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Pesach, Bitul Chametz, and the eternal battle of ideas between Jewish and Egyptian theological ideas. Really
If you wanted the manna in the desert to become matzah, to transsubstatiate into matzah, did it really become matzah, not just in taste?
1 year, 6 months ago
The Rambam and His Thoughts About the Hagadah
In Chapter 7, the Rambam rearranges the order of the narrative, for philosophical/theological reasons
1 year, 6 months ago
Haftorah Shabbos Hagadol - Elijah: Unite or Die!
Is parnasaah bad because you give too much charity? Or the other way around?
1 year, 6 months ago
Parshas Tzav (Erev Pesach) - Changing attitudes towards the Temple Sacrifices
The differences between the First and Second Temple Eras
1 year, 6 months ago
Haftarah Parshas VaYikra: "הֶעֱבַדְתַּנִי בְּחַטֹּאותֶיךָ הוֹגַעְתַּנִי בַּעֲוֹנֹתֶיךָ
The Temple was built large, to accommodate 12 tribes, but it sended up servicing and being patronized by only two tribes
1 year, 6 months ago
The current war in light of וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְלָנוּ שֶׁבְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר עוֹמְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָם
Was Hamas's goal realistic? Maybe!
1 year, 6 months ago
The Pesach Haggadah: רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר
What kind of guests were at the seder of רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל? Why did his narrative differ from that in Bnai Berak?
1 year, 6 months ago
Parshas VaYikra: הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת לְעֻמַּת הַקָּרְבָּן פֶּסַח
Two types of Communal offerings: a.) Performed by Priest as Agent for the Community b.) Performed by the masses of the community themselves
1 year, 6 months ago
Parshas HaChodesh: The seemingly disjuncted narrative
Why is chametz prohibited (כָּרֵת!)? What does chametz have to do with the slavery in Egypt? Really
1 year, 6 months ago
R’ Chaim Sinwani of Yemen and Israel (1897-1979)
A great Talmid Chacham and Mekubal who suffered from secular Zionist persecution in the 1940s. The complicated story of Yemenite Jewry in the first h…
1 year, 6 months ago