Acharei Mot – Kedoshim 5780 And you shall not place a stumbling block before the blind. (Vayikra 19:14) This Pasuk defines the prohibition of Lifnei Iveir – causing another Jew to stumble in any manner...
פרשת נח תש”פ שֹׁפֵךְ דַּם הָאָדָם בָּאָדָם דָּמוֹ יִשָּׁפֵךְ כִּי בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹקִים עָשָׂה אֶת הָאָדָם (בראשית ט, ו) לדעת רבי ישמעאל (סנהדרין נז, ב), אזהרה זו מכוונת לאיסור על הריגת עוברים: “משום רבי ישמעאל...
Ki Teitzei 5779 “…and so shall you do for any lost article of your brother that may become lost from him and you find it; you cannot hide yourself.” Devarim 22:3 Practicing medicine, though famously described by Chaza”l...
The Golden Years – Part II: Calling it Quits “Speak to Aharon and say: Any man of your offspring throughout the ages who has a defect shall not approach to offer the food of his God.” (Vayikra 21:17) Last week, we...
זה לא מכבר, עסקנו בהלכה שבסימן שד”מ – דינו של אדם הנמצא במדבר ללא כל אמצעי תקשורת, ושכח באיזה יום בשבוע יצא מביתו, וכן באיזה יום הוא נמצא כעת, כך שלמעשה הוא איננו יודע מתי תחול שבת קודש. ההולך במדבר נמצא במצב...
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Tazria 5779 “Speak to the Children of Israel saying: When a woman conceives and gives birth to a male, she shall be impure for a seven-day period…” (Vayikra 12:2) There are many laws of the Torah that...
Vaeira 5780 And Moshe cried out to Hashem concerning the frogs that he had inflicted upon Paroh (Shemos 8:8) In the Parshiyos of Yetzias Mitzrayim, the Torah records how on numerous occasions Moshe Rabbenu Davened to...
Noach 5780 “And you, be fruitful and multiply and fill the land.” (Bereishis 9:1) The Mitzva of Pru uRevu (procreation) is considered to be one of the central and most important Mitzvos. Sefer haChinuch (Mitzva 1)...
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