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To Choose to Be Chosen
For seven days, leavening shall not be found in your houses, for whoever eats (Chometz) leavening that soul shall be cut off from the community ...read more
Choshech: Warning or a Punishment?
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand's Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1147 ...read more
What is Normal Life?
The current global upheaval due to the raging pandemic, combined with political upheaval, has made us all unsettled; many are even broken and in ...read more
Understand the Pharaohs
Since every word of our holy Torah carries with it many layers of significance and importance, it is incumbent upon us to understand why this ...read more
Why An Exodus?
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Volume 35, No. 15
10 Shevat 5781
January 23, 2021
Sponsored by
Martin and Michelle Swartz
on the 100th yahrzeit of Martin’s ...read more
The Erev Rav
Shabbos Night
THIS IS one of the most exciting and dramatic parshios in the entire Torah, for so many reasons. It has so much to say, and so ...read more
The Ten Steps
This week's parsha, Bo, in addition to containing the last three plagues brought onto Mitzraim {Egypt} also contains the very first mitzvah ...read more
Leftovers: No part will be left behind!
The Mitzvah
Every part of the meat from the Korban Pesach, Paschal lamb slaughtered on the 14th day of Nissan had to be eaten that evening. ...read more
Will That Be Well Done?
Do not eat it partially roasted or cooked in water. Only roasted over fire, its head, its legs, on its innards. Don’t leave any until morning. ...read more
Do Not Resist
"And you shall safeguard the matzos"(12:17)
The literal interpretation of the verse is that one should approach the preparation of the matzos ...read more
Other Articles
Chapter 9, Law 2 – Why We Want the Messiah
On account of this, all of Israel -- their prophets and sages -- yearned for the era of the Anointed King (the Messiah), in order that the wicked read more
Chapter 6, Mishna 7(a): Torah and the Throat
Great is Torah, for it gives life to its doers in this world and in the next world, as it is written: 'For they [the teachings of the Torah] give read more
Short and To The Point
"The girl [Rivka] ran to her mother's quarters and related approximately what had transpired." (Bereshith 24:28)
From the above verse it is ...read more
Chapter One Hundred Forty-Five
For a writer, the worst sight is a blank page. You stare at it, wondering how you are going to start. I have started this chapter several times, ...read more
Heavenly Bound
The Kotzker Rebbe once explained the quest for holiness in this world with the following parable: Hashem has fashioned a ladder that reaches from read more
Responsibility for Boss that Inflates Hours
QUESTION 73: RESPONSIBLITY FOR BOSS THAT INFLATES HOURS
Am I responsible, in any way, if my boss bills my time for hours that are inflated? ...read more
Chapter 9, Law 1(c) – Physical and Spiritual Rewards
[NOTE: The first part of this law, as translated in the past class, posed the question why the Torah promises us reward and punishment in this ...read more
Billing Hours Worked
QUESTION 72:
I'm an attorney. I have to record my hours for each case I work on. Although I try to be strict with my billing, I'm far from ...read more
Too Much to Bear
The Shulchan Aruch was written as a halachic guide and generally does not describe the severity of transgressions. Yet with regards to someone ...read more
Matchmaker
"And he took the gold rings and bracelets and placed them on her nose and hands. Then he asked, 'Whose daughter are you?'" (Bereshith 24:22- ...read more
