In the Hagadah we say that the reason we eat Matza on Pesach is because the dough did not have a chance to rise until the Melech Malchei HaMilachim appeared to us and redeemed us. Why is this...read more
Someone bought a new car and asked the Belzer Rebbe Reb Ahare'le for a Segula to ensure he will not get into any accidents on the road. The Rebbe offered him two tips. First said the Rebbe...read more
The Halacha states that one may not give food to a person who won't make a Bracha. On what grounds do we do so today? Rav Ephraim Greenblatt in Rivevos Ephraim (8:74) brings from Rav...read more
Reb
Dovid was born in 1746 and was a talmid of Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk
and later of the Chozeh of Lublin. He introduced the Yehudi HaKadosh
of Peshischa to the Chozeh. Reb Dovid was...read more
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
