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The sirens used to go off once a day, maybe twice. And they didn’t seem to go off at the most inconvenient times either, and… Read More »Exception or Rule?

“Do not drink intoxicating wine…” (10:9) The Talmud compares the prohibition for a Kohein to perform the Priestly service after having imbibed wine to the… Read More »Wearing The Same Robe

What can be more painful than the loss of a child? After a parent holds his infant child in his arms, after he helps the… Read More »The Eloquence of Silence

This week we read the parsha of Shemini. “Va’y’hee ba’yome ha’shmini {And it was on the eighth day}, Moshe summoned Aharon and his sons and… Read More »For This You Have Been Chosen

It was the last day of the Mishkan’s inauguration. The joy was immeasurable, somewhat akin to the ribbon-cutting ceremony of a cherished king’s new palace… Read More »White Noise

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: #1376 – Talking While Washing… Read More »First Times Are Special

Pesach The Rosh said something unusual.  What is the source for eating a kzayis of moror?  The brocha is ‘Al Achilas Moror’ and there is… Read More »Haaros for Pesach

The kohen shall kindle wood upon it every morning.[2] The pasuk’s instruction seems pretty straightforward. Keep the fire going. Except that sometimes, it isn’t. Take… Read More »They Weren’t Wrong[1]

Blessed are You, HASHEM our G-d, King of the Universe, who has chosen us from among all peoples, raised us above all tongues, and made… Read More »“Which “YOU” is “YOU”?!

בס”ד Volume 40, No. 24 10 Nissan 5786 March 28, 2026 Sponsored by Rabbi Sanford H. Shudnow and family in memory of his father, Mr.… Read More »Not Just Words