פרשת השבוע
30 פורסמודברי תורה ומאמרים על פרשת השבוע.
Parshat Ki Tavo – Becoming a Nation Every Single Day
Why does the Torah say "this day"? The Jewish people had already received the Torah forty years earlier…
Parshat Ki Teitzei – The Chain Reaction
Parshat Ki Teitzei contains 74 distinct mitzvot—more than any other Torah portion—classical commentators reveal an intricate and very…
Compromise
Rabbi Yochanan said: “Jerusalem was destroyed because the Rabbis decided cases by the exact letter of the law…
Derech Eretz
Rabbi Yochanan says a Mishnah teaches the rules about giving respect to the president of the Sanhedrin. It…
Teaching Habits
Ta’anis 8a : Reish Lakish prepared his Mishnayos forty times (paralleling the forty days that Moshe spent learning…
Leave the Beit Midrash
Rabbi Yochanan goes to study in Tzippori at the yeshiva led by Rabbi Oshaya B’Ribi (The Great One).…
Rav By Another Other Name
In Chulin 54a it reads: “When Rav Chiyah bar Rav Yosef left (Bavel) [and came to Israel] he…
Every Word Counts
As a youngster in grammar school, we are taught every word- every letter- in the Torah counts, serves…
Rabbi Meir and Names
Rabbi Meir, the great Tanna attributed to many Mishnaic rulings, seems to be a person of several names.…
Visiting The Sick
Rabbi Akiva visits a sick student. He notices that his living conditions are not good. He cleans the…