Shelach (Behaalotcha) 5780 The Melacha of Koseiv โ writing (Mishna Shabbos 7:2) is derived from the Meleches haMishkan (the acts used in constructing the Mishkan) where letters were inscribed upon the Mishkanโs beams to...
Ki Tavo 5779 ืืจืืจ ืืงืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืจ ืื ืืขื ืืื (ืืืจืื ืื, ืื) โAccursed is one who degrades his father or mother. And the entire people shall say Amen.โ (Devarim 27:16) According to Rashi, the word...
ืืชื ืืื ืืืคืืช ืืืคืื ืจืคืืื; ืืืืื ืขืืช ืืืคืื ืืื ืื ืืชื; ืืืืช ืฉืืงืื ืืืขืช ืฉืื ืืืืืง ืืืืื ืืืืฆืขืืช ืืืคืื ืคืจืฉืช ืืฉืื ืชืฉืค”ื ืืืืืจ ืืงืืื ืขืกืงื ื ืืืกืืืืช ืืืืื ืื ืืฉื ืืคืืืช ืืืคืื ืจืคืืื. ืจืืื ื, ืฉืื ืืืื ืืขืืื ืืืชืืช-ืจืคืืืืช ืืืงืืืืช...
ืืฉืืขืืจ ืืขืืจืืช The past several essays have tackled an important question: When Chazaโl made enactments that were a product of their understanding of reality (the โMetziusโ), and that reality appears to have changed...
ืคืจืฉืช ืืืชืื ื ืชืฉืขืดื ืึฐื ึดืฉึฐืืึทืจึฐืชึถึผึฅื ืึฐืึนึื ืึฐื ึทืคึฐืฉึนืืชึตืืึถึื ืึดึผึฃื ืึนึคื ืจึฐืึดืืชึถืึ ืึธึผืึพืชึฐึผืืึผื ึธึื ืึฐึผืึืึนื ืึดึผืึถึผึจืจ ืึฐืงึนืึธึงืง ืึฒืึตืืึถึื ืึฐึผืึนืจึตึื ืึดืชึผึฅืึนืึฐ ืึธืึตึฝืฉื: (ืืืจืื ื, ืื) ืืขื ืงืืื ืืื ื ืืืจ (ืคืกืืง ื): ืจึทึกืง ืึดืฉึธึผืึฃืึถืจ...
ืคืจืฉืช ืฉืืื ื ืชืฉ”ืค “ืืืืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืืจ, ืืืื ืืืื ืื ืืืืช ืืืื ืืืื ืืฉืจ ืื ืชืืื” (ืืืงืจื ืื, ืื) ืืขืงืืืช ืืชืคืฉืืืช ื ืืืฃ ืืงืืจืื ื ืืืืืฉืื ืืืืจืื ืื, ืืชืคืจืกืื ืืจืืื ืืขืืื ืืจืืื ืืชืืื ื ืฉื ืชืืฉืื ืืืืืืช...
Vayigash 5780 They went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to Yaakov their father. And they told him, saying, โYosef is still aliveโ, and that he is ruler over all the land of Egypt; but his heart rejected...
ืกืืจืช ืืืืจืื ืคืจืง ืืงืืื ืืืืื ืืฉืืืขืืช ืืงืจืืืื ื ืงืืืฉ ืืกืคืจ ืืืืจืื ืืืื ืื ืืฉืืื ืืืฉืืืื ืืชืงืืคืชื ื: ืืืงื ื. ืืืชืคืชืืืช ืืจืคืืืืช ืืืืจ ืืืืจืื, ืืืืข ืืืื ืื ืืืืจื ืืืื ืืจืื, ืืืืื ืืืืืื ืืชืืื ืืชืืืืช ืืืืื ืืขืืื ืืืขืจืื. ืื ืฉืื ืื ืฉืื...
ืืฉืืขืืจ ืืขืืจืืช Casts are applied to immobilize fractured limbs in order to promote healing and avoid further injury to bones, joints, or muscles. They can also prevent and relieve pain due to the injury. Plaster casts...
Last weekโs essay discussed the Torahโs granting of permission to heal. This weekโs essay will discuss the Mitzva to heal. The Shulchan Aruch rules that...
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