Hearing Things Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Yaakov Meir Levi June 24, 2021 One of the activities customarily avoided during the Three Weeks is listening to music. But Chazal prohibited listening to music in some cases…
Generation Gap Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 17, 2021 And Moshe made a copper snake and put it on a banner, and whenever a snake bit a man, he would gaze upon the…
Redemptive Rebate Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald June 10, 2021 Its redemption [shall be performed] from the age of one month, according to the valuation, five shekels of silver… Bemidbar 18:16 The mitzvah of…
A Grave Error? Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Yechiel Biberfeld June 3, 2021 They went up in the south, and he came to Chevron… Bemidbar 13:22 Why does the pasuk begin with the plural “they” and…
Who's Asking? Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald May 27, 2021 And those people said to him, “We are ritually unclean [because of contact] with a dead person; [but] why should we be excluded so…
Admit One Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Chaim Weg May 20, 2021 They shall confess [v’hisvadu] the sin that they committed… Bemidbar 5:7 The Torah here refers to one who steals from a convert who then…
Dear Dairy Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Yosef Jacobovits May 13, 2021 The Rama (O.C. 494:3) writes that it is customary in many places to eat dairy foods as well as meat foods on the first…
On a Dilemma of the Horns Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Yitzchok Weg …On the Day of Atonement, you shall sound the shofar throughout your land. Vayikra 25:9 In this pasuk, the Torah commands us…
Far and Away Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald April 29, 2021 These are the holidays of Hashem… Vayikra 23:37 The Gemara (Pesachim 3b) tells how R’ Yehudah ben Beseira, who was in Netzivin, was…
Nixed Blessing Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Ari Stauber April 22, 2021 And in the fourth year, all its fruit shall be holy, a praise to Hashem. Vayikra 19:24 The Gemara (Brachos 35a) attempts to derive…