March 28, 2024 | 18 Adar II, 5784 | Torah Portion: Tzav, Leviticus 6:1-8:36 | Haftorah: Parshas Parah: Ezekiel 36:16-38
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The Face We Show
This week's parsha, Tzav, deals predominantly with different karbanos {sacrifices} that were brought.
"And these are the instructions for the ...read more
No Free Meal
"Command Aharon And His Sons"
Chazal are sensitive to the fact that all of the offerings which were commanded to Bnei Yisroel were introduced ...read more
Forgotten Chametz
The Story
Pesach vacation had finished and Nadav returned to his high school dormitory. He was excited to see his roommates Ezra and Daniel. ...read more
Don’t Cut Corners
The money didn't come out of the priests' own pockets. It came from the well-filled coffers of the Temple. Every year, money poured from all the ...read more
Bloodsport
Blood. At worst, it invokes ghastly images of death and war. At best, it represents life-saving transfusions. On any scale it is not appetizing. ...read more
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THIS SHABBOS IS also Parashas Parah. As we learn in Parashas Naso, a person who has become defiled by contact with the dead (no, ...read more
The Battle Continues
The Sabbath prior to the holiday of Purim is called Parshas Zachor, the portion of remembrance. There is a Biblical command to remember what ...read more
An AWE AYN SOF
A person is obligated to ‘spice’ himself (drink wine) on Purim until he does not know the difference between “cursed is Haman” and “blessed is ...read more
A Humble Man With a (Potentially) Not So Humble Childhood
These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand's Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1286 Oy! I ...read more
It Could Have Been Me
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Saying You’re Part of a Daf Yomi
QUESTION 55:
When Agudat Yisroel started selling tickets for the Siyum Hashas (celebration after finishing the Talmud), they said that the ...read more
Hospitality
When Yaakov heard that there was food in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you put on an appearance [of being well stocked with provisions]?" ...read more
Taking a Shower
In the times of the Gemara bathing was a major undertaking, and one could get heavily involved with it and miss the time of praying. As a result ...read more
Rachav: The Courage to Create a New Reality Part I
The story of Rachav is set forth in the Book of Joshua, Chapter Two, takes place approximately forty years after the Exodus from Egypt, when the ...read more
The Davidic Dynasty
Last class we reviewed the fourteenth blessing of the Shemoneh Esrai, continuing to review the communal blessings and focusing on our request ...read more
Chapter 7, Law 4 – Voices in Our Head
One who has repented (lit., 'a master of repentance') should not imagine that he is distant from the high level of the righteous because of the ...read more
Chapter 5, Mishna 11(a): G-d Striking Back – Part I
Pestilence comes to the world for death penalties mentioned in the Torah which are not in the hands of the courts [to administer] and for [the ...read more
Chapter 7, Law 3 – Who Are We?
Do not say that teshuva (repentance) is only for sins which involve doing an action, such as adultery, theft, or burglary. [Rather,] just as a ...read more
Chapter 5, Mishna 10: Religion or Bird Watching?
Seven types of punishments come to the world on account of seven basic transgressions. If some people tithe and some do not, a famine caused by ...read more
Check-Out Line In Supermarket
QUESTION 54:
I was shopping at Pathmark with my wife and was ready to get into a check-out line. I saw that the express lines that accept ...read more