torah

5781 The Great Scribe and Counter The Kiddush was sponsored by the Schreiber family in honor of the birth of a baby girl. The word Schreiber is very much connected to Parshas Bamidbar because Shcreiber means “writer”. The Gemara in Sotah 13b refers to Moshe Rabbeinu as the ספרא רבה דישראל, which simply means the great scribe of Yisrael. Why is Moshe Rabbeinu called the great scribe of Yisrael? The Maharsha there is bothered why Moshe is called the ספרא רבה דישראל, specifically the great scribe of the Jews if the writing of the Torah was on behalf of Hashem....

5781 Meron Tragedy In connection with the terrible tragedy that happened in Meron where so many young people, each one special in his own way, were plucked from us in such a quick and cruel way. People have been searching for meaning and therefore we should start with the simple and basic meaning of all this. The Rav began with a story he heard from his Rebbe Reb Berel Soloveitchik. Reb Chaim Brisker had three sons and the least known was Reb Yisrael Gershon who was a bit eccentric....

5781 כל הגדול מחבירו יצרו גדול הימנו The Parsha begins with the many mitzvos that apply only to Kohanim. The Gemara in Yevamos 5a says שאני כהנים הואיל וריבה בהן הכתוב מצות יתירות that Kohanim are unique in the sense that they have many more Mitzvos that only apply to them. One could ask why is it that the Kohanim specifically are the people who have more Mitzvos than other Jews....

Videos Thursday Night Shiur 5781 5780...

5781 Mourning Loss in the Link Parshas Acharei begins immediately following the death of Aarons two sons, נדב ואביהו as the Pasuk says וידבר ה' אל משה אחרי מות שני בני אהרן. The באר היטב in אורח חיים סימן תרכ"א brings in the name of the Zohar and the Arizal that when the Psukim discussing the death of Aarons sons is being read on Yom Kippur, יש להצטער על מיתתן ולהוריד עליהם דמעות....