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Parshas HaShavua Quick Vort
Parshas Pekudei: Rav Meir Shapiro - When You Build A Mishkan Expect Many Money Questions

The Medrash tells us that when they finished making the Mishkan the Leitzanim were saying that Moshe enriched himself from all the donations made to the Mishkan. Rav Meir Shapiro says that this...read more

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Avodah Pirkei Avos
Pirkei Avos: Are There Too Many Lawyers?

The Mishna 4:12 says "Im Batalta Min HaTorah Yesh Licha Biteilim Harbei K'Negdecha"; literally translated to mean, if you neglect Torah learning you will have much wasted time...read more

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Parshas HaShavua Quick Vort
Parshas Pikudei: Chidushei HaRim - 100 Adanim, 100 Brachos

"Mi'as Adanim L'Mi'as HaKikar Kikar LaAden", one hundred Adanim from one hundred kikar, one kikar for each Aden (Pikudei 38:27). The Chidushei HaRim says that the Mishkan...read more

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Halacha Tshuvos
Rav Yisroel Yaakov Fisher: Until Eliyahu Arrives Keep It In A Gmach

Finding an object is a scary thing. Hashovas Aveidah requires you to look for the owner who often will never be found. Are you supposed to hold on to it forever? Who are we...read more

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Parshas HaShavua Quick Vort
Parshas Pikudei: Rav Yaakov Kaminetzky - Going All Out For A Very Temporary Structure

"V'Hamilacha Haysa Dayam L'Chol HaMilacha" (Vaykhel 36:7). The amounts of precious stones, metal, and fabrics that were donated to the Mishkan were astounding. The...read more

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Parshas HaShavua Quick Vort
Parshas Pikudei: Rav Yehonoson Eibshitz - When & Why Did Moshe File The Accounting Report?

Parshas Pikudei gives an accounting of all the precious metals that were donated and used in the Mishkan. But when did this take place, right away after the donations or at a later date?...read more

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Shabbos Story
Baron Rothschild Earns 800,000 Pound Sterling From Kiddush To Havdala

Baron Anshel Rothschild although the leading European banker was a proud Jew and his emuna was legendary. Despite all his multitude of business dealings, on Shabbos everything came grinding to...read more

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Halacha Tshuvos
Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Tzitz Eliezer, & ybc"l Rav Elyashiv - Reporting Abuse If The Child May Be Placed In A Non-Jewish Home

If a child is brought to a hospital battered and showing signs of cruel abuse such as burns, broken bones, black and blue marks it is forbidden for a Jewish doctor to return the child to his parents...read more

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Tefila Bi'urei Tefila
Biurei Tefila: Shemona Esrei - A Jewish Adventure Mobile!

Rav Tuvia Goldstein Zt"l once said, when a Goy wants to go on trip he must tend to all the tedious details and make travel arrangements, arrange a hotel, get in his car and go. Not so a Jew....read more

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Parshas HaShavua Quick Vort
Parshas VaYakhel: A Mishkan With a Broken Heart

The pasuk (36:7) says that after all the donations were made to the Mishkan they had enough (Dayam). At the end of this pasuk it says "V'Hoseir" and there was even more than...read more

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Halacha Tshuvos
Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach: Making Private Phone Calls From Work

If a person is an employee in a [government] office may he make private calls from his office phone? Rav Shlomo Zalman is quote as saying (Aleihu Lo Yibol CM 28) that it is permissible to make...read more

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Avodah Chanoch L'Naar
Parshas Vayakhel: Take Along Junior For The Ride

"Heivi'u Bnei Yisroel Nidava Lashem", Bnei Yisroel brought a Nidava to Hashem (Vaykhel 35:29). Heivi'u is a plural Lashon. They did not come alone. But who did...read more

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• The Brisker Drasha - Quick & Short, No Time To Nap
• Rav Moshe Shternbuch: Naming Your Child After A Grandfather Who Was A Michalel Shabbos
• The Smooth Road To Rock Bottom
• Dubno Maggid - Why Hashem Can't Look Shabbos In The Eye
• Shevet Hakehosi: House Arrest and Birchas HaGomel
• 17 Clauses Of The Tzetil Katan - The Legacy Of Reb Elimelech Of Lizhensk
• The Rebbe Reb Melech - Reb Elimelech MiLizhensk, The Father Of Modern Day Chasidus
• Parshas Ki Sisa: Vilna Gaon - After The Eigel The Dalet and Reish Get Smaller
• Parshas Para - Is It Min HaTorah? What About Women?
• Parshas Ki Sisa: Chasam Sofer - Chait HaEigel, Because Aharon Made It
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Avodah Parshas Vayakhel: Take Along Junior For The Ride The Smooth Road To Rock Bottom Post Purim Sobering Afterthought Parshas Titzaveh: Netziv - Higher Than A Kohen Gadol Martin Grossman O"H - Special Zchusim, Special Lessons	Parshas HaShavua Parshas VaYakhel: A Mishkan With a Broken Heart Parshas Ki Sisa: Vilna Gaon - After The Eigel The Dalet and Reish Get Smaller Parshas Ki Sisa: Chasam Sofer - Chait HaEigel, Because Aharon Made It Parshas Ki Sisa: Rav Meir Auerbach - Forgive Now, Forgive Later, Forgive Again And Again! Parshas Ki Sisa: Rav Isaac Sher - Making The Eigel Was Not An Aveira
Taryag Mitzvos Vilna Gaon - Mitzvos Aseh Are Not Extra Credit Because "Hi" Is Not "Sholom" The Chazon Ish's Succah Walls Vilna Gaon - The Hardest Mitzva In The Torah Shirei Mitzvos Part 1: Rav Yehonoson Eibushitz - A Song Of The Taryag Mitzvos	Stories The Brisker Drasha - Quick & Short, No Time To Nap Dubno Maggid - Why Hashem Can't Look Shabbos In The Eye The Rebbe Reb Melech - Reb Elimelech MiLizhensk, The Father Of Modern Day Chasidus Rav Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld - The General Of Eretz Yisroel The Yesod V'Shoresh HaAvodah: Holy Above All - Rav Alexander Ziskind
Halacha Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach: Making Private Phone Calls From Work Rav Moshe Shternbuch: Naming Your Child After A Grandfather Who Was A Michalel Shabbos Shevet Hakehosi: House Arrest and Birchas HaGomel Parshas Para - Is It Min HaTorah? What About Women? Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach: Medical Intervention Is Patient's Decision Alone & Not Their Children's	Tanach Eicha: Bnei Yisaschar - When A Jew Sins Rav Yechezkel Abramsky On Boaz's Very Timely Death Megilas Rus - Rav Itzele Volozhin - Naomi Kept Her Eye On Rus's Every Step Yirmiyahu Part 6: Yirmiyahu Is Attacked And Sent To Jail Yirmiyahu Part 5: Shabbos Is Up There With The Rest
Moadim Rav Yehonoson Eibshitz - One Appearance And Two Parties Later, Why Did Esther Keep Pushing Off Her Confrontation With Haman? Megilas Esther: Meshech Chochma - Daniel's Sudden Demotion After Haman's Decree Megilas Esther: Brisker Rov - Mordechai's New Wardrobe Signals A Real Change Megilas Esther: Rav Chaim Volozhin's Purim Secret From A Mysterious Guest Purim: Meshech Chochma - Klal Yisroel Rejoices In A Different Kind Of Victory	Ask Cleaning Help On Tisha B'Av? Ya'aleh V'Yavo Or Ritzei For Seuda Shlishis Shabbos Erev Rosh Chodesh? Question & Answer For Purim - Was Mordechai Active In The Drive To Rebuild The Bais HaMikdash? Halacha Answer Of the Week: Esrogim From Eretz Yisroel Halacha Answer For Tisha B’Av: Can You Ingest Hunger Relief Products On Shabbos Before The Fast?
Seforim Story Of Purim: Pirsumei Nisa - No Matter How Old Or Wise You Are This Sefer Will Surprise You Rav Chaim Zaitchek - Refracting The Light Of Novhardok Rav Mordechai Neugershal: Tough Questions, Real Answers A Tribute To The Book That Was Never Written Orchos Shabbos - Defining Hilchos Shabbos For A Generation	YourRevach Hashem Promises Gavriel, Yidden Will Always Be Moser Nefesh Shabbos War Strategy From (General) Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman Parshas Mikeitz: Vilna Gaon - The Connection Between Mikeitz And Chanuka - Submitted By Reb Avraham Malthete - Paris An Early Motza'ei Shabbos In Manchester Rav Chaim Shmulevitz Reveals The Secret Of The Mir Yeshiva's Survival
Hanhagos Adar & Purim - Covering Aveilus With Simcha Greeting Protocol For Hoshana Rabba The Divrei Chaim Is Happy Being a "Hedyot" And The Brisker Rov A "Boor" Rebbi Akiva Eiger Vies To Be The Caretaker Of The Mikva Kol Nidrei Night With The Brisker Rov	Daily Reminder Be A Nerd - Just Sit Very Still, Don't Move Or Even Twitch Parshas Bireishis: Beware Of The Friendly Neighborhood Snake Bireishis All Over Again Hold On Tight To The Feeling Of Kol Nidrei Night Looking For People? Hashem Has Connections!
Galus & Geula The Great Cheer For The Hidden King Rav Naftoli MiRupshitz - Even When It's Lights Out, The Lights Are On Parshas Vayichi: Rav Yaakov Kaminetzky - The Silence Of The Chachomim Before The Chashmana'i Kingdom Parshas Vayigash: Rav Shimshon Pincus - When Yosef & Binyomin Were Finally Reunited Maoz Tzur - Enough Of The Yeshuos!	Shabbos Shalom Aleichem... Tzeis'chem L'Shalom - Where Is Everyone Going? V'Yiten Licha - Rav Menachem Mendel MiRimanov's Lesser Known Segula For Parnasa Menucha V'Simcha - Shabbos, A Collection Of Special Moments Late Lunch Shabbos Morning? Ben Yehoada: How Shabbos Can Make Your Dreams Come True
Daas Torah Parshas Titzaveh: Rav Shimshon Pincus - The Sweet Smell At The End Of The Avodah Who Cares About Olam Haba? Parshas Yisro: Rav Shimshon Pincus - Only Hashem Can Pay Back Midda K'Neged Midda Parshas Bishalach: Rav Shimshon Pincus - Fresh Bread Is Like A Moment Of Life Rav Shimshon Pincus - Don't Forget To Cash In Your Petek	Tefila Biurei Tefila: Shemona Esrei - A Jewish Adventure Mobile! Kitores: Mabit - The Secret Of The Eleventh Man Parshas Mishpatim: Rav Itzele Volozhin - Like A Widow, Go Straight To The Boss Rav Shimon Schwab - Haliluka, The Duel Between Dovid & The Frog Maggid Tzedek Of Plutzk: Hodu Lashem - Call Me By My Name
General Bais is for Bas HaYa'ana, The Ostrich Aleph is for Adam	Tzedaka Ben Ish Chai - When Tzedaka Is Equal To All The Other Mitzvos Rav Chaim Zaitchek - Matan B'Seser, Face To Face & Heart To Heart From Shnorrer To Philanthropist Tzedaka - When It's Destined To Go, There Is No Way To Hold On To Accept Or Not To Accept, That Is The Question

Sanhedrin 24

1. Neemanus Of Migu To Pasul A Redundant Set Of Eidim

2. Toras Eretz Yisroel & Toras Bavel

3. Bavel, The Home Of Chanufa & Gasos HaRuach

4. Mishna - Unilateral Neemanus, Is It Retractable?

5. Machlokes To Maintain Chazaka Or Even To Give?

6. Machlokes Before Or After Gmar Din?

7. Kinyan Is Final

8. Mishna - Psulei Eidus

9. Stealing Or Wasting Life?

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Parshas Vayakhel: Take Along Junior For The Ride
"Heivi'u Bnei Yisroel Nidava Lashem", Bnei Yisroel brought a Nidava to Hashem (Vaykhel 35:29). Heivi'u is a plural Lashon. They...read full story

Baron Rothschild Earns 800,000 Pound Sterling From Kiddush To Havdala
Baron Anshel Rothschild although the leading European banker was a proud Jew and his emuna was legendary. Despite all his...read full story

The Brisker Drasha - Quick & Short, No Time To Nap
The Brisker way was to say short Drashos. As the Brisker Rov would say, the goal is to reach the truth, which can be done...read full story

The Smooth Road To Rock Bottom

"HaBa Litaher Misayim Lo HaBa Litamei Pos'chin Lo", if someone comes to purify himself Min Hashamayim they help him and...read full story

Dubno Maggid - Why Hashem Can't Look Shabbos In The Eye

We find that the mitzva of Shabbos is both highly praised when we keep it. When we don't, Hashem says (Yeshaya...read full story

The Great Cheer For The Hidden King
"Yismichu HaShamayim V'Sagel HaAretz V'Yomru BaGoyim Hashem Malach", [when Moshiach comes] the Heavens will rejoice and the earth will be...read full story

Post Purim Sobering Afterthought

Rabba and Rebbi Zeira had a Purim Seudah together. They both got highly intoxicated as the halacha requires. So drunk...read full story

The Rebbe Reb Melech - Reb Elimelech MiLizhensk, The Father Of Modern Day Chasidus
While the Rebbe Reb Melech was the third generation leader of the Chasidim after the Ba'al Shem Tov and the...read full story

Chodesh Adar: Bnei Yisaschar - The Sweet Smelling Month

The Arizal says that each month represents a part of a person's head. The month of Adar represents the "nose". Sweet...read full story

Shevet HaKehosi: Can You Keep Medicine In The Bathroom?
We are noheg not to eat food left under a bed or food that was brought into a bathroom, because...read full story

Parshas Titzaveh: Netziv - Higher Than A Kohen Gadol
"V'Ata Hakrev Eilecha Aharon Achicha", Bring close to you, your brother Aharon (Titzaveh 28:1). Hashem is telling Moshe to make Aharon a Kohen. ...read full story

Parshas Titzaveh: Rav Shimshon Pincus - The Sweet Smell At The End Of The Avodah
Parshas Titzaveh discusses the Bigdei Kehuna after Parshas Truma was all about the Mishkan and the Keilim. However the Mizbei'ach...read full story

Parshas Bishalach: Rav Simcha Bunim Of Peshischa - Marriage & Money, My Way Or The Highway?
Krias Yam Suf has gone done as the greatest Nes in the annals of history. Chazal tell us that two...read full story

Perek Shira: The Trees Sing - Will There Be Newspapers When Moshiach Comes?

An older fellow once explained to me that newspapers are probably here to stay. They are a wonderful medium to...read full story

Tehilim Perek 139: Hashem Is Here, Hashem Is There
"Im Esak Shamayim Sham Ata V'Atzia She'ol Hineka", If I ascend up to heaven, you are there. If I make...read full story

Vilna Gaon - Mitzvos Aseh Are Not Extra Credit
It is brought from the Vilna Gaon in Even Shleima (5:9) that not performing a Mitzvas Aseh is worse than...read full story