At the end of Birchas HaMazon we say the pasuk in Tehilim (34:11) "V'Dorshei Hashem Lo Yachsiru Kol Tov", those who seek Hashem will not lack any good. How is it that we see many...read more
The Bais Yosef famously asks why if there was enough oil for one day do we celebrate the Nes of the Chanuka for eight days since only seven days were a miracle. One of the answers given is that...read more
The story of Mechiras Yosef begs so many obvious questions. Why did Yosef not send a message to his father that he was alive and well once he became viceroy? Why did he torment his brothers...read more
"If I didn't happen to know that he is alive today I would have thought he was a Rishon!" This is what Rav Betzalel HaKohen had to say about the Sdei Chemed who was niftar just...read more
Yosef spent an extra two years in jail for asking the Sar HaMashkim to remember him. In describing the end of his extra sentence the Torah uses the term Mikeitz. The Medrash relates this word...read more
"When I
was a child I heard from our elders, who would effusively praise and
speak about the great qualities and exemplary character of (Rav Eliezer
Ashkenazi). He was a K'Mat a...read more
Chazal point out that while complex halachos of Tumah and Tahara are learned out from a single extra letter, the conversation of Eliezer the slave of Avrohom is drawn out in great detail. The...read more
After Avimelech took Sara to his palace to marry her, Hashem came to him in middle of the night to rebuke him. Avimelech claimed (Vayeira 20:5)...read more
Shlomo HaMelech tells us in Koheles (7:2) "Tov Lalaches El Bais HaEivel MiLeches El Bais HaMishteh", it is better to go to a house of mourning than a house of party. How could this be?...read more
When the light that enters our eye reaches the back of the lens to form a picture the objects appear upside down and backwards. Only when the image reaches the brain is the image corrected, allowing...read more
Parshas Shmini begins with the day of the inauguration of the Mishkan and the Hashraas HaShechina as a sign that Hashem has forgiven them for the Cheit HaEigel. The first few pasukim discuss the...read more
The Mishna Brura (489:2) paskens that on the first night of Sefiras HaOmer one should count as soon as possible in order that the Sefira should be temimos, complete. The Chayei Adam (131) and many...read more
