On a Different Note February 1, 2024 Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Yitzchok Weg You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness against your…
Trivial Pursuits Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Yitzchok Sorotzkin January 25, 2024 Hashem said to Moshe, “Behold—I shall rain down for you food from heaven; let the people go out and pick each day’s portion on…
A Mitzvah in Hand Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Chaim Weg January 18, 2024 You shall safeguard the matzos, for on this very day I will have taken your legions out of the land of Mitzrayim……
Police Report Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yitzhak Grossman January 4, 2024 Do you propose to murder me, as you murdered the Mitzri?...Par’o heard about this matter and sought to kill Moshe… Shmos 2:14-15 Rashi explains…
Holy Alliance Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Yitzchok Weg December 28, 2023 Yaakov lived in the land of Mitzrayim seventeen years; and the days of Yaakov—the years of his life—were one hundred and forty-seven years.…
Full Disclosure Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald December 21, 2023 And he said, “I am Yosef your brother, whom you sold to Mitzrayim.” Bereishis 45:4 The Torah doesn’t say whether Yosef forgave his brothers…
Meet and Greet Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yaakov Rappaport December 14, 2023 The Shulchan Aruch (Y.D. 148:5) says that on the holiday of an idol (yom eidam), one may neither send a gift to nor…
Going Public Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Chaim Weg December 7, 2023 The Tur and Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 671:1) write that one must be careful to fulfill the mitzvah of ner Chanukah, to the extent that…
Laws of War Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yitzhak Grossman November 30, 2023 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of Yaakov’s sons, Shimon and Levi, Dinah’s…
Means Testing Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yehonoson Hool November 23, 2023 Whatever You will give me, I shall repeatedly tithe to You. Bereishis 28:22 The Da’as Zekeinim quotes a Midrash that infers from this pasuk…