinned ..
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7 years ago
No wine-ing
Citing the gemarra, Rashi (6:2) famously asks why the Torah juxtaposes the topics of the Sotah (the suspected unfaithful wife) and the Nazir (the person who vows ..
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7 years ago
Torah toiling
Rashi famously writes that the words in the pasuk im bechukosai telechu (26:3) refer to toiling in the study of Torah (ameilus baTorah). A central feature of learning ..
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