Rav Daniel Dombrov How could Eisav sell the rights of the first born to Yakov? Regarding the double portion of inheritance, it is considered a davar shelo ba l’olam.Regarding the leadership and other aspects, these are intangibles and considered a…
Parshas Chayei Sara Highlights of a shiur by Rav Yosef Jacobowitz .גֵּר וְתוֹשָׁב אָנֹכִי עִמָּכֶם תְּנוּ לִי אֲחֻזַּת קֶבֶר עִמָּכֶם וְאֶקְבְּרָה מֵתִי מִלְּפָנָי I am a stranger and a resident among you; give me a grave property among you, that…
Rav Yosef Jacobovitz Yitzchak brought Rivka home and saw a special blessing in Rivka’s mitzvah of hadlakas neiros, similar to his mother, Sarah, in that it was not extinguished from shabos to shabos. What is the minimum requirement as a…
Sefer Bereishis Bereishis Noach Lech- Lecha Vaeira Chayei Sara Toldos Vayeitzei Vayishlach Vayeishev Meiketz Vayigash Vayechi
By Rabbi Doniel Neustadt Shlit”a A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEKIOS One of the most important mitzvos of Rosh Hashanah is the Biblical command to blow the shofar. Although the significance of this mitzvah has been expounded at length –…
Rabbi Ari Stauber The pasuk of Ve’alisa el hamakom teaches us that the Bais Hamikdash is the highest in Eretz Yisrael. Rabeinu Bachya- infers that, so too, a Bais Haknesses should be taller than all other houses. And mentioned in…
A Parsha Shuir by Rabbi Yitzhak Grossman The concept of Shmitas kesafim nowadays [remission of loans] is the subject of debate in Gemara. The general consensus of early poskim is that outside of eretz yisrael it is still in force…
By: Rabbi Moshe Zev Granek Two reasons for reciting the bracha of Boruch Shepotrani by a bar mitzvah. Magen Avraham - Till the bar mitzvah the father is punished for son’s sins, and now the son is punished for his…
The pasuk of vedibarta bam- Gemara: teaches that a person’s primary speech should be Torah. Yerushalmi- teaches that certain obligations can only be fulfilled by the person himself. It isn’t sufficient to just listen to another person and discharge his…
Rabbi Chaim Weg Gemara in Eirichin–kal vechomer: If there’s loshon hora on sticks and stones [less severe]; surely on people [more severe]. Question: Rashi [Shelach] says that the meraglim [less severe] should’ve learned from Miriam [more severe]. Answer-they were expected…